Why is a class called an object factory in Java

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Why is a class called an object factory?

A class is called an object factory because objects are created from a class. An object is an instance of a class.

The following statements create two objects s1 and s2 of the class Student.

Student s1 = new Student();

Student s2 = new Student();

So, we have a single class Student but we can create as many objects as we want (like s1, s2, etc.) from that single class.

This is similar to what happens in a factory. Consider a factory which produces car. They have only a single design of a car but produce multiple cars from that single design. Things are similar in the world of classes and objects. There is a single definition of a particular class (like Student) but we can produce many Student objects (like s1, s2) from that single class.

Why is a class called an object factory?

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Why is a class called an object factory?

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