Pattern: AbstractFactory

Description

Abstract Factory is a creational design pattern that lets you produce families of related objects without specifying their concrete classes.

Example in .NET :

AbstractFactory

using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.Common;

namespace AbstractFactory;
internal class AbstractFactoryDemo
{
    public static void Demo()
    {
        //create DbConnection factory by using the instance of SqlConnection
        DbConnection connection = new SqlConnection();
        //create DbCommand instance by using the instance of SqlConnection
        DbCommand command = connection.CreateCommand();
        //really, the DBCommand is a SqlCommand
        SqlCommand? sqlCommand = command as SqlCommand;
        //check if the DbCommand is a SqlCommand
        Console.WriteLine($"DbCommand is SqlCommand: {sqlCommand != null}");
    }
}

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Source Code for Microsoft implementation of AbstractFactory

SourceCode DbConnection

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Homework

Imagine you want to produce loggers. You have a logger that logs to a file and a logger that logs to a console and a Nothing Logger – a logger that does nothing. Implement an abstract factory that will allow you to create a logger factory that will create a logger that logs to a file or to a console or nothing.