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There are three categories of base classes in wonka: factories, managers, and producers. Each is described in greater detail below.

Factories

Out-of-the-box, this library offers three general subtypes of its base Factory class. These are not subclasses, but rather describe the kind of functionality in the included Factory subclasses.

• Registries - factories that build classes or objects from explicit or implicit registries.
• Dispatchers - factories that call appropriate creation methods or functions based on the type or content of data passed.
• Prototypers - factories that clone exsting classes or objects.

Here are the included factories:

Factory	Subtype	Produces	Description
Registrar	Registry	Class or Instance	Creates items from data in registry
Subclasser	Registry	Subclass	Like Registrar, but without the registry attribute
Sourcerer	Dispatcher	Class or Instance	Calls the appropriate creation class method from data in sources
Delegate	Dispatcher	Class or Instance	Like Sourcerer, but without sources
Scribe	Prototyper	Class or Instance	Makes a deep copy of an item

Managers

These are the Manager classes included in wonka:

Manager	Manages	Produces	Description
Assembler	Factory Classes, Factory Instances, and/or other Manager Instances	Class(es) and/or Instance(s)	A linear constructer, like an assembly line

Producers

These are the basic producers provied by wonka:

Producer	Mixes With	Produces	Description
Classer	Factory or Manager	Class	create method always returns a class
Flexer	Factory or Manager	Class or Instance	create returns a class or instance, depending on data passed
Instancer	Factory or Manager	Instance	create method always returns an instance