How can i convert this to a factory/abstract factory?

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Published on 2013-10-17T13:46:55Z Indexed on 2013/10/18 9:55 UTC
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I'm using MigraDoc to create a pdf document.

I have business entities similar to the those used in MigraDoc.

    public class Page{
      public List<PageContent> Content { get; set; } 
    }


  public abstract class PageContent {

        public int Width { get; set; }      
        public int Height { get; set; } 
        public Margin Margin { get; set; }
    }

    public class Paragraph : PageContent{
         public string Text { get; set; }    
    }

    public class Table : PageContent{
         public int Rows { get; set; }    
         public int Columns { get; set; }  
        //.... more
    }

In my business logic, there are rendering classes for each type

public interface IPdfRenderer<T>
{
    T Render(MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Section s);
} 

class ParagraphRenderer
    : IPdfRenderer<MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Paragraph>
{
    BusinessEntities.PDF.Paragraph paragraph;

    public ParagraphRenderer(BusinessEntities.PDF.Paragraph p)
    {
     paragraph = p;
    }

    public MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Paragraph Render(MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Section s)
    {
        var paragraph = s.AddParagraph(); // add text from paragraph etc
        return paragraph;
    }
}


public class TableRenderer : IPdfRenderer<MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Tables.Table>
{
    BusinessEntities.PDF.Table table;
    public TableRenderer(BusinessEntities.PDF.Table t)
    {
        table =t;
    }
    public MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Tables.Table Render(Section obj)
    {
        var table = obj.AddTable();
        //fill table based on table
    }
}

I want to create a PDF page as :

            var document = new Document();
            var section = document.AddSection();// section is a page in pdf
            var page = GetPage(1); // get a page from business classes
            foreach (var content in page.Content)
            {
                      //var renderer = createRenderer(content); //
                     // get Renderer based on Business type ??
                     // renderer.Render(section) 
            }

For createRenderer() i can use switch case/dictionary and return type.

How can i get/create the renderer generically based on type ?

How can I use factory or abstract factory here?

Or which design pattern better suits this problem?

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