Simple Factory vs. Factory Method Patterns

The Factory Method Pattern and the Simple Factory are both creational design patterns used to create objects, but they do so in different ways.

The Simple Factory encapsulates the object creation process in a single method and doesn’t involve inheritance. It’s a basic implementation where a class contains a method for creating instances of other classes. This method typically takes parameters to decide which instance to create.

The Factory Method Pattern involves a method in a base class which is overridden by subclasses to create specific instances. This pattern uses inheritance and relies on subclasses to handle the instantiation of objects.

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