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Maxi Contieri
Maxi Contieri

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Code Smell 45 - Not Polymorphic

Methods should be interchangeable if they do the same.

Problems

  • Missed Polymorphism

  • Coupling

  • IFs / Type check Polluting

  • Names coupled to types.

Solutions

  1. Rename methods after what they do.

  2. Favor polymorphism.

Sample Code

Wrong

Right

Detection

This is a semantic mistake. We could add a warning for similar method names on Polymorphic classes.

Tags

  • Polymorphic

Conclusion

Naming is very important. We need to name after concepts and not after accidental types,

Relations

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what is in a name


If you have three pet dogs, give them names. If you have 10,000 head of cattle, don't bother. Nowadays, the idea of giving a name to every file on your computer is ridiculous.

David Gelernter

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