diff --git a/examples/src/Factories.jetl b/examples/src/Factories.jetl
index 27102c68250..fa8d464897e 100644
--- a/examples/src/Factories.jetl
+++ b/examples/src/Factories.jetl
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 class Foo(bar : Bar) {
+  class object {
+    private val cache = HashMap<Bar, Foo>()
 
-} static {
-  private val cache = HashMap<Bar, Foo>()
+// Factory method:
+    Foo() = Foo(null);
 
-  Foo() {
-    return Foo(null);
+// Factory method:
+    Foo(bar : Bar) = cache.cachedLookup(bar, this(bar))
   }
 
-  Foo(bar : Bar) {
-    if (bar in cache.keys) return cache[bar]
-    val newFoo = this(bar) // calls the primary constructor
-    cahce[bar] = newFoo
-    return newFoo
+  fun doFoo() {
+    // ...
   }
 }
 
@@ -23,4 +22,13 @@ val foo = Foo(Bar())
 // Subclass (Foo must be marked as extendable/open, i.e. ont sealed)
 class FooSub(S : String) : Foo() { // Delegates to Foo created as a result of the factory method Foo()
 
+}
+
+extension Map<K, V>.cachedLookup(key : K, lazy value : V) : V {
+  var v = this[key]
+  if (v == null) {
+    v = value
+    this[key] = value
+  }
+  return v
 }
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diff --git a/grammar/src/class_members.grm b/grammar/src/class_members.grm
index d78cdfdc423..127c85a2d87 100644
--- a/grammar/src/class_members.grm
+++ b/grammar/src/class_members.grm
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ class Example(a : Foo, i : Int) : Bar(i), Some {
 // h5. Grammar
 
 memberDeclaration
+  : classObject
   : constructor
   : method
   : property
-  : class //TODO : static
-//  : constant ???
+  : class
+  ;
+
+classObject
+  : "class" objectLiteral
   ;
 
 constructor
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ super
   ;
 
 method
-  : methodModifier* "fun" SimpleName functionParameters (":" type)? functionBody?
+  : methodModifier* "fun" SimpleName typeParameters? functionParameters (":" type)? functionBody?
   ;
 
 functionParameters
diff --git a/grammar/src/expressions.grm b/grammar/src/expressions.grm
index 38cda83ca3e..ae0c0ac7814 100644
--- a/grammar/src/expressions.grm
+++ b/grammar/src/expressions.grm
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ expression
   : expressionWithPrecedences
   : match
   : if
-  : "new" constructorInvocation
-  : anonymousInnerClassInstantiation // TODO
-// TODO: list comprehension
+  : "new" constructorInvocation // TODO: Do we need "new"?, see factory methods
+  : objectLiteral
   : jump
   ;
 
@@ -159,6 +158,23 @@ arrayAccess
   : "[" expression "]"
   ;
 
-anonymousInnerClassInstantiation
-  : "object" delegationSpecifier{","} classBody
-  ;
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+objectLiteral
+  : "object" delegationSpecifier{","} classBody?
+  ;
+
+/* Factory methods:
+
+objectLiteral
+  : "object" delegationSpecifier{","} ("{" objectLiteralMember{","} "}")?
+  ;
+
+objectLiteralMember
+  : memberDeclaration
+  : factoryMethod
+  ;
+
+factoryMethod
+  : accessModifier? SimpleName typeParameters? functionParameters functionBody
+  ;
+
+*/
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