Is the Provider Model using the Factory pattern?

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Is the Provider Model really just the Factory pattern?

do you mean this "provider model"? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972319.aspx — Blair Conrad, Dec 30 '08 at 14:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '08 at 14:10

According to this,

Providers are a subclass of the ProviderBase class and typically instantiated using a factory method.

So I would say no, they're not same thing, but a factory is used in implementing a Provider.

You can also follow this link and Ctrl-F for "factory" to see how the pattern is used in the provider model.

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