Instance (non-static) factory method

You can use an instance factory method to shift the control of creating the instance from a container to your custom object. The only difference between an instance factory method and a static factory method is that the former can only be invoked with an instance of bean. Let's understand this by taking the following example:

public class Employee {  private String type;  public Employee(String type) {    this.type = type;  }  public void showType() {    System.out.println("Type is :"+type);  }}public class Developer extends Employee {  public Developer(String type) {    super(type);  }}public class Manager extends Employee {  public Manager(String type) {    super(type);  }}//Factory Bean who has Factory method.public class ...

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