AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns

Key Points

• The new keyword may decrease the flexibility of your code as well as prevent internal reuse.
• The Factory Method pattern relies on inheritance to localize preparation and creational logic.
• The Abstract Factory pattern bundles families of related or dependent objects.
• The Singleton pattern allows for extension.
• The Builder pattern varies the internal representation of its product.
• A singleton should remain extensible.
• A pattern can become the client of other patterns.
• Simple Factory isn't the Factory Method pattern or the Singleton pattern—it's not even a pattern.