After listening to the Clean Code Talks, I came to understand that we should use factories to compose objects. So, for example, if a House
has a Door
a
Staying with the Door and DoorKnob example, you don't inject a factory - you inject the DooKnob itself:
public class Door
{
private readonly DoorKnob doorKnob;
public Door(DoorKnob doorKnob)
{
if (doorKnob == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("doorKnob");
this.doorKnob = doorKnob;
}
}
No factories are in sight in this level.
House, on the other hand, depends on Door, but not on DoorKnob:
public class House
{
private readonly Door door;
public House(Door door)
{
if (door == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("door");
this.door = door;
}
}
This keeps options open until at last you have to compose everything in the application's Composition Root:
var house = new House(new Door(new DoorKnob()));
You can use a DI Container to compose at this level, but you don't have to. No factories are involved.