Duplicate code is one of the most pungent code smells. A rule that is often used is to re-structure code once it is duplicated in three or more places.
Common duplication problems, and corresponding solutions are:
| 1 | <?php | ||
| 5 | class RoutingNormalizer | ||
| 6 | { | ||
| 7 | /** | ||
| 8 | * Normalizes string and array declarations into associative array. | ||
| 9 | * | ||
| 10 | * @param string|array $declaration | ||
| 11 | * | ||
| 12 | * @return array | ||
|  | |||
| 13 | */ | ||
| 14 | public function normalizeDeclaration($declaration) | ||
| 15 |     { | ||
| 16 |         if (is_string($declaration)) { | ||
| 17 | return $this->normalizeString($declaration); | ||
| 18 | } | ||
| 19 | |||
| 20 | // Normalize numerically indexed array | ||
| 21 |         if (array_keys($declaration) === array_keys(array_values($declaration))) { | ||
| 22 | return $this->normalizeArray($declaration); | ||
| 23 | } | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | View Code Duplication |         if (isset($declaration['arguments']) && !is_array($declaration['arguments'])) { | |
| 26 |             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The "arguments" parameter should be an array of arguments.'); | ||
| 27 | } | ||
| 28 | |||
| 29 | // Adds default value to associative array | ||
| 30 | return array_merge(['method' => null, 'required' => true, 'arguments' => []], $declaration); | ||
| 31 | } | ||
| 32 | |||
| 33 | private function normalizeString($declaration) | ||
| 34 |     { | ||
| 35 | $service = $declaration; | ||
| 36 | $method = null; | ||
| 37 | |||
| 38 | View Code Duplication |         if (strpos($declaration, ':') !== false) { | |
| 39 |             list($service, $method) = explode(':', $declaration); | ||
| 40 | } | ||
| 41 | |||
| 42 | return [ | ||
| 43 | 'service' => $service, | ||
| 44 | 'method' => $method, | ||
| 45 | 'arguments' => [], | ||
| 46 | 'required' => true, | ||
| 47 | ]; | ||
| 48 | } | ||
| 49 | |||
| 50 | private function normalizeArray($declaration) | ||
| 70 | } | ||
| 71 | 
This check looks for the generic type
arrayas a return type and suggests a more specific type. This type is inferred from the actual code.