Applying the Factory Method and Abstract Factory Patterns in Kotlin
Make object creation more flexible with the Factory Method and Abstract Factory design patterns! Today, we'll look at code that could benefit from these patterns, we'll apply a traditional version of them from the classic Gang of Four Design Patterns book, and then we'll see how we can modernize them with Kotlin's language features.
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📚 Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:22 Example Code
01:48 Refactoring to a Factory Method Pattern
06:37 Refactoring to an Abstract Factory Pattern
12:14 Modernizing the Patterns with Kotlin
18:28 Wrap-up