Create FormFactory or not?

materix

I apologize for this noob question.

I often see that people use FormFactory for creating forms.

For example:

class FormFactory
{

	use Nette\SmartObject;

	public function create(): Form
	{
		return new Form();
	}

}

What is the advantage of this approach, in comparison with just calling new Form() directly?

stepos2

There is no advantage if you just use this factory.

It helps with adding stuff that you need in all forms, so you don't have to repeat yourself. For example:

class FormFactory
{
	public function create(): Form
	{
		$form = new Form;
		$form->addProtection();
		return $form;
	}
}

dkorpar

it's also about where to put code, if U put everything in presenters code will get messy and hard to read so it's better to have forms (almost any component) defined on their own. As a bonus you can also then easily reuse that form on multiple pages if needed.