creational

name	creational
description	Creational design patterns from the Gang of Four — Factory Method, Abstract Factory, Builder, Prototype, and Singleton. Patterns that abstract the instantiation process to make systems independent of how objects are created, composed, and represented. USE FOR: object creation, factory patterns, builder pattern, prototype cloning, singleton instances, decoupling instantiation from usage DO NOT USE FOR: composing/adapting objects (use structural), inter-object communication (use behavioral)
license	MIT
metadata	{"displayName":"Creational Patterns","author":"Tyler-R-Kendrick"}
compatibility	claude, copilot, cursor
references	[{"title":"Refactoring.Guru — Creational Design Patterns","url":"https://refactoring.guru/design-patterns/creational-patterns"},{"title":"Creational Pattern — Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creational_pattern"}]

Creational Design Patterns

Overview

Creational patterns abstract the instantiation process. They help make a system independent of how its objects are created, composed, and represented. As systems evolve to depend more on object composition than class inheritance, the emphasis shifts from hard-coding fixed sets of behaviors toward defining a smaller set of fundamental behaviors that can be composed into more complex ones — and that requires flexible object creation.