Minimize number of methods
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Minimize the number of methods in the public interface of a class. This ensures that you can always find the method that you are looking for, and enhances reusability. This is tied to the idea of [[You ain't gonna need it]] - don't implement methods until you need them. | Minimize the number of methods in the public interface of a class. This ensures that you can always find the method that you are looking for, and enhances reusability. This is tied to the idea of [[You ain't gonna need it]] - don't implement methods until you need them. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Riel's heuristics]] | * [[Riel's heuristics]] | ||
* [[Fat interfaces]] | * [[Fat interfaces]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:27, 20 July 2009
- Minimize the number of messages in the protocol of a class. --Riel's Heuristic 2.3, Arthur Riel 1996
Minimize the number of methods in the public interface of a class. This ensures that you can always find the method that you are looking for, and enhances reusability. This is tied to the idea of You ain't gonna need it - don't implement methods until you need them.
