Pattern Infected :-(

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interface MessageStrategy {
 public void sendMessage();
}
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abstract class AbstractStrategyFactory {
 public abstract MessageStrategy createStrategy(MessageBody mb);
}

class MessageBody {
 Object payload;

 public Object getPayload() {  return payload; }

 public void configure(Object obj) {  payload = obj; }

 public void send(MessageStrategy ms) {  ms.sendMessage(); }
}
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class DefaultFactory extends AbstractStrategyFactory {
 private DefaultFactory() {
  ;
 }

 static DefaultFactory instance;

 public static AbstractStrategyFactory getInstance() {
  if (instance == null)
   instance = new DefaultFactory();
  return instance;
 }

 public MessageStrategy createStrategy(final MessageBody mb) {
  return new MessageStrategy() {
   MessageBody body = mb;

   public void sendMessage() {
    Object obj = body.getPayload();
    System.out.println((String) obj);
   }
  };
 }
}
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class DefaultFactory extends AbstractStrategyFactory {
 private DefaultFactory() {
  ;
 }

 static DefaultFactory instance;

 public static AbstractStrategyFactory getInstance() {
  if (instance == null)
   instance = new DefaultFactory();
  return instance;
 }

 public MessageStrategy createStrategy(final MessageBody mb) {
  return new MessageStrategy() {
   MessageBody body = mb;

   public void sendMessage() {
    Object obj = body.getPayload();
    System.out.println((String) obj);
   }
  };
 }
}
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Could you figure out what is the function of the above program? It's just a program to print a "hello world" to the console. Looking weird? This is what a pattern infected person can do, using them wrongly

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