抽象工厂是创建相关对象的接口，而工厂方法是一种方法。抽象工厂采用工厂方法实现。

//Abstract factory - Provides interface to create factory of related products
interface PizzaIngredientsFactory{    
   public Dough createDough(); //Will return you family of Dough
   public Clam createClam();   //Will return you family of Clam
   public Sauce createSauce(); //Will return you family of Sauce
}

class NYPizzaIngredientsFactory implements PizzaIngredientsFactory{

   @Override
   public Dough createDough(){
      //create the concrete dough instance that NY uses
      return doughInstance;
   }

   //override other methods
} 

课本上的定义已经由其他答案提供了。我想我也会提供一个例子。

因此这里pizzaingredient factory是一个抽象工厂，因为它提供了创建一系列相关产品的方法。

注意，抽象工厂中的每个方法本身都是一个工厂方法。就像createDough()本身是一个工厂方法，其具体实现将由nypizzafactorentsfactory等子类提供。因此，使用这个方法，每个不同的位置都可以创建属于其位置的具体成分实例。

工厂方法

提供具体实现的实例

在这个例子中: - createDough() -提供面团的具体实现。这是一个工厂方法

抽象工厂

提供创建相关对象族的接口

在这个例子中: pizzafactorentsfactory是一个抽象工厂，因为它允许创建一组相关的对象，如面团，蛤蜊，酱汁。为了创建每个对象族，它提供了一个工厂方法。

来自Head First设计模式的示例

抽象工厂的示例/场景

I live in a place where it rains in the rainy season, snows in winter and hot and sunny in summers. I need different kind of clothes to protect myself from the elements. To do so I go to the store near my house and ask for clothing/items to protect myself. The store keeper gives me the appropriate item as per the environment and depth of my pocket. The items he gives me are of same level of quality and price range. Since he is aware of my standards its easy for him to do so. But when a rich guy from across the street comes up with the same requirements he gets an expensive, branded item. One noticeable thing is all the items he gives to me complement each other in term quality, standard and cost. One can say they go with each other. Same is the case with the items this rich guy gets.

所以通过上面的场景，我现在很欣赏店主的效率。我可以用抽象商店代替这个店主。我们得到的东西是抽象的东西，而我和富人是潜在的客户。我们所需要的只是符合我们需要的产品。

Now I can easily see myself considering an online store which provides a set of services to its numerous clients. Each client belongs to one of the three groups. When a premium group user opens up the site he gets great UI, highly customised advertisement pane, more options in the menus etc. These same set of features are presented to gold user but the functionality in the menu is less, advertisements are mostly relevent, and slightly less egronomic UI. Last is my kind of user, a ‘free group’ user. I am just served enough so that I do not get offended. The UI is a bare minimum, advertisements are way off track so much so that I do not know what comes in it, lastly the menu has only log out.

如果我有机会建立一个像这样的网站，我肯定会考虑抽象工厂模式。

产品:广告面板，菜单，用户界面画师。 摘要工厂:网络商店用户体验 Concreate Factory:高级用户体验，黄金用户体验，普通用户体验。

延伸John Feminella的回答:

Apple, Banana, Cherry实现了FruitFactory，它有一个叫做Create的方法，它只负责创建Apple, Banana或Cherry。Factory方法就完成了。

现在，你想用你的水果创建一个特殊的沙拉，这就是你的抽象工厂。抽象工厂知道如何用苹果、香蕉和樱桃制作你的特殊沙拉。

public class Apple implements Fruit, FruitFactory {
    public Fruit Create() {
        // Apple creation logic goes here
    }
}

public class Banana implements Fruit, FruitFactory {
    public Fruit Create() {
        // Banana creation logic goes here
    }
}

public class Cherry implements Fruit, FruitFactory {
    public Fruit Create() {
        // Cherry creation logic goes here
    }
}

public class SpecialSalad implements Salad, SaladFactory {
    public static Salad Create(FruitFactory[] fruits) {
        // loop through the factory and create the fruits.
        // then you're ready to cut and slice your fruits 
        // to create your special salad.
    }
}

使用Factory模式，您可以生成特定接口(例如，IFruit)的实现实例(Apple、Banana、Cherry等)。

使用抽象工厂模式，您可以为任何人提供他们自己的工厂提供一种方法。这使得您的仓库可以是IFruitFactory或IJuiceFactory，而不需要您的仓库了解任何关于水果或果汁的信息。

工厂模式: 工厂生产iproduct实现

工厂模式: 一个工厂-工厂生产IFactories, IFactories反过来生产IProducts:)

[根据评论更新] 我之前写的至少在维基百科上是不正确的。抽象工厂就是一个简单的工厂接口。有了它，您可以在运行时切换工厂，以允许在不同的上下文中使用不同的工厂。例如针对不同操作系统的不同工厂、SQL提供者、中间件驱动程序等等。