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Python Design Patterns in Depth: The Factory Pattern

Creational design patterns deal with an object creation [j.mp/wikicrea]. The aim of a creational design pattern is to provide better alternatives for situations where a direct object creation (which in Python happens by the __init__() function [j.mp/divefunc], [Lott14, page 26]) is not convenient. In the Factory design pattern, a client asks for an object without knowing where the object