name of the design pattern

Hi

I have been studying a piece of code somebody else wrote. I am wondering if this is the Factory Method design pattern that this represents. I am new to patterns and I would be very thankful for any suggestions.

publicclass Creator{

public Person create(String gender){

if (gender.equals(揗?

returnnew Male();

elseif (gender.equals(揊?

returnnew Female();

else

returnnull;

}

}

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thanks in advance

[1022 byte] By [ilango171a] at [2007-10-3 2:52:25]