Question

API에서 팩토리 메소드가 뭔가요?

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/http/AndroidHttpClient.html

<h1 itemprop="name">AndroidHttpClient</h1>      extends Object
                implements               HttpClient                                                                                                         

java.lang.Object
↳	android.net.http.AndroidHttpClient

<h2 "margin-bottom: 0px;">Class Overview</h2><hr>

Implementation of the Apache <code>DefaultHttpClient</code> that is configured with reasonable default settings and registered schemes for Android, and also lets the user add <code>HttpRequestInterceptor</code> classes. Don't create this directly, use the <code>newInstance(String)</code> factory method.

This client processes cookies but does not retain them by default. To retain cookies, simply add a cookie store to the HttpContext:

Answer 1

디자인 패턴중 팩토리패턴에서 말하는 팩토리랑 같은 의미인것 같네요

 

인스턴스를 만들어내는 메소드 정도로 해석하면 될꺼같아요