From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2006-06-21T07:18:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Achieve pure object oriented design in Ruby

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SNIP

Fortunately I did not bet, OP does this pattern fit your needs?

class A
    @@b = Class.new {
        def initialize name; @name=name; end
        def to_s; "#{@name}:#{self.class}"; end
    }

    class << self
        def factory( name );
            @@b.new( name )
        end
    end
end

x = A.factory( "hi" )
puts x


Hope this helps

Cheers
Robert

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