# Abstract Factory Pattern

Record: `arch:abstract-factory-pattern`
Kind: pattern
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Severity: contextual
Scope: product family, component
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology#arch-abstract-factory-pattern

## Repair

- Refactored by: Introduce Abstract Factory
- Detected by: manual selection of related product classes
- Violated by: incompatible product combinations
- Measured by: family mismatch defects
- Enforced by: factory conformance tests

## requires

- [Related Product Variants](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/related-product-variants.md)

## reinforces

- [Interchangeability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/interchangeability.md)

## enables

- [Family-Level Replacement](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/family-level-replacement.md)

## conflicts-with

- [Mixed Product Families](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/mixed-product-families.md)

## tensions-with

- [Boilerplate](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/boilerplate.md)

## tensions

- [Abstract Factory Pattern Boilerplate](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/abstract-factory-pattern-boilerplate.md)