Code Smell 34 - Too Many Attributes
A class defines objects with lots of attributes.
7 December, 2022
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A class defines objects with lots of attributes.
Problems
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Low Cohesion
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Coupling
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Maintainability
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Readability
Solutions
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Find methods related to attributes.
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Cluster these methods.
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Break the object related to those clusters.
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Find real objects related to this new objects and replace existing references.
Examples
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DTOs
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Denormalized table rows
Sample Code
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Right
Detection
Most linters warn when you declare too many attributes. Setting a good warning threshold should be easy.
Tags
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Primitive
Conclusion
Bloated objects know too much and are very difficult to change due to cohesion.
Developers change these objects a lot, so they bring merge conflicts and are a common problems source.
Relations
Credits
So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things.
Ryan Singer
This article is part of the CodeSmell Series.