🏭 Factory Method
Tags: swift, programming, computerscience, architecture
Published: 2022-12-13 18:08:59


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The factory pattern is used to replace class constructors, abstracting the process of object generation so that the type of the object instantiated can be determined at run-time.

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**Example**
```swift
protocol CurrencyDescribing {
    var symbol: String { get }
    var code: String { get }
}

final class Euro: CurrencyDescribing {
    var symbol: String { return "€" }
    var code: String { return "EUR" }
}

final class UnitedStatesDolar: CurrencyDescribing {
    var symbol: String { return "$" }
    var code: String { return "USD" }
}

enum Country {
    case unitedStates
    case spain
    case uk
    case greece
}

enum CurrencyFactory {
    static func currency(for country: Country) -> CurrencyDescribing? {
        switch country {
            case .spain, .greece:
                return Euro()
            case .unitedStates:
                return UnitedStatesDolar()
            default:
                return nil
        }
    }
}
```
**Usage**
```swift
let noCurrencyCode = "No Currency Code Available"
CurrencyFactory.currency(for: .greece)?.code ?? noCurrencyCode
CurrencyFactory.currency(for: .spain)?.code ?? noCurrencyCode
CurrencyFactory.currency(for: .unitedStates)?.code ?? noCurrencyCode
CurrencyFactory.currency(for: .uk)?.code ?? noCurrencyCode
```
Sources: [Github](https://github.com/sergeyleschev/design-patterns/tree/main/Factory%20Method)
> **Creational**
In software engineering, creational design patterns are design patterns that deal with object creation mechanisms, trying to create objects in a manner suitable to the situation. The basic form of object creation could result in design problems or added complexity to the design. Creational design patterns solve this problem by somehow controlling this object creation.
Source: [wikipedia.org](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creational_pattern)

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