ConcreteFactory

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ConcreteFactory is a design pattern participant that implements the Abstract Factory interface to create specific families of related product objects.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
ConcreteFactory canonical 1
ConcreteFactoryA 1
ConcreteFactoryB 1

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Creational design pattern element
Design pattern participant
belongsToCategory Creational patterns
benefit Isolates concrete classes from clients
Promotes consistency among products in the same family
collaboratesWith AbstractFactory
linked to: Abstract Factory

ConcreteProduct
Product
conformsTo AbstractFactory interface contract
creates ConcreteProduct objects
Families of related product objects
Objects without specifying their concrete classes to clients
definedIn Abstract Factory pattern structure diagrams
defines Methods for creating concrete products
describedIn Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
encapsulates Creation of related product families
ensures Products created are compatible within the same family
hasResponsibility Instantiate concrete products that conform to an abstract product interface
hides Concrete product classes from client code
implements AbstractFactory interface
linked to: Abstract Factory
implementsMethod Factory methods for each abstract product type
createProductA
createProductB
languageAgnostic True
oftenNamed ConcreteFactoryA
linked to: ConcreteFactory

ConcreteFactoryB
linked to: ConcreteFactory

ConcreteFactoryX
linked to: ConcreteFactory
participatesIn Abstract Factory pattern
linked to: Abstract Factory
roleInPattern Concrete factory
supports Variation of product families without changing client code
typicalContext Cross-platform libraries with platform-specific product implementations
GUI toolkits with multiple look-and-feel families
usedFor Switching entire product families at runtime by changing factory instance
usedIn Object-oriented design
linked to: SOLID principles

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abstract Factory typicalParticipants ConcreteFactory
ConcreteFactory oftenNamed ConcreteFactoryA
linked to: ConcreteFactory
ConcreteFactory oftenNamed ConcreteFactoryB
linked to: ConcreteFactory
ConcreteFactory oftenNamed ConcreteFactoryX
linked to: ConcreteFactory