Minimize number of methods
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- 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.
