From: Ed Mooney <Ed.Mooney_at_sun.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:01:03 -0400

Hi Tim,

ObjectFactory is portable (being required by the specification).
MyObjectImpl is specfic to the RI.

You should always use the ObjectFactory.

Regards,

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Tim Davidson wrote:
> Hi
>
>  Whats the difference between using
>         ObjectFactory objFactory = new ObjectFactory();
>         MyObject myObj = objFactory.createMyObject();
> and
>         MyObject myObj = new MyObjectImpl();
> ? I cant find any documentation which says why to use the objectFactory?
> We are using both methods and they both appear to work fine.
>
> thanks.
>