Real world examples of Factory Method pattern

Question

I just read Factory Method. I understand that it provides a way to delegate the instantiation to sub-classes. But I couldn\'t understand the possible uses in a real-world sc

Answer 1

One example from the .NET Base Class Library (BCL) is Control.CreateControlsInstance, which is is used by many other members of the (Windows Forms) Control class.

You can override this protected method to provide your own collection of controls, e.g. when you are implementing a custom control.