https://github.com/rattfieldnz/factorydesignwildlifesimulator

This is my first go at implementing the Factory Design Pattern for an application. By using this design pattern, I was able to decouple a lot of code, by delegating responsibility of animal creation to their respective factories. In this example, I implemented two factories - one for North American species, and the other for Australian species. After finishing this application, I quickly realized the code will be easier to maintain than previous applications I have coded. I used Single Responsibility principle so each object is only responsible for its own jobs, Open-Closed principle so classes/objects can be modified by extension, and the Liskov Substitution principle for the Animal classes (each child can be substituted for it's base class).
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This is my first go at implementing the Factory Design Pattern for an application. By using this design pattern, I was able to decouple a lot of code, by delegating responsibility of animal creation to their respective factories. In this example, I implemented two factories - one for North American species, and the other for Australian species. After finishing this application, I quickly realized the code will be easier to maintain than previous applications I have coded. I used Single Responsibility principle so each object is only responsible for its own jobs, Open-Closed principle so classes/objects can be modified by extension, and the Liskov Substitution principle for the Animal classes (each child can be substituted for it's base class).

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rattfieldnz/factorydesignwildlifesimulator
• Owner: rattfieldnz
• Created: 2014-03-19T06:08:27.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-03-19T06:15:01.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-12T10:47:16.455Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: C#
• Size: 391 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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FactoryDesignWildlifeSimulator

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This is my first go at implementing the Factory Design Pattern for an application. By using this design pattern, I was able to decouple a lot of code, by delegating responsibility of animal creation to their respective factories. 

In this example, I implemented two factories - one for North American species, and the other for Australian species. After finishing this application, I quickly realized the code will be easier to maintain than previous applications I have coded. 

I used Single Responsibility principle so each object is only responsible for its own jobs, Open-Closed principle so classes/objects can be modified by extension, and the Liskov Substitution principle for the Animal classes (each child can be substituted for it's base class).

I could also create a factory for the continents in this application - e.g. if I wanted to add South American or African animals.