https://www.bynoor.io/series/java-best-practices/ Recent content in Java Best Practices on bynoor.io Hugo -- gohugo.io en Thu, 27 May 2021 00:27:28 +0300 https://www.bynoor.io/posts/java-bp/static-factory-methods-over-constructors/ Thu, 27 May 2021 00:27:28 +0300 https://www.bynoor.io/posts/java-bp/static-factory-methods-over-constructors/ Static Factory Methods Consider using Static Factory Methods Instead of Constructors The static factory method is a method that returns an instance of the class. Example In this example, we will build some HTML elements using Java. Here is the base class. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 class HtmlElement { private final String tag; private final String content; public HtmlElement(String tag, String content) { this.