Factory pattern in C#: How to ensure an object instance can only be created by a factory class?

Question

Recently I\'ve been thinking about securing some of my code. I\'m curious how one could make sure an object can never be created directly, but only via some method of a fact

Answer 1

Or, if you want to go really fancy, invert control: Have the class return the factory, and instrument the factory with a delegate that can create the class.

public class BusinessObject
{
  public static BusinessObjectFactory GetFactory()
  {
    return new BusinessObjectFactory (p => new BusinessObject (p));
  }

  private BusinessObject(string property)
  {
  }
}

public class BusinessObjectFactory
{
  private Func _ctorCaller;

  public BusinessObjectFactory (Func ctorCaller)
  {
    _ctorCaller = ctorCaller;
  }

  public BusinessObject CreateBusinessObject(string myProperty)
  {
    if (...)
      return _ctorCaller (myProperty);
    else
      return null;
  }
}

:)