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Learn Qt 5

You're reading from   Learn Qt 5 Build modern, responsive cross-platform desktop applications with Qt, C++, and QML

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788478854
Length 346 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Object factory

In a larger system with more comprehensive MasterController tests in place, having all of that object creation hard-coded inside the private implementation will cause problems because of the tight coupling between the MasterController and its dependencies. One option will be to create all the other objects in main() instead and inject them into the MasterController constructor as we have done with the other controllers. This will mean injecting a lot of constructor parameters, and it is handy to be able to keep the MasterController instance as the parent of all the other objects, so we will inject a single object factory that the controller can use for all of its object creation needs instead.

The critical part of this factory pattern is to hide everything behind interfaces, so when testing MasterController, you can pass in a mock factory and control all the object...

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