Factory Method Pattern

Defines an interface for creating objects but lets subclasses or implementations decide which class to instantiate.

#creational#factory#object creation

Field Note - Real-world Analogy

Think of it like this

“Think of a restaurant kitchen. You (the client) say "I want a pizza" and the kitchen (factory) decides which chef to call and how to make it. You don't go into the kitchen and mix dough yourself — you just order and the factory produces the result.”

Field Observations - Key Topics Covered

The problem Factory solves: imagine you have code that needs to create different types of objects (like Circle, Square, Triangle) based on some condition. Without Factory, you end up with huge if-else or switch-case blocks spread everywhere in your code. Every time you add a new shape, you have to find and update all those places.

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