Re: abstract factory -- a doubt ?


Daniel T. wrote:

"Prevent" is a pretty strong word in my book. I don't think Abstract
Factory does prevent violations of OCP. For example say I have a set of
related types that the factory is supposed to create, and I want to add
another type to that set... I've got to open every sub-class of the
Abstract Factory (as well as the Abstract Factory itself)...

m not too sure that i understand .. esp the part which says "open ..
the Abstract Factory itself" .. could you explain with an example ?

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