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Design Patterns 1 of 3 - Creational Design Patterns

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In this first article about design patterns I will discuss about creational design patterns and I will show on real examples how to implement them.
using System;

namespace FactoryMethod
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            FactoryBase factory = new ConcreteFactory();
            ProductBase product = factory.FactoryMethod(1);
            product.ShowInfo();
            product = factory.FactoryMethod(2);
            product.ShowInfo();
        }
    }

    public abstract class FactoryBase
    {
        public abstract ProductBase FactoryMethod(int type);
    }

    public class ConcreteFactory : FactoryBase
    {
        public override ProductBase FactoryMethod(int type)
        {
            switch (type)
            {
                case 1: 
                    return new ConcreteProduct1();
                case 2: 
                    return new ConcreteProduct2();
                default: 
                    throw new ArgumentException("Invalid type.", "type");
            }
        }
    }


    public abstract class ProductBase
    {
        public abstract void ShowInfo();
    }

    public class ConcreteProduct1 : ProductBase {
        public override void ShowInfo()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Product1");
        }
    }

    public class ConcreteProduct2 : ProductBase {
        public override void ShowInfo()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Product2");
        }
    }
}

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Architect Marwin Cassovia Soft
Slovakia Slovakia
My name is Robert Kanasz and I have been working with ASP.NET, WinForms and C# for several years.
MCSD - Web Applications
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- SQL Server 2008, Database Development
- SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance
- .NET Framework 4, Data Access
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