augment the factory pattern in java

Question

I am trying to use a factory pattern to create a QuestionTypeFactory where the instantiated classes will be like MultipleChoice, TrueFalseQuestion etc.

The factory code

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure you just want to create a method on your enum type which will return the appropriate Question object. So anytime someone adds an enum value to QuestionType they will also have to update the method. Doesn't solve your problem of having to update that method though...