Why Copy-Paste is Bad for Your Code

Why Copy – Paste is Bad for Your
Code
A short intro to Design Patterns
Carlos C Tapang
May 26th, 2012

How many are developers?
How many have studied OO in college? Studied on your own?
How many are applying OO concepts at work? Hobby?
How many of you would say that OO concepts are hard?

I HAVE QUESTIONS

List of Requirements:
• Each type of Animal can have a different number of legs.
• Animal objects must be able to remember and retrieve this
information.
• Each type of animal can have a different type of movement.
• Animal objects must be able to return how long it will take to move
from one place to another given a specified type of terrain.

BUILDING A WILDLIFE GAME :
ANIMAL TAXONOMY

First-Cut Design Animal
enum Movement
Movement movement
{ Walking, Flying, Slithering }

class Animal
Movement movement

class Mammal : Animal
int numLegs Mammal
int numLegs
class Reptile : Animal
int numLegs

Reptile
int numLegs

Animal
First-Cut Design --------------------------------------
enum Movement
int numLegs
{ Walking, Flying, Slithering } Movement movement

class Animal
int numLegs
Movement movement

Mammal

Reptile

Animal
First-Cut Design --------------------------------------
enum Movement
int numLegs
{ Walking, Flying, Slithering } Movement movement

enum Terrain
{ Mountains, SandDunes, Sea }

class Animal
int numLegs Mammal
Movement movement decimal Speed(Terrain t)
decimal virtual Speed(Terrain t)

decimal override Speed(Terrain t)

class Reptile : Animal Reptile
decimal Speed(Terrain t)

First-Cut
Mammal Bird
switch (movement) switch(movement)
{ {
case Walking: case Walking:
break; break;
case Flying: case Flying:
break; break;
case Slithering: case Slithering:
throw new Exception(); throw new Exception();
} }

First-Cut
Mammal Bird
switch (movement) switch(movement)
{ {
case Walking:
case Walking:
return WalkingSpeed(numLegs, t);
break; return WalkingSpeed(numLegs, t);
case Flying: break;
if (this is Bat) case Flying:
return BatFlyingSpeed(); return BirdFlyingSpeed();
else throw new Exception(); break;
break; case Slithering:
case Slithering:
throw new Exception();
throw new Exception();
} }

Second-Cut Design Animal
class Animal
int numLegs
int numLegs

class AnimalThatWalks : Animal

class AnimalThatFlies : Animal

AnimalThatFlies

AnimalThatWalks

Animal
Second-Cut Design int numLegs
enum Terrain
{ Mountains, SandDunes, Sea}

class Animal
int numLegs
decimal Speed(Terrain t) AnimalThatFlies AnimalThatWalks

class AnimalThatWalks : Animal

class AnimalThatFlies : Animal
Bird
class Bird : AnimalThatFlies
Mammal

class Mammal : AnimalThatWalks

class Reptile : AnimalThatWalks
Reptile

Animal AnimalMovement
Third-cut design
class AnimalMovement

class Flying : AnimalMovement

class Walking : AnimalMovement Walking

Flying
class Animal
int numLegs
AnimalMovement movement


class Reptile : Animal Mammal Reptile

Animal
Third-cut design decimal Speed(Terrain t)
enum Terrain { Mountains, …}

class AnimalMovement

class Flying : AnimalMovement AnimalMovement
decimal Speed(Terrain t) decimal Speed(Terrain t)
class Walking : AnimalMovement

class Animal
int numLegs
AnimalMovement movement Walking Flying
decimal Speed(…) decimal Speed(…)


Third-Cut Design
Animal AnimalMovement
class Animal class AnimalMovement
int numLegs; Animal animal;
decimal speedFactor;
AnimalMovement movement; public AnimalMovement(Animal a)
{
public Animal() animal = a;
{ }
movement = new AnimalMovement(this);
} public decimal Speed(Terrain t)
{
public decimal Speed(Terrain t) return CalcSpeed(
{ animal.numLegs,
return movement.Speed(t); animal.speedFactor, t);
} }

If you find that you are doing a lot of copy-paste, it maybe time to step
back and review your design.

CONCLUSION

If I were to conduct a seminar on Design Patterns, would you attend?
How much is it worth to you? (full day seminar)
Yes, indeed I am conducting a seminar on June 23rd right here in Cebu.

If you need a copy of these slides and the sample, join me at Software
Design Patterns Philippines at LinkedIn.com or email me at
ctapang@hotmail.com

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