definition Define an interface for creating an object, but let subclasses decide which class to instantiate. Factory Method lets a class defer instantiation to subclasses. Frequency of use:   high

 

UML class diagram

 

participants

The classes and/or objects participating in this pattern are:

• Product  (Page)
  • defines the interface of objects the factory method creates
• ConcreteProduct  (SkillsPage, EducationPage, ExperiencePage)
  • implements the Product interface
• Creator  (Document)
  • declares the factory method, which returns an object of type Product. Creator may also define a default implementation of the factory method that returns a default ConcreteProduct object.
  • may call the factory method to create a Product object.
• ConcreteCreator  (Report, Resume)
  • overrides the factory method to return an instance of a ConcreteProduct.