Rational Developer for System z
COBOL for Windows, Version 7.5, Language Reference


FACTORY paragraph

The factory IDENTIFICATION DIVISION introduces the factory definition, which is the portion of a class definition that defines the factory object of the class. A factory object is the single common object that is shared by all object instances of the class.

The factory definition contains factory data and factory methods.


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