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In article <it0brg$s3t$2@speranza.aioe.org>,
 Abu Yahya <abu_yahya@invalid.com> wrote:

> Could you give an example of how the factory method might look like?

There's some good examples here:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_method_pattern>

And in the linked article, "Item 1: Consider static factory methods 
instead of constructors."

<http://drdobbs.com/java/208403883?pgno=1>

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