diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e1f7ef..e2da01f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@ connection object and the DBMS type it connects to. It then sets up and returns
 an object of an appropriate subclass of *Nada\Database\AbstractDatabase*, which
 is the main interface for all subsequent operations.
 
+Alternatively, you can instantiate and invoke the factory:
+
+    $pdo = new \PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
+    $factory = new \Nada\Factory();
+    $database = $factory($pdo);
+
+This is useful if you want to inject the factory as a dependency of another
+class:
+ 
+    class MyClass
+    {
+        public funcion __construct(\Nada\Factory $factory, \PDO $pdo)
+        {
+             $database = $factory($pdo);
+             ...
+        }
+    }
+
 No extra database connection is initiated - it is up to the application to
 connect to the database as usual. NADA can safely reuse any connection. No
 changes to the connection object are made unless explicitly requested.
diff --git a/src/Factory.php b/src/Factory.php
index 251ae3f..d1920e8 100644
--- a/src/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Factory.php
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 
 namespace Nada;
 
+use Laminas\Db\Adapter\Adapter;
+use Nada\Database\AbstractDatabase;
+use PDO;
+
 /**
  * Factory class to create a NADA interface from a database link
  *
@@ -39,12 +43,35 @@
  *     $pdo = new \PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
  *     $database = \Nada\Factory::getDatabase($pdo);
  *
+ * Alternatively, you can instantiate and invoke the factory:
+ *
+ *     $pdo = new \PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
+ *     $factory = new \Nada\Factory();
+ *     $database = $factory($pdo);
+ *
+ * This is useful if you want to inject the factory as a dependency of another
+ * class:
+ * 
+ *     class MyClass
+ *     {
+ *         public funcion __construct(\Nada\Factory $factory, \PDO $pdo)
+ *         {
+ *              $database = $factory($pdo);
+ *              ...
+ *         }
+ *     }
+ *
  * The result is a \Nada\Database\AbstractDatabase derived object which is aware
  * of the database link it was created from and the DBMS type it connects to.
  * All further interaction starts with this object.
  */
 class Factory
 {
+    public function __invoke(PDO | Adapter $link): AbstractDatabase
+    {
+        return static::getDatabase($link);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Factory method to create database interface
      *
@@ -58,7 +85,7 @@ static function getDatabase($link)
         // Determine the database abstraction layer
         if ($link instanceof \PDO) {
             $class = 'Pdo';
-        } elseif ($link instanceof \Laminas\Db\Adapter\Adapter) {
+        } elseif ($link instanceof Adapter) {
             $class = 'LaminasDb';
         } else {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Unsupported link type');