Too Many Parameters

Question

Hi,
I have a few methods which have quite a few parameters - in some cases about 10 or 11. None of these methods are similar in so much as to warrant a bean object being passed, but is there another alternative?
Any ideas?

Answer 1

warrant a bean objectdoesn't warrant a bean object eh? how ya figure that besides apathy? for example:
someObj.setColor(int, int, int)
sure that works, but doesn't
someObj.setColor(Color)
work much better in showing you what your doing here? you want to set a color, so use a color.
these many parameters your putting in, don't they represent something? like the others' said, its a bit vague to comment here... maybe you have a case where these many parameters aren't belonging to the same thing, but its hard to imagine.. even if its some flight control system that take variables from many places in wierd ways....why thats an "event" of sorts and so you can pass in an event with all that information. in j2ee httprequests, you can dump all sorts of things into a request or session and then just pass that around and get out what you need.....same thing. map, list, whatever you choose. it represents an event none the less.