Replace Constructor with Factory Method
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When constructing a complex object or complex sets of objects, a Factory Method may be preferable to a Constructor when creating new objects. This is particularly useful in the case of an inheritance hierarchy where the higher classes and other system classes should not have knowledge of which type of object to create.
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