StaticFactory

A Static Factory is a static procedure that creates an object, often an AbstractFactory.

	public abstract class AbstractFactory {
	  public static AbstractFactory createAnAbstractFactory() {
		// load a specific AbstractFactory somehow...
		// like dynamically from a configuration file
	  }
	  public abstract ConcreteProduce1 createConcreteProduce1();
	  public abstract ConcreteProduce2 createConcreteProduce2();
	  public abstract ConcreteProduce3 createConcreteProduce3();
	}

The above example is an AbstractFactory that has a StaticFactory built into it. You create your instance by configing it in some way (like a config file or global property name) and calling it like so:

	AbstractFactory fact = AbstractFactory.createAnAbstractFactory();

Easy as cake.