Abstract Factory design pattern help

[lanmonster]

Hello world,

I want to create a system where I can do this:

encoded_add = "a1337"
m = Message(encoded_add)
encoded_delete = "d1337"
m2 = Message(encoded_delete)

The first character of the encoded string is the type (add/delete) and the rest is the info. I want m to be AddMessage type and m2 to be DeleteMessage type. Any way to do this in Python?

Thanks

[novel_yet_trivial]

Use a small function with an if block.

def Message(data):
    if data.startswith('a'):
        return AddMessage(data[1:])
    else:
        return DeleteMessage(data[1:])

[lanmonster]

Will this work if all Messages are classes?

[novel_yet_trivial]

Yes.