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 (1)] | "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 (1)] | ||
| − | 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 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 [[Extract Method]] |
Comments in your method are sometimes a good sign that you need to extract the block of code that has been commented into a new method whose name describes the functionality that the comment was originally describing. Even if a single line of code requires explanation then it is probably worth extracting it into a new method. [http://sis36.berkeley.edu/projects/streek/agile/bad-smells-in-code.html#Long+Method (1)] | Comments in your method are sometimes a good sign that you need to extract the block of code that has been commented into a new method whose name describes the functionality that the comment was originally describing. Even if a single line of code requires explanation then it is probably worth extracting it into a new method. [http://sis36.berkeley.edu/projects/streek/agile/bad-smells-in-code.html#Long+Method (1)] | ||
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1. [http://sis36.berkeley.edu/projects/streek/agile/bad-smells-in-code.html#Long+Method Bad Smells in Code - A Summary of Martin Fowler's Code Smell Chapter in "Refactoring"] | 1. [http://sis36.berkeley.edu/projects/streek/agile/bad-smells-in-code.html#Long+Method Bad Smells in Code - A Summary of Martin Fowler's Code Smell Chapter in "Refactoring"] | ||
| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | [http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/extractMethod.html Extract Method] | ||
Revision as of 10:23, 18 September 2008
"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." (1)
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 Extract Method
Comments in your method are sometimes a good sign that you need to extract the block of code that has been commented into a new method whose name describes the functionality that the comment was originally describing. Even if a single line of code requires explanation then it is probably worth extracting it into a new method. (1)
References
1. Bad Smells in Code - A Summary of Martin Fowler's Code Smell Chapter in "Refactoring"
