Abstract Design

Patterns
From Definition to Implementation

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Contents
Definition
Advantages and Usage
Implementation Diagram
Implementation Steps 1 to 5
Test and Results
Difference between Factory and Abstract Factory Patterns

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 DEFINITION
Abstract Factory Pattern says that just define an interface or abstract
class for creating families of related (or dependent) objects but
without specifying their concrete sub-classes.

That means Abstract Factory lets a class returns a factory of classes.

So, this is the reason that Abstract Factory Pattern is one level higher
than the Factory Pattern. This factory is also called a Factory of
factories.

An Abstract Factory Pattern is also known as a Kit.

It comes under "Creational Design Patterns."

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Advantages

1. AFP isolates the client code from concrete (implementation) classes.

2. It eases the exchanging of object families.
3. It promotes consistency among objects.

Usage

1. When the system needs to be independent of how its object are created, composed, and
represented.
2. When the family of related objects has to be used together, then this constraint needs to
be enforced.
3. When you want to provide a library of objects that does not show implementations and
only reveals interfaces.
4. When the system needs to be configured with one of a multiple family of objects.

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 Implementation
We're going to create Shape and Color interfaces and concrete classes
implementing these interfaces. We create an abstract factory class
AbstractFactory as the next step. Factory classes ShapeFactory and
ColorFactory are defined where each factory extends AbstractFactory.
A factory creator/generator class Factory Producer is created.

Abstract Factory Pattern Demo, our demo class uses Factory Producer
to get an AbstractFactory object. It will pass information (CIRCLE /
RECTANGLE / SQUARE for Shape) to AbstractFactory to get the type of
object it needs. It also passes information (RED / GREEN/BLUE for Color)
to Abstract Factory to get the type of object it needs.
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Class
Diagram

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Step 1:
Interfaces

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 Step 2: Concrete Classes

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 Step 3: Create Abstract Factory

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 Step 4: Factory Classes

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 Step 5: Factory Producer

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 Step 6: Test

You will create factories from

Factory Producer using
getFacxtory method. Then by
using each factory you will create
objects from getShpae / getColor
methods defined in each factory.

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 Step 7: Result

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Factory method vs Abstract Factory
The methods of an Abstract Factory are implemented as Factory Methods. Both the
Abstract Factory Pattern and the Factory Method Pattern decouple the client system from
the actual implementation classes through the abstract types and factories. The Factory
Method creates objects through inheritance whereas the Abstract Factory creates objects
through composition.

With the Factory pattern, you produce implementations (Apple, Banana, Cherry, etc.) of a
particular interface -- say, IFruit. With the Abstract Factory pattern, you produce
implementations of a particular Factory interface -- say, IFruitFactory. Each of those knows
how to create different kinds of fruit.

Factory method: You have a factory that creates objects that derive from a particular base
class. Abstract factory: You have a factory that creates other factories, and these factories
in turn create objects derived from base classes. You do this because you often don't just
want to create a single object (as with the Factory method) - rather, you want to create a
collection of related objects.
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Example
• Imagine you are constructing a house and you approach a
carpenter for a door. You give the measurement for the door and
your requirements, and he will construct a door for you. In this
case, the carpenter is a factory of doors. Your specifications are
inputs for the factory, and the door is the output or product from
the Factory.

• Now, consider the same example of the door. You can go to a

carpenter, or you can go to a plastic door shop or a PVC shop. All
of them are door factories. Based on the situation, you decide
what kind of factory you need to approach. This is like an Abstract
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Factory.
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