Is this physical collection class that contains only static methods an Anti-Pattern?
- by Tj Kellie
I'm trying to figure out if I should continue on with a current pattern in an application I'm working in, or refactor this into something else.
I have a set of collection classes off a generic base of List. These classes have public constructors but contain only static methods that return collections. They look like this:
public class UserObjCollection : BaseCollection<UserObj>
{
public static UserObjCollection GetAllUserObj()
{
UserObjCollection obj = new UserObjCollection();
obj.MapObjects(new UserObjDataService().GetAllUserObj());
return obj;
}
}
Is this a Pattern or Anti-Pattern and what are the merits of this over a straight factory pattern?
