Extracting Methods to Simplify Testing When a method is long and complex, it is harder to test. You can make it easier by extracting methods: finding pieces of code in existing, complex methods (or functions) that can be replaced with method calls (or function calls). Consider the following complicated method: def GetTestResults(self): # Check if results have been cached. results = cache.get('test_results', None) if results is None: # No results in the cache, so check the database. results = db.FetchResults(SQL_SELECT_TEST_RESULTS) # Count passing and failing tests. num_passing = len([r for r in results if r['outcome'] == 'pass']) num_failing = len(results) - num_passing return num_passing, num_failing
This method is difficult to test because it not only relies on a database, but also on a cache. In addition, it performs some post processing of the retrieved results. The first hint that this method could use refactoring is the abundance of comments. Extracting sections of code into well-named methods reduces the original method's complexity. When complexity is reduced, comments often become unnecessary. For example, consider the following: def GetTestResults(self): results = self._GetTestResultsFromCache() if results is None: results = self._GetTestResultsFromDatabase() return self._CountPassFail(results) def _GetTestResultsFromCache(self): return cache.get('test_results', None) def _GetTestResultsFromDatabase(self): return db.FetchResults(SQL_SELECT_TEST_RESULTS) def _CountPassFail(self, results): num_passing = len([r for r in results if r['outcome'] == 'pass']) num_failing = len(results) – num_passing return num_passing, num_failing
Now, tests can focus on each individual piece of the original method by testing each extracted method. This has the added benefit of making the code more readable and easier to maintain. (Note: Method extraction can be done for you automatically in Python by the open-source refactoring browser BicycleRepairMan, and in Java by several IDEs, including IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse.)
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