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:
Complex classes like BaseElement often do a lot of different things. To break such a class down, we need to identify a cohesive component within that class. A common approach to find such a component is to look for fields/methods that share the same prefixes, or suffixes. You can also have a look at the cohesion graph to spot any un-connected, or weakly-connected components.
Once you have determined the fields that belong together, you can apply the Extract Class refactoring. If the component makes sense as a sub-class, Extract Subclass is also a candidate, and is often faster.
While breaking up the class, it is a good idea to analyze how other classes use BaseElement, and based on these observations, apply Extract Interface, too.
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| 6 | class BaseElement extends Widget |
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| 8 | /** |
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| 9 | * @var array $db |
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| 10 | */ |
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| 11 | private static $db = array( |
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| 12 | 'ExtraClass' => 'Varchar(255)', |
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| 13 | 'HideTitle' => 'Boolean' |
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| 14 | ); |
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| 17 | * @var array $has_one |
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| 18 | */ |
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| 19 | private static $has_one = array( |
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| 20 | 'List' => 'ElementList' // optional. |
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| 21 | ); |
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| 24 | * @var array $has_many |
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| 25 | */ |
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| 26 | private static $has_many = array( |
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| 27 | 'VirtualClones' => 'ElementVirtualLinked' |
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| 28 | ); |
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| 31 | * @var string |
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| 33 | private static $title = "Content Block"; |
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| 36 | * @var string |
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| 37 | */ |
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| 38 | private static $singular_name = 'Content Block'; |
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| 41 | * @var array |
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| 42 | */ |
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| 43 | private static $summary_fields = array( |
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| 44 | 'ID' => 'ID', |
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| 45 | 'Title' => 'Title', |
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| 46 | 'ElementType' => 'Type' |
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| 47 | ); |
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| 50 | * @var array |
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| 51 | */ |
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| 52 | private static $searchable_fields = array( |
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| 53 | 'ID' => array( |
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| 54 | 'field' => 'NumericField' |
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| 55 | ), |
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| 56 | 'Title', |
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| 57 | 'LastEdited', |
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| 58 | 'ClassName' |
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| 59 | ); |
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| 62 | * @var boolean |
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| 64 | private static $enable_title_in_template = false; |
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| 66 | /** |
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| 67 | * @var Object |
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| 68 | * The virtual owner VirtualLinkedElement |
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| 70 | public $virtualOwner; |
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| 73 | public function getCMSFields() |
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| 154 | * Version viewer must only be added at if this is the final getCMSFields for a class. |
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| 155 | * in order to avoid having to rename all fields from eg Root.Main to Root.Current.Main |
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| 156 | * To do this we test if getCMSFields is from the current class |
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| 157 | */ |
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| 158 | public function isEndofLine($className) |
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| 170 | public function onBeforeWrite() |
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| 186 | * Ensure that if there are elements that are virtualised from this element |
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| 187 | * that we move the original element to replace one of the virtual elements |
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| 188 | * But only if it's a delete not an unpublish |
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| 189 | */ |
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| 190 | public function onBeforeDelete() { |
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| 244 | * @return string |
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| 245 | */ |
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| 246 | public function i18n_singular_name() |
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| 252 | * @return string |
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| 254 | public function getElementType() |
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| 260 | * @return string |
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| 262 | View Code Duplication | public function getTitle() |
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| 276 | * @return string |
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| 277 | */ |
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| 278 | View Code Duplication | public function getCMSTitle() |
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| 290 | public function ControllerTop() |
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| 295 | public function getPage() |
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| 311 | * Override the {@link Widget::forTemplate()} method so that holders are not rendered twice. The controller should |
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| 312 | * render with widget inside the |
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| 313 | * |
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| 314 | * @return HTML |
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| 315 | */ |
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| 316 | public function forTemplate($holder = true) |
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| 322 | * @return string |
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| 324 | public function getEditLink() { |
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| 333 | public function onBeforeVersionedPublish() |
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| 338 | public static function all_allowed_elements() { |
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| 367 | public function getDefaultSearchContext() |
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| 384 | public function setVirtualOwner(ElementVirtualLinked $virtualOwner) { |
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| 389 | * Finds and returns elements |
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| 390 | * that are virtual elements which link to this element |
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| 392 | public function getVirtualLinkedElements() { |
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| 396 | /** |
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| 397 | * Finds and returns published elements |
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| 398 | * that are virtual elements which link to this element |
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| 399 | */ |
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| 400 | public function getPublishedVirtualLinkedElements() { |
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You can fix this by adding a namespace to your class:
When choosing a vendor namespace, try to pick something that is not too generic to avoid conflicts with other libraries.