I have a generic interface:
public interface IReader<T> where T: Result
{
IEnumerable<T> ReadResults();
}
where Result is a base class and is extended into DetailedResult:
public class Result
{
// ...
}
public class DetailedResult : Result
{
// ... ...
}
Now I have two concrete types for IReader, each of this implementation returns different type, specific to the reader type:
public class DefaultResultReader<Result> : IReader<Result>
{
IEnumerable<Result> ReadResults();
}
and
public class DetailedResultReader<DetailedResult> : IReader<DetailedResult>
{
IEnumerable<DetailedResult> ReadResults();
}
The structure presented above uses generics. I would like to get rid of it if possible, and have some kind of a factory which would create a concrete implementation of IReader for me - DefaultResultReader.ReadResults() method must return Result while DetailedResultReader.ReadResults() must return DetailedResult
My question is how should the abstract factory look for this structure - how to design it so that I can create specific IReader object as requested ?