
The Factory Paragraph
The Factory paragraph indicates that this Identification Division is
introducing a factory definition.
General Format

Syntax Rules
- Interface-name-1 must be the name of an interface specified in
the Repository paragraph of the containing class definition.
- Each method prototype in each implemented interface must be such
that the factory interface of this class conforms to all implemented
interfaces.
- FACTORY and STATIC are
synonymous.
General Rules
- The IMPLEMENTS clause specifies the names of the interfaces that
are implemented by the factory object of the containing class according to
section
Interface
Implementation in the chapter Language
Fundamentals.
- A factory object implements an interface int-1 in the following
cases:
- The factory object is defined with an IMPLEMENTS clause
specifying int-1,
- The factory object implements an interface that inherits
int-1,
- The class containing the factory object inherits a class
whose factory object implements int-1.