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:
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| 13 | class Doctrine extends AbstractTable |
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| 14 | { |
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| 16 | protected $config = array( |
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| 17 | 'name' => 'Doctrine 2', |
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| 18 | 'showPagination' => true, |
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| 19 | 'showQuickSearch' => false, |
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| 20 | 'showItemPerPage' => true, |
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| 21 | 'showColumnFilters' => true, |
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| 22 | ); |
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| 24 | /** |
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| 25 | * @var array Definition of headers |
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| 26 | */ |
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| 27 | protected $headers = array( |
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| 28 | 'idcustomer' => array('tableAlias' => 'q', 'title' => 'Id', 'width' => '50') , |
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| 29 | 'doctrine' => array( |
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| 30 | 'tableAlias' => 'q', |
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| 31 | 'title' => 'Doctrine closure' , |
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| 32 | 'filters' => 'text', |
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| 33 | 'sortable' => false |
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| 34 | ), |
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| 35 | 'product' => array('tableAlias' => 'p', 'title' => 'Product', 'filters' => 'text'), |
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| 36 | 'name' => array('tableAlias' => 'q', 'title' => 'Name', 'filters' => 'text') , |
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| 37 | 'surname' => array('tableAlias' => 'q', 'title' => 'Surname', 'filters' => 'text'), |
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| 38 | 'street' => array('tableAlias' => 'q', 'title' => 'Street', 'filters' => 'text'), |
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| 39 | 'city' => array('tableAlias' => 'q', 'title' => 'City', 'filters' => 'text'), |
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| 40 | 'active' => array('tableAlias' => 'q', 'title' => 'Active', 'width' => 100 ), |
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| 41 | ); |
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| 43 | public function init() |
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| 64 | //The filters could also be done with a parametrised query |
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| 65 | protected function initFilters($query) |
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| 95 | } |
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Let’s take a look at an example:
In the above example, the authenticate() method works fine as long as you just pass instances of MyUser. However, if you now also want to pass a different implementation of User which does not have a getDisplayName() method, the code will break.
Available Fixes
Change the type-hint for the parameter:
Add an additional type-check:
Add the method to the interface: