Design Patterns discussion

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You can think of Abstract Factory as a collection of Factory Method.

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I've been using the factory pattern for a while, but don't know exactly if
I'm using the Abstract Factory or the Factory Method. They look the same to
me, but what are the differences?



thank you,


Pablo


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