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 | ||
| 10 | class Permission | ||
| 11 | { | ||
| 12 | /** | ||
| 13 | * @var string | ||
| 14 | */ | ||
| 15 | protected $middlewarePrefix = 'admin.permission:'; | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | /** | ||
| 18 | * Handle an incoming request. | ||
| 19 | * | ||
| 20 | * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request | ||
| 21 | * @param \Closure $next | ||
| 22 | * @param array $args | ||
| 23 | * | ||
| 24 | * @return mixed | ||
| 25 | */ | ||
| 26 | public function handle(Request $request, \Closure $next, ...$args) | ||
| 27 |     { | ||
| 28 |         if (!Admin::user() || !empty($args) || $this->shouldPassThrough($request)) { | ||
| 29 | return $next($request); | ||
| 30 | } | ||
| 31 | |||
| 32 |         if ($this->checkRoutePermission($request)) { | ||
| 33 | return $next($request); | ||
| 34 | } | ||
| 35 | |||
| 36 |         if (!Admin::user()->allPermissions()->first(function ($permission) use ($request) { | ||
|  | |||
| 37 | return $permission->shouldPassThrough($request); | ||
| 38 |         })) { | ||
| 39 | Checker::error(); | ||
| 40 | } | ||
| 41 | |||
| 42 | return $next($request); | ||
| 43 | } | ||
| 44 | |||
| 45 | /** | ||
| 46 | * If the route of current request contains a middleware prefixed with 'admin.permission:', | ||
| 47 | * then it has a manually set permission middleware, we need to handle it first. | ||
| 48 | * | ||
| 49 | * @param Request $request | ||
| 50 | * | ||
| 51 | * @return bool | ||
| 52 | */ | ||
| 53 | public function checkRoutePermission(Request $request) | ||
| 73 | |||
| 74 | /** | ||
| 75 | * Determine if the request has a URI that should pass through verification. | ||
| 76 | * | ||
| 77 | * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request | ||
| 78 | * | ||
| 79 | * @return bool | ||
| 80 | */ | ||
| 81 | View Code Duplication | protected function shouldPassThrough($request) | |
| 100 | } | ||
| 101 | 
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: