SUMMARY OF CREATIONAL PATTERNS

· The Factory Pattern is used to choose and return an instance of a class
from a number of similar classes based on data you provide to the
factory.
· The Abstract Factory Pattern is used to return one of several groups of
classes. In some cases it actually returns a Factory for that group of
classes.
· The Builder Pattern assembles a number of objects to make a new
object, based on the data with which it is presented. Frequently, the
choice of which way the objects are assembled is achieved using a
Factory.
· The Prototype Pattern copies or clones an existing class rather than
creating a new instance when creating new instances is more expensive.
· The Singleton Pattern is a pattern that insures there is one and only one
instance of an object, and that it is possible to obtain global access to that
one instance.