Introduction

Too Many Methods is a special case of LargeClass.

Example

Given this configuration

TooManyMethods:
  max_methods: 3

and this code:

class TooManyMethods
  def one; end
  def two; end
  def three; end
  def four; end
end

reek would emit the following warning:

test.rb -- 1 warning:
  [1]:TooManyMethods has at least 4 methods (TooManyMethods)

Current Support in reek

reek counts all the methods it can find in a class - instance and class methods. So given max_methods from above is 4, this:

class TooManyMethods
  class << self
    def one; end
    def two; end
  end

  def three; end
  def four; end
end

would cause reek to emit the same warning as in the example above.

Configuration

reek's Too Many Methods detector offers the Basic Smell Options, plus:

Option	Value	Effect
max_methods	integer	The maximum number of methods that are permitted. Defaults to 25