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  • L Luc Pattyn

    Hi, sounds like a Factory to me. :)

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    1 21 Gigawatts
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    Ye :) ah I thought that, just can't seem to find the right one!

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      Ye :) ah I thought that, just can't seem to find the right one!

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      Pete OHanlon
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      You've got the right surname to be talking about patterns. ;) Sounds like you need to consider using something like the Abstract Factory pattern.

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        You've got the right surname to be talking about patterns. ;) Sounds like you need to consider using something like the Abstract Factory pattern.

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        This one has puzzled me before. Valves, pumps, and the like sound very concrete, yet they want to call it an abstract factory? :)

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        • L Luc Pattyn

          This one has puzzled me before. Valves, pumps, and the like sound very concrete, yet they want to call it an abstract factory? :)

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          I know. It's a really crappy name. Really really crappy.

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          • L Luc Pattyn

            This one has puzzled me before. Valves, pumps, and the like sound very concrete, yet they want to call it an abstract factory? :)

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            led mike
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            Luc Pattyn wrote:

            yet they want to call it an abstract factory?

            What are you guys talking about? Isn't the pattern supposed to use the implementation of an abstract class for the factory and the user derives from it implementing the concrete factories? Or am I not remembering the pattern correctly?

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              I know. It's a really crappy name. Really really crappy.

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              led mike
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              I'm confused[^]

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              • L led mike

                Luc Pattyn wrote:

                yet they want to call it an abstract factory?

                What are you guys talking about? Isn't the pattern supposed to use the implementation of an abstract class for the factory and the user derives from it implementing the concrete factories? Or am I not remembering the pattern correctly?

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                Pete OHanlon
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                You are remembering it correctly. It's just a name that I have a problem with just because it sounds like you can directly instantiate abstract classes. I'm not sure what they should call it, but I've had staff being confused about this when they complain about their code not working because it's abstract.

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                • P Pete OHanlon

                  You are remembering it correctly. It's just a name that I have a problem with just because it sounds like you can directly instantiate abstract classes. I'm not sure what they should call it, but I've had staff being confused about this when they complain about their code not working because it's abstract.

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                  led mike
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                  Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                  but I've had staff being confused about this when they complain about their code not working because it's abstract.

                  Sorry to hear that. On the bright side at least you work with people that use the word "Abstract"! That's more than I can say! :((

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                    Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                    but I've had staff being confused about this when they complain about their code not working because it's abstract.

                    Sorry to hear that. On the bright side at least you work with people that use the word "Abstract"! That's more than I can say! :((

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                    led mike wrote:

                    at least you work with people that use the word "Abstract"! That's more than I can say!

                    Ouch. X|

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                      led mike wrote:

                      at least you work with people that use the word "Abstract"! That's more than I can say!

                      Ouch. X|

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                      Dude, it looks like you are being stalked by a 2.0 voter? Even I don't have a stalker! :laugh::laugh:

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                      • L led mike

                        Dude, it looks like you are being stalked by a 2.0 voter? Even I don't have a stalker! :laugh::laugh:

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                        led mike wrote:

                        Dude, it looks like you are being stalked by a 2.0 voter? Even I don't have a stalker!

                        Damn. I'm not even worthy of a Univoter. :laugh:

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                        • P Pete OHanlon

                          I know. It's a really crappy name. Really really crappy.

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                          Nooooo. It is a good name, though just as good and maybe better would be static factory. The factory itself is usually a class with only static methods, so it should be static (or abstract, though static is perhaps the more academically pleasing choice since it's not intended as a base class for concrete factories but rather just a bunch of static members relating to the same thing). So even though the products of the factory are concrete, the factory itself isn't. Pump p = Factory.CreatePump(...); not Factory f = new Factory(); Pump p = f.CreatePump(...); Normalement.

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                            led mike wrote:

                            Dude, it looks like you are being stalked by a 2.0 voter? Even I don't have a stalker!

                            Damn. I'm not even worthy of a Univoter. :laugh:

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                            I often accidentally vote 2.... when a little spaced out it is far too easy to think, as you arrive at the last message, that those numbers represent pages. So I try to navigate to page 2, and get "thank you for voting"..! I must apologize to any victims (none today tho). :D

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                              Nooooo. It is a good name, though just as good and maybe better would be static factory. The factory itself is usually a class with only static methods, so it should be static (or abstract, though static is perhaps the more academically pleasing choice since it's not intended as a base class for concrete factories but rather just a bunch of static members relating to the same thing). So even though the products of the factory are concrete, the factory itself isn't. Pump p = Factory.CreatePump(...); not Factory f = new Factory(); Pump p = f.CreatePump(...); Normalement.

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                              This[^] message explains my problem with the name. I prefer the static name you suggest though - it sounds better.

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