{"id":"creational-evolution-inheritance-to-composition","text":"Creational patterns exhibit a directional evolution from inheritance-based to composition-based mechanisms: Factory Method uses inheritance (subclasses decide which class to instantiate) while Abstract Factory uses object composition (delegates to factory objects), and the GoF identifies a typical trajectory where designs start with Factory Method and evolve toward the more flexible compositional patterns as requirements grow.","truth_value":"IN","source":"","source_url":"","source_hash":"","justifications":[{"type":"SL","antecedents":["factory-method-uses-inheritance-abstract-factory-uses-composition","creational-pattern-evolution-trajectory"],"outlist":[],"label":"Creational pattern evolution mirrors the broader GoF shift from inheritance to composition"}],"dependents":["convergent-evolution-toward-composition"],"metadata":{"source_type":"derived","review_result":"pass"},"created_at":"2026-06-17T23:28:16+00:00","updated_at":"2026-06-18T06:15:08+00:00","reviewed_at":"2026-06-18T06:15:08+00:00","verified_at":"","retracted_at":"","explanation":{"steps":[{"node":"creational-evolution-inheritance-to-composition","truth_value":"IN","reason":"SL justification valid","antecedents":["factory-method-uses-inheritance-abstract-factory-uses-composition","creational-pattern-evolution-trajectory"],"label":"Creational pattern evolution mirrors the broader GoF shift from inheritance to composition"},{"node":"factory-method-uses-inheritance-abstract-factory-uses-composition","truth_value":"IN","reason":"premise"},{"node":"creational-pattern-evolution-trajectory","truth_value":"IN","reason":"premise"}]}}