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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| 11 | class DirectEliminationTreeGen extends TreeGen  | 
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| 15 | * Calculate the Byes need to fill the Championship Tree.  | 
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| 16 | * @param Championship $championship  | 
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| 17 | * @param $fighters  | 
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| 18 | * @return Collection  | 
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| 19 | */  | 
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| 20 | protected function getByeGroup(Championship $championship, $fighters)  | 
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| 30 | /**  | 
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| 31 | * Create empty groups for direct Elimination Tree  | 
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| 32 | * @param $numFightersElim  | 
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| 33 | */  | 
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| 34 | public function pushEmptyGroupsToTree($numFightersElim)  | 
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| 42 | * Chunk Fighters into groups for fighting, and optionnaly shuffle  | 
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| 43 | * @param $fightersByEntity  | 
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| 44 | * @return Collection|null  | 
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| 45 | */  | 
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| 46 | protected function chunkAndShuffle($round = null, $fightersByEntity)  | 
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| 58 | /**  | 
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| 59 | * Generate First Round Fights  | 
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| 60 | */  | 
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| 61 | public function generateFights()  | 
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| 67 | /**  | 
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| 68 | *  | 
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| 69 | */  | 
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| 70 | public function generateNextRoundsFights()  | 
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| 81 | /**  | 
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| 82 | * @param Championship $championship  | 
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| 83 | * @param $fightsByRound  | 
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| 84 | */  | 
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| 85 | private function updateParentFight(Championship $championship, $fightsByRound)  | 
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| 100 | /**  | 
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| 101 | * @param $fight  | 
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| 102 | * @param $parentFight  | 
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| 103 | */  | 
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| 104 | private function chooseAndUpdateParentFight($fight, $parentFight)  | 
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| 116 | /**  | 
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| 117 | * Returns the parent field that need to be updated  | 
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| 118 | * @return null|string  | 
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| 119 | */  | 
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| 120 | View Code Duplication | public function getParentFighterToUpdate()  | 
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| 137 | /**  | 
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| 138 | * In the original fight ( child ) return the field that contains data to copy to parent  | 
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| 139 | * @return null|string  | 
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| 140 | */  | 
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| 141 | View Code Duplication | public function getValueToUpdate()  | 
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| 155 | /**  | 
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| 156 | * Check if we are able to fill the parent fight or not  | 
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| 157 | * If one of the children has c1 x c2, then we must wait to fill parent  | 
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| 158 | *  | 
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| 159 | * @return bool  | 
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| 160 | */  | 
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| 161 | View Code Duplication | public function hasDeterminedParent()  | 
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| 170 | }  | 
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This check looks from parameters that have been defined for a function or method, but which are not used in the method body.