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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: [OT] Re: Interface with implied Constructor
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:13:00 -0400
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On 7/15/2013 1:57 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> On 7/15/13 8:58 AM, Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
>> In article <b4fvsjF33d6U1@mid.individual.net>,
>>   Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>  [...]
>>> I'd call that "factory pattern".  Why did you pick "builder"?
>>
>> They're similar.  I've seen the term "builder" used more often when the
>> construction is done by the implementor and "factory" more often when
>> the construction is performed by a single system.  Builder also has a
>> pattern of SomeThing a= new
>> Builder().with(Options.B).add(x).add(y).addAll(Z).makeImmutable();  It's
>> a way to specify arguments after construction without allowing access to
>> a partially built object.
>>
> I would say the difference is that a builder is a type of factory which
> can be configured before the factory method is invoked.

     Ah, the old FactoryFactory pattern.  That's the second time
it's been pulled on me this week!

     (Sorry about that, Chief.)

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Eric Sosman
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