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Is static universally “evil” for unit testing and if so why does resharper recommend it?
I have found that there are only 3 ways to unit test (mock/stub) dependencies that are static in C#.NET:
Moles
TypeMock
JustMock
Given that two of these are not free and one has not hit release ...
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JavaScript static methods retrieval
I have been thinking about it and wanted some feedback, recently I thought about doing it like this:
function foo(){
if ( !foo.prototype.statics ){
foo.prototype.statics = {
// ...
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Immutable vs mutable object as returned parameter for class method [closed]
There is a class method (static method) in which I create and build some object. And for filling that object, I create it as mutable object.
My mutable object is a subclass of immutable object. So ...
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What is a static method compared to instance/class/private/public methods?
I'm learning programming in Objective-C and I can't understand what a static method is. I know what class/instance/private/public methods are. Can someone explain what it is using an example and ...
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Can't I just use all static methods?
What's the difference between the two UpdateSubject methods below? I felt using static methods is better if you just want to operate on the entities. In which situations should I go with non-static ...
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How to implement syntax sugar in OO
The Problem
I regularly find myself writing the same code over and over again.
For example if I want a value from a nested array structure I end up writing something like this:
$config = ...
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Using static in PHP
I have a few functions in PHP that read data from functions in a class
readUsername(int userId){
$reader = getReader();
return $reader->getname(userId);
}
readUserAddress(){
$reader = ...
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Syntactic sugar in PHP with static functions
The dilemma I'm facing is: should I use static classes for the components of an application just to get nicer looking API?
Example - the "normal" way:
// example component
class Cache{
abstract ...
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What is the difference between all-static-methods and applying a singleton pattern?
I am making a database to store information about the users of my website (I am using stuts2 and hence Java EE technology). For the database I'll be making a DBManager. Should I apply singleton ...
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Static methods or static functions?
I was just reading http://stackoverflow.com/questions/155609/what-is-the-difference-between-a-method-and-a-function and all of a sudden, the thing came to my mind was the static methods.
As static ...
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Static class vs Singleton class in C# [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the difference between all-static-methods and applying a singleton pattern?
I need to make a decision for a project I'm working of whether to use static or ...
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How to deal with static utility classes when designing for testability
We are trying to design our system to be testable and in most parts developed using TDD. Currently we are trying to solve the following problem:
In various places it is necessary for us to use static ...
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OO PHP static keyword, should I use it?
I'm writing script for fb and I have 3 objects that I'll be using through all classes. I'm wondering if there is any advantage in using the static keyword except I don't have to create an instance ...
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“static” as a semantic clue about statelessness?
this might be a little philosophical but I hope someone can help me find a good way to think about this.
I've recently undertaken a refactoring of a medium sized project in Java to go back and add ...
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Do private static methods in C# hurt anything?
I created a private validation method for a certain validation that happens multiple times in my class (I can't store the validated data for various reasons). Now, ReSharper suggests that the function ...
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Why don't inherited methods use child properties? (PHP)
I'm trying to get the code below to work in child classes. But it keeps failing because it is checking the basicDbClass rather than the child class.
For those complaining and voting my question down ...
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Could implicit static methods cause problems?
This is a purely hypothetical question.
Say I create a class method that contains no references to instance variables or other resources. For example (C#):
protected string FormatColumn(string ...
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When do 'static functions' come into use?
OK, I've learned what a static function is, but I still don't see why they are more useful than private member functions. This might be kind of a newb-ish question here, but why not just replace all ...
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Is @staticmethod proliferation a code smell?
Consider a Python class with a number of @staticmethod methods and few instance methods. The static methods don't accept an instance of the defining class as parameters.
Do you think that all these ...
