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layout: pattern
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title: Abstract Factory
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folder: abstract-factory
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permalink: /patterns/abstract-factory/
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categories: Creational
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tags: Java
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---
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**Intent:** Provide an interface for creating families of related or dependent
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objects without specifying their concrete classes.
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**Applicability:** Use the Abstract Factory pattern when
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* a system should be independent of how its products are created, composed and represented
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* a system should be configured with one of multiple families of products
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* a family of related product objects is designed to be used together, and you need to enforce this constraint
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* you want to provide a class library of products, and you want to reveal just their interfaces, not their implementations
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**Real world examples:**
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* [javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/xml/parsers/DocumentBuilderFactory.html)
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