Factory Method Pattern clarification
- by nettguy
My understanding of Factory Method Pattern is (Correct me if i am wrong)
Factory Method Pattern
"Factory Method allow the client to delegates the product creation (Instance Creation) to the subclass".
There are two situation in which we can go for creating Factory Method pattern.
(i) When the client is restricted to the product (Instance) creation.
(ii) There are multiple products available.But a decision to be made which product instance
need to be returned.
If you want to create Abstract Method pattern
You need to have abstract product
Concrete Product
Factory Method to return the appropriate product.
Example :
public enum ORMChoice
{
L2SQL,
EFM,
LS,
Sonic
}
//Abstract Product
public interface IProduct
{
void ProductTaken();
}
//Concrete Product
public class LinqtoSql : IProduct
{
public void ProductTaken()
{
Console.WriteLine("OR Mapping Taken:LinqtoSql");
}
}
//concrete product
public class Subsonic : IProduct
{
public void ProductTaken()
{
Console.WriteLine("OR Mapping Taken:Subsonic");
}
}
//concrete product
public class EntityFramework : IProduct
{
public void ProductTaken()
{
Console.WriteLine("OR Mapping Taken:EntityFramework");
}
}
//concrete product
public class LightSpeed : IProduct
{
public void ProductTaken()
{
Console.WriteLine("OR Mapping Taken :LightSpeed");
}
}
public class Creator
{
//Factory Method
public IProduct ReturnORTool(ORMChoice choice)
{
switch (choice)
{
case ORMChoice.EFM:return new EntityFramework();
break;
case ORMChoice.L2SQL:return new LinqtoSql();
break;
case ORMChoice.LS:return new LightSpeed();
break;
case ORMChoice.Sonic:return new Subsonic();
break;
default: return null;
}
}
}
**Client**
Button_Click()
{
Creator c = new Creator();
IProduct p = c.ReturnORTool(ORMChoice.L2SQL);
p.ProductTaken();
}
Is my understanding of Factory Method is correct?
