Design patterns have evolved to solve problems often encountered in software applications. The factory method design pattern and the abstract factory design pattern are both creational patterns.

public interface Trace { // turn on and off debugging public void setDebug( boolean debug ); // write out a debug message public void debug( String message ...

This article discusses the strength and weakness of applying Dependency Injection (DI) with a variant of Abstract Factory design pattern. This approach is especially suitable for such scenarios as ...

Yesterday, the leadership of the soap and cleaning supply manufacturers Method and Ecover officially opened the doors to their brand new $30 million plant on the far South Side. The opening of the new ...

Method’s state-of-the-art soap factory on the Far South Side celebrated its opening Tuesday and offers glimpses into the future of Chicago’s economy. As corporations increasingly calculate that wind ...

Method Soap recently launched a new brand campaign, “There’s Good Inside,” to celebrate the environmental and community-related benefits of its LEED-Platinum certified Chicago factory, nicknamed "the ...

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