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jmrah
jmrah

Reputation: 6231

Initialization Pattern?

Say I have class A:

public class A
{
  private B _b;

  public class A(B b)
  {
    Assert.That(b != null);
    _b = b;
  }
}

And object b needs some complex initialization, like:

b.Prop1 = ...
b.Prop2 = ...
b.Prop3 = ...

int answerToSomeComplexFormula = PerformComplexFormula();

b.Prop4 = answerToSomeCopmlexFormula

etc...

I do not want to perform this initialization in the constructor. Is there a name for some pattern that describes returning an object that has complex initialization? Something like:

public class BInitializer
{
   public B Create()
   {
      B b = new B();
      // set up properties
      return b;
   }
}

BInitializer initializer = new BInitializer();
B b = initializer.Create();

A a = new A(b)

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 8468

Answers (1)

Pellared
Pellared

Reputation: 1292

Your solution with BInitializer is very good and it is called Factory Method design pattern.

Here you can find some common creational design patterns: https://sourcemaking.com/design_patterns/creational_patterns

Upvotes: 4

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