In this post, I will explain in detail how I used the builder design pattern together with the bit mask field technique to reduce complexity. As a result, I decreased the cyclomatic complexity from 24 to 0 and reduced development time from hours to minutes.
The rest of this post is organized as follows sections:
- The problem explains the problem I was solving.
- Creating the bit mask field presents a solution to the problem.
- Cyclomatic Complexity discusses cyclomatic complexity and calculates this metric for the solution presented in the section above.
- Builder design pattern explains the builder design pattern and describes the refactoring process that removed complexity.
- Conclusion summarizes this post.
- References provides references related to the topics discussed here.
All the examples shown here are in C++.
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