Long method smell
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"Object programs live best and longest with short methods. The payoffs of indirection - explanation, sharing and choosing - are supported by little methods. Everybody knows short is good." --[http://sis36.berkeley.edu/projects/streek/agile/bad-smells-in-code.html#Long+Method Bad Smells] | "Object programs live best and longest with short methods. The payoffs of indirection - explanation, sharing and choosing - are supported by little methods. Everybody knows short is good." --[http://sis36.berkeley.edu/projects/streek/agile/bad-smells-in-code.html#Long+Method Bad Smells] | ||
− | The Long method code smell is a sign that you possibly need to take some part of your method and | + | The Long method code smell is a sign that you possibly need to take some part of related functionality in your method and create a new method to hold this functionality. This action is known as the [http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/extractMethod.html Extract Method] |
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"Object programs live best and longest with short methods. The payoffs of indirection - explanation, sharing and choosing - are supported by little methods. Everybody knows short is good." --Bad Smells
The Long method code smell is a sign that you possibly need to take some part of related functionality in your method and create a new method to hold this functionality. This action is known as the Extract Method