Simplifying Conditional Expressions

Making logic easier to read.

Table of Contents

• Decompose Conditional: Decompose the complicated parts of the conditional into separate methods.
• Consolidate Conditional Expression: Combine multiple conditionals that lead to the same result.
• Consolidate Duplicate Conditional Fragments: Move the code that is identical in all branches of the conditional to outside of the conditional.
• Replace Nested Conditional with Guard Clauses: Use guard clauses for all the special cases.
• Replace Conditional with Polymorphism: Move each leg of the conditional to an overriding method in a subclass.