Factory classes (was: Re: [Tutor] Java and Python (was: Iterators))

[Erik Price]

On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 10:35  AM, alan.gauld@bt.com wrote:

> Usiakly the way to deal with class explosions is to define a
> function (or factory class) which takes the parameters in,
> figures out which kind of class you really need and hands
> you a pointer to it:

What is a factory class?  I have seen this term before, but I'm not 
sure how it is different from any other class.  Don't all class 
definitions create instances for you (handing you a reference to the 
instance)?



Erik





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