Abstract Factory

Usage

• Also known as: Kit
• Create an instance of several families of classes
• Provide an interface for creating families of related or dependent objects without specifying their concrete classes

Diagram

Participants

AbstractFactory

• Declares an interface for operations that create abstract products

ConcreteFactory

• Implements the operations to create concrete product objects

AbstractProduct

• Declares an interface for a type of product object

Product

• Defines a product object to be created by the corresponding concrete factory
• Implements the AbstractProduct interface

Client

• Uses interfaces declared by AbstractFactory and AbstractProduct classes