What are the advantages of using the Factory pattern?

• Encapsulates object creation: Decouples client code from concrete classes.
• Promotes code reuse: Centralizes object creation logic.
• Enhances maintainability: Adding new types requires minimal changes to existing

code.

• Supports polymorphism: Clients work with interfaces or base classes rather than

concrete types.

• Improves testability: Can easily mock or swap factory implementations.