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 ApprovalsDispatcher 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 ApprovalsDispatcher, and based on these observations, apply Extract Interface, too.
| 1 | <?php  | 
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| 3 | class ApprovalsDispatcher extends Dispatcher { | 
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| 5 | const ACTION_APPROVALS = 'approvals';  | 
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| 6 | |||
| 7 | const ALLOW_APPROVAL = 'ALLOW_APPROVAL';  | 
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| 8 | |||
| 9 | const ALLOW_APPROVAL_BYPASS = 'ALLOW_APPROVAL_BYPASS';  | 
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| 10 | |||
| 11 | /**  | 
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| 12 | * @var array  | 
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| 13 | */  | 
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| 14 | private static $allowed_actions = [  | 
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| 15 | 'approvers',  | 
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| 16 | 'submit',  | 
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| 17 | 'cancel',  | 
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| 18 | 'approve',  | 
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| 19 | 'reject'  | 
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| 20 | ];  | 
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| 21 | |||
| 22 | private static $dependencies = [  | 
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| 23 | 'formatter' => '%$DeploynautAPIFormatter'  | 
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| 24 | ];  | 
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| 25 | |||
| 26 | /**  | 
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| 27 | * @var \DNProject  | 
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| 28 | */  | 
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| 29 | protected $project = null;  | 
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| 30 | |||
| 31 | /**  | 
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| 32 | * @var \DNEnvironment  | 
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| 33 | */  | 
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| 34 | protected $environment = null;  | 
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| 35 | |||
| 36 | /**  | 
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| 37 | * @var array  | 
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| 38 | */  | 
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| 39 | private static $action_types = [  | 
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| 40 | self::ACTION_APPROVALS  | 
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| 41 | ];  | 
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| 42 | |||
| 43 | /**  | 
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| 44 | * This is a per request cache of $this->project()->listMembers()  | 
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| 45 | * @var null|array  | 
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| 46 | */  | 
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| 47 | private static $_cache_project_members = null;  | 
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| 49 | View Code Duplication | 	public function init() { | 
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| 64 | /**  | 
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| 65 | * @param \SS_HTTPRequest $request  | 
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| 66 | * @return \SS_HTTPResponse  | 
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| 67 | */  | 
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| 68 | 	public function approvers(SS_HTTPRequest $request) { | 
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| 90 | |||
| 91 | /**  | 
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| 92 | * @param \SS_HTTPRequest $request  | 
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| 93 | * @return \SS_HTTPResponse  | 
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| 94 | */  | 
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| 95 | View Code Duplication | 	public function submit(SS_HTTPRequest $request) { | 
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| 120 | /**  | 
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| 121 | * @param \SS_HTTPRequest $request  | 
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| 122 | * @return \SS_HTTPResponse  | 
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| 123 | */  | 
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| 124 | View Code Duplication | 	public function cancel(SS_HTTPRequest $request) { | 
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| 150 | /**  | 
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| 151 | * @param \SS_HTTPRequest $request  | 
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| 152 | * @return \SS_HTTPResponse  | 
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| 153 | */  | 
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| 154 | 	public function approve(SS_HTTPRequest $request) { | 
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| 202 | |||
| 203 | /**  | 
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| 204 | * @param \SS_HTTPRequest $request  | 
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| 205 | * @return \SS_HTTPResponse  | 
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| 206 | */  | 
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| 207 | 	public function reject(SS_HTTPRequest $request) { | 
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| 236 | /**  | 
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| 237 | * Check if a DNDeployment exists and do permission checks on it. If there is something wrong it will return  | 
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| 238 | * an APIResponse with the error, otherwise null.  | 
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| 239 | *  | 
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| 240 | * @param \DNDeployment $deployment  | 
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| 241 | *  | 
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| 242 | * @return null|SS_HTTPResponse  | 
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| 243 | */  | 
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| 244 | View Code Duplication | 	protected function validateDeployment(\DNDeployment $deployment) { | 
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| 257 | /**  | 
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| 258 | * @return ArrayList  | 
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| 259 | */  | 
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| 260 | 	protected function getApprovers() { | 
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| 274 | /**  | 
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| 275 | * @param string $name  | 
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| 276 | * @return array  | 
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| 277 | */  | 
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| 278 | 	public function getModel($name = '') { | 
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| 282 | /**  | 
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| 283 | * @param string $action  | 
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| 284 | * @return string  | 
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| 285 | */  | 
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| 286 | 	public function Link($action = '') { | 
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| 289 | |||
| 290 | }  | 
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| 291 | 
This check marks property names that have not been written in camelCase.
In camelCase names are written without any punctuation, the start of each new word being marked by a capital letter. Thus the name database connection string becomes
databaseConnectionString.