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Define an interface for creating an object, but let subclasses decide which class to instantiate. The factory method lets a class defer instantiation to subclasses.
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Dockins, K. (2017). The Factory Method. In: Design Patterns in PHP and Laravel. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2451-9_5
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