Can factory methods return multiple instances?

Question

This is a factory method if it returns an instance of a class, but is it a factory method if it returns multiple (array) instances?

Answer 1

If you need to return multiple instances, do it no matter how it is called. I would say that this is really a factory method, but it does not really matter.

Perhaps you may have a factory method to return one instance, and then another, which calls the first time several times.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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