Generative Design Patterns - Prototype Goals Specify the types of objects to create using the prototype instance and create new objects by copying this prototype. Create one instance of the class to use as th…

Example - Abstract Factory in Delphi This pattern is ideal where you want to isolate your application from the implementation of the concrete classes. For example if you wanted to overlay Delphi's VCL with a common VCL layer for bo…

Example - Abstract Factory in Java Abstract Factory classes are often implemented with Factory Methods, but they can also be implemented using Prototype. Abstract Factory might store a set of Prototypes from which to clone and re…