Divergent change smell

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This smell refers to making unrelated changes in the same location. If you're doing this, you're almost certainly violating the principles of one key abstraction and separation of concerns, and you should refactor your code. A common refactoring technique for fixing this is Extract Class.

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Code smells

Class Level: Alternative classes with different interfaces smell | Data class smell | Data clumps smell | Divergent change smell | Duplicate code smell | Inappropriate intimacy smell | Incomplete library class smell | Large class smell | Lazy class smell | Message chain smell | Middle man smell | Parallel inheritance hierarchies smell | Primitive obsession smell | Refused bequest smell | Shotgun surgery smell | Speculative generality smell | Temporary field smell

Method Level: Comments smell | Feature envy smell | Long method smell | Long parameter list smell | Switch statement smell

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