How to Refactor Smelly if…else Chains in Java: 5 Clean Design‑Pattern Solutions
This article examines the problems of long if…else statements in Java payment services, explains why they violate the Open‑Closed and Single Responsibility principles, and presents five practical refactoring techniques—including annotations, dynamic bean names, template methods, strategy‑factory, and chain‑of‑responsibility patterns—to eliminate the conditional logic.
