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Sybex 816 (Kindle) Chapter 11. Making the Constructor private, p. 899

 
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The factory method in the code snippet is missing the static keyword (mentioned in the paragraph):

(...) This technique requires static factory methods to obtain the object.



should be:
 
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That does sound like a mistake; l didn't find it reported here.
 
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Ooh. Good eye! Added to the errata. I hope you are enjoying watching your herd of cows grow
 
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