Is this Factory Method creation pattern?

Question

I have been using factory method creation pattern for awhile now. I was just recently told that this:

public static class ScheduleTypeFactory
{
    public st         


        

Answer 1

Thats a textbook Factory Pattern.

Some texts call it a Simple Factory Patteren, but I've never seen any criteria for what "Simple" means.

In my practice, a Factory Pattern is any intelligent creation of a concrete class coresponding to a desired interface.

But why fight your tech lead over naming a method. Rename it, move on with your life.