Clean Code

Chapter 16: Refactoring 
SerialDate
This factory class replaces the 
createInstance
methods with 
makeDate
methods, which
improves the names quite a bit [N1]. It defaults to a 
SpreadsheetDateFactory
but can be
changed at any time to use a different factory. The static methods that delegate to abstract
methods use a combination of the S
INGLETON
,
4
D
ECORATOR
,
5
and A
BSTRACT
F
ACTORY
patterns that I have found to be useful.
The
SpreadsheetDateFactory
looks like this.
public static DayDate makeDate(int day, DayDate.Month month, int year) {
return factory._makeDate(day, month, year);
}
public static DayDate makeDate(int day, int month, int year) {
return factory._makeDate(day, month, year);
}
public static DayDate makeDate(java.util.Date date) {
return factory._makeDate(date);
}
public static int getMinimumYear() {
return factory._getMinimumYear();
}
public static int getMaximumYear() {
return factory._getMaximumYear();
}
}
4.
Ibid.
5.
Ibid.
public class SpreadsheetDateFactory extends DayDateFactory {
public DayDate _makeDate(int ordinal) {
return new SpreadsheetDate(ordinal);
}
public DayDate _makeDate(int day, DayDate.Month month, int year) {
return new SpreadsheetDate(day, month, year);
}
public DayDate _makeDate(int day, int month, int year) {
return new SpreadsheetDate(day, month, year);
}
public DayDate _makeDate(Date date) {
final GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
calendar.setTime(date);
return new SpreadsheetDate(
calendar.get(Calendar.DATE),
DayDate.Month.make(calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1),
calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
}

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