Avoid Unnecessary Comparisons
| class Laboratory { |
| |
| Microscope microscope; |
| |
| Result analyze(Sample sample) { |
» | if (microscope.isInorganic(sample) == true) { |
| return Result.INORGANIC; |
| } else { |
| return analyzeOrganic(sample); |
| } |
| } |
| |
| private Result analyzeOrganic(Sample sample) { |
» | if (microscope.isHumanoid(sample) == false) { |
| return Result.ALIEN; |
| } else { |
| return Result.HUMANOID; |
| } |
| } |
| } |
The first logical conditions you learned to write probably consisted of integers and comparison operators, and a beginner might use that same way of implementing conditions with boolean values. But those comparisons are completely unnecessary—they’re like noise in your code.
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