.NET Framework

[sajithamol]

What is the difference between Factory and Abstract Factory Patterns?

[r035198x]

What is the difference between Factory and Abstract Factory Patterns?

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Have you tried google for those patterns?
The patterns have been described over and over again

[radcaesar]

What is the difference between Factory and Abstract Factory Patterns?

The Factory pattern is meant to give you the ability to generically construct objects (rather than explicitly declare what you want to create via the "new" keyword you defer to a factory and take what it gives you)
The Abstract Factory pattern is meant to give you the ability to generically construct Factories.
So, for instance, say you want to create widgets with a certain look and feel. You could use the Factory pattern and ask a ButtonFactory to make buttons and a TextArea factory to make TextAreas, but since you want the same look and feel for all widgets you could just ask the WidgetFactory to give you a WidgetFactory for a given Look and Feel and then ask it to make Buttons and TextAreas and whatever else, knowing that it has handled which kind of button and whatever else you need.

[kenobewan]

What is the difference between Factory and Abstract Factory Patterns?

Just wondering whether these are interview questions that will land you that great job... I'm also wondering what problems you are having research it yourself? My opinion is that these sort of questions are best learned out of a book. IMO.

[r035198x]

Just wondering whether these are interview questions that will land you that great job... I'm also wondering what problems you are having research it yourself? My opinion is that these sort of questions are best learned out of a book. IMO.

Yep, especially from the holy book itself, the gang of four.