On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 11:17, Troy Simpson wrote:
> All,
>
> I noticed that some application user the terms Factory and Manager in
> the Class/Object Names.  Like AppFactory, AppManager, and EventManager
> in Mach-II
>
> 1. What is the general definition of a Factory?
> 2. What is the general definition of a Manager?

In a very basic way (from a java stand point) a factory produces and a manager manages

so you'd tend to see stuff like

Thing thing = Factory.createInstance() not Manager.createInstance()

Manager.add(thing)
not Factory.add(thing)

Pretty much just what you think it does :)

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Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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