“A second advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they are not required to create a new object each time they're invoked.”
Joshua Bloch“Builder pattern is more verbose than the telescoping constructor pattern, so it should be used only if there are enough parameters, say, four or more.”
Joshua Bloch, Effective Java“One advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they have names.”
Joshua Bloch, Effective Java“A second advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they are not required to create a new object each time they're invoked.”
Joshua Bloch, Effective Java