In this chapter, we've talked about several important creational design patterns including the Factory Method, Abstract Factory, Builder, Prototype, and Singleton.
Starting with the Factory Method Pattern, which provides flexibility with limited complexity, we also explored the Abstract Factory Pattern, the Builder Pattern and the Prototype Pattern, which share similar levels of abstraction but focus on different aspects. These patterns have more flexibility than the Factory Method Pattern, but are more complex at the same time. With the knowledge of the idea behind each of the patterns, we should be able to choose and apply a pattern accordingly.
While comparing the differences, we also found many things in common between different creational patterns. These patterns are unlikely to be isolated from others and some of them can even collaborate with or complete each other.
In the next chapter, we'll continue to discuss structural patterns that help to form large objects with complex...
