The Abstract Factory pattern is a creational design pattern that provides an interface for creating families of related or dependent objects without specifying their concrete classes. It allows you to create objects with a similar theme or family, such as creating different types of cars or furniture in a factory. The pattern involves creating a factory class that abstracts the creation process and encapsulates the type of objects created. The client code interacts with the factory and creates objects without knowing the specific implementation. This abstraction allows you to create interchangeable families of objects in a modular way, making it easier to maintain and extend your code. The Abstract Factory pattern is useful when creating complex systems with many different types of objects that need to work together.
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