Design Pattern: Builder

Question

I have looked for a good example of a Builder pattern (in C#), but cannot find one either because I don\'t understand the Builder pattern o

Answer 1

I would say that you cannot avoid either of these - having few overloads for your parts and having a case/if statement somewhere down the stack. Also having to modify your code when adding new class might be your only option.

That being said you can get help with some other patters - namely Factory that could aid you in the building process. Also sensible use of polymorphism (e.g. all parts inherit from the some type be it class or interface) can reduce the amount of ifs/cases and overloads.

Hope this helps.