Flutter Design Patterns: 10 — Factory Method

An overview of the Factory Method design pattern and its implementation in Dart and Flutter

Previously in the series, I have analysed a design pattern that is commonly used in our day-to-day programming, sometimes even without considering it — Iterator. In this article, I would like to analyse and implement one of the creational design patterns — Factory Method.

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Table of Contents

• What is the Factory Method design pattern?
• Analysis
• Implementation
• Other articles in this series
• Your contribution

What is the Factory Method design pattern?

Just a normal day at the factory (source)

Factory Method, also known as Virtual Constructor, belongs to the category of creational design patterns. The intention of this design pattern is…