jiquest: Factory Method

Scenario: You are building a document editor that supports multiple types of documents like Word and PDF.

Question: How would you use the Factory Method pattern to create different types of documents in a document editor?

Scenario: Your application needs to generate different types of shapes (e.g., Circle, Square) based on user input.

Question: How would you implement the Factory Method pattern to create various shapes dynamically?

Scenario: You need to create different types of user notifications (email, SMS) based on user preferences.

Question: How can the Factory Method pattern be used to create and send different types of notifications?

Scenario: A web application needs to generate different types of reports (summary, detailed).

Question: How would you apply the Factory Method pattern to create and generate various types of reports?

Scenario: You are developing a game that supports multiple characters with different abilities.

Question: How can you use the Factory Method pattern to instantiate different types of game characters?

Scenario: You are developing a GUI toolkit that needs to create different types of buttons (e.g., OK, Cancel).

Question: How can the Factory Method pattern be used to create different button types in a GUI toolkit?

Scenario: Your application has different types of user profiles, such as Admin, Guest, and Registered User.

Question: Describe how you would use the Factory Method pattern to create different types of user profiles.

Scenario: You are building an e-commerce platform where you need to create different types of shipping options (e.g., standard, express).

Question: How can the Factory Method pattern help in creating and managing different shipping options?

Scenario: You need to implement a system that can generate various types of analytics reports (e.g., sales, user engagement).

Question: How would you use the Factory Method pattern to generate different types of analytics reports?

Scenario: Your application supports various file formats for import/export (e.g., CSV, XML).

Question: How can you use the Factory Method pattern to handle different file formats for import/export?

Scenario: You are developing a file management system that needs to create different types of file handlers (e.g., text, binary).

Question: How would you use the Factory Method pattern to create different file handlers?

Scenario: Your application needs to create various types of user interfaces based on user roles (e.g., admin, user).

Question: How can the Factory Method pattern help in creating different user interface components based on user roles?

Scenario: You are designing an online shopping platform that needs to create different types of payment processors (e.g., credit card, PayPal).

Question: How would you apply the Factory Method pattern to create different payment processors?

Scenario: Your application supports various logging mechanisms (e.g., file, console, remote server).

Question: Describe how you can use the Factory Method pattern to create and manage different logging mechanisms.

Scenario: You need to implement a system that can generate various types of alerts (e.g., email, SMS) based on user settings.

Question: How can the Factory Method pattern be used to create and send different types of alerts?