I’m using unity and I’m creating a class that wrapps it and I dont’ know how to call it, service locator or factory, both encapsulate the creation of the objects, so…. what’s the difference?
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I’m using unity and I’m creating a class that wrapps it and I dont’ know how to call it, service locator or factory, both encapsulate the creation of the objects, so…. what’s the difference?
A factory creates objects for you, when requested.
Service locator returns objects that may already exist, that is services that may already exist somewhere for you.
Just think about the meaning of the names: