✅ Factory Method Pattern
Does someone have a good explanation or perhaps a link to somewhere where i can learn this? Been trying to find a video or similar but it just doesn't stick :(
Pso you know how constructors work right?
MI think soooo
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MWe store an instance of Product inside var x ?
Psure, but the "constructor" here is the part
MSo the constructor is the one that instanciates the object?
Pyes
MOki, then yeah i'm with you :cathype:
Pa "factory" in OOP is a class/method that knows how to create something else. it knows the details needed to call the constructor properly, and maybe set some values on the object before returning it
Pin this case, maybe you dont know what the
15lets assume
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Pso we can make a "ProductFactory" instead that keeps track of it for us
MWould that be an ?
Puh... probably not
MWeird, i think our teacher specifies it as such 
Pabstract things cant be created, so how would you create the factory?
PAh, are you refering specifically to the "abstract factory" pattern?
MI think so? GoF ?
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Pyeah
MThis is what she explains it as
Pyeah GoF has an "abstract factory" in it
P here is your abstract factory
PMHow do you know that is abstract
Ptheir explanations are usually pretty good
Pwell it has a suffix and the title is in italics
Pand there are other classes called
Pconcrete is the opposite of abstract...
MOoh
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MSo in my case the interface here would be Carfactory?
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Pthis is the first time you mention
MOh wait i might not have included everything
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MThis is what i'm working on atm
MAnd i'm trying to implement the Factory method (which i'm currently learning)
Pright
PIn your case would be an abstract base class, not an interface, but otherwise it would fulfill the same role as "Chair" does in the above image
MI see
MMWe were provided an abstract class for in the project
MHmm
Mi’ll finish reading the page, one moment ^^
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MWould the "Client" be my main method?
Pyeah