What is a factory constructor?

A factory constructor is a constructor that can be used when you don’t necessarily want a constructor to create a new instance of your class . This might be useful if you hold instances of your class in memory and don’t want to create a new one each time (or if the operation of creating an instance is costly).

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Should a factory method be static?

No, factory class by default shouldn’t be static . Actually, static classes are not welcomed in OOP world since they can also convey some state and therefore introduce global application state. If you need only one factory object to be present, you can control it’s creation through singleton pattern.

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What is factory constructor?

A factory constructor is a constructor that can be used when you don’t necessarily want a constructor to create a new instance of your class . This might be useful if you hold instances of your class in memory and don’t want to create a new one each time (or if the operation of creating an instance is costly).8 Nis 2021

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