It sounds like there is far too much coupling between your classes, if that is the case.
> > I am constantly refactoring code, but sometimes the form unit just grows > bigger and bigger. > > Regards > Leigh > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On > Behalf Of Colin Johnsun > Sent: Monday, 5 July 2010 4:39 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] unit source code size > > Can you refactor your code? > > See if you can break your classes or methods into smaller segments. > > Depending upon your class relationship, can you reduce it to one class per > unit? > > If you have such large methods (200 lines seems like is a lot!), you > can break them up into smaller methods. > > If it make sense, you could possibly extract a base class out of your > existing class and have that in another unit. > Or rather than extracting out a base class, you can make your classes > more coherent by redefining them based on their functionality. eg an > order class that maintains a list of order items, calculates their > totals and taxes and generates a printed invoice can be broken into > several smaller (but associated) classes - one for maintaining items, > one for calculating totals and taxes and another for printing > invoices. > > Just a thought, > > Colin > > On 5 July 2010 13:50, Leigh Wanstead <lei...@softtech.co.nz> wrote: >> Good afternoon, >> >> >> >> I am facing a trouble. Some of the class I wrote reaches more than 1600 >> lines. I don't like it. The methods in the class are ordinary range from one >> line to 200 lines. I really like each method sitting in their own unit. >> Just like abap in sap. It is easy to maintain 200 lines in a source code >> unit than 2000 lines. >> >> >> >> Without using include, what can I do? >> >> >> >> BTW, I don't understand why classes.pas in Delphi contain 11103 lines? Just >> to save Delphi programmer less uses clause? >> >> >> >> TIA >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Leigh >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: >> unsubscribe >> > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
