avoiding if statements

Question

I was thinking about object oriented design today, and I was wondering if you should avoid if statements. My thought is that in any case where you require an if statement you ca

Answer 1

It is quite extreme. Doing what you are suggesting would cause a lot of needless code duplication, unless the entire function was completely different, based on a single surrounding if; and if so, that if should probably have been on the other side of the method invocation.

If-statements certainly have their place in object-orient design.