How to name factory like methods?

Question

I guess that most factory-like methods start with create. But why are they called \"create\"? Why not \"make\", \"produce\", \"build\", \"generate\" or something el

Answer 1

Joshua Bloch in "Effective Java" suggests the following naming conventions

valueOf — Returns an instance that has, loosely speaking, the same value as its parameters. Such static factories are effectively type-conversion methods.

of — A concise alternative to valueOf, popularized by EnumSet (Item 32).

getInstance — Returns an instance that is described by the parameters but cannot be said to have the same value. In the case of a singleton, getInstance takes no parameters and returns the sole instance.

newInstance — Like getInstance, except that newInstance guarantees that each instance returned is distinct from all others.

getType — Like getInstance, but used when the factory method is in a different class. Type indicates the type of object returned by the factory method.

newType — Like newInstance, but used when the factory method is in a different class. Type indicates the type of object returned by the factory method.