Create a factory class in IntelliJ IDEA

Question

In my Java development, I often have to create factory classes for instantiating things: either because the actual class to be instantiated is only known at runtime, or to keep things tidy and testable/mockable.

Is there a quick way to generate the create() method from the class' constructor in IDEA? I found an easy way to generate a static create , but could not find a way to create a factory class w/o manual cut/paste.

Answer 1

The shortcut Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T might be helpful to you. Toward the bottom there is an option to 'Replace Constructor with Factory Method.'

Answer 2

You can try using lombok but its nothing related to IDE. Its nice and can create factory in predictable style always. Also it keeps source clean.