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I have seen an implementation of Factory using static methods. Something like this: public class MyFactory { public static Product1 createProduct1() {} public static Product2 createProduct2() {} } p1 = MyFactory.createProduct1(); p2 = MyFactory.createProduct2(); I am not sure whether I can call it Abstract Factory, but that is not the question. What I understand about Abstract Factory is that it gives us the flexibility to change the product families easily. Factory factory = new MyFactory(); // might be a global or Singleton p1 = factory.createProduct1(); p2 = factory.createProduct2(); And if I want to change from MyFactory to YourFactory then only one line is required to change. I can also change that in run time. But is it possible if they are implemented as static method? I need to change all the calls to static factory. And also need to use if-else checking in every places if we want to decide at run time. p1 = YourFactory.createProduct1(); p2 = YourFactory.createProduct2(); So what is the benefit of implementing factory using static methods? Are not we loosing the main flexibility? What have I missed here? Please note that no specific language is assumed. Any help is appreciated.

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