Note on FlagArgument via Martin Fowler

My general reaction to flag arguments is to avoid them. Rather than use a flag argument, I prefer to define separate methods.

class Concert...
  public Booking regularBook(Customer aCustomer) {...}
  public Booking premiumBook(Customer aCustomer) {...}

My reasoning here is that the separate methods communicate more clearly what my intention is when I make the call.

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Martin Fowler

FlagArgument

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The main reason, for me, to avoid flag arguments is because it makes a single method “do” multiple things. That makes it harder to read, harder to reason about, harder to test, etc.