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 static method in Dart?

The static keyword is used for a class-level variable and method that is the same for every instance of a class , this means if a data member is static, it can be accessed without creating an object. The static keyword allows data members to persist Values between different instances of a class.

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