What is the best way to replace or substitute if..else if..else trees in programs?

Question

This question is motivated by something I\'ve lately started to see a bit too often, the if..else if..else structure. While it\'s simple and has its uses, somet

Answer 1

If you really must have a bunch of if tests and want to do different things whenwver a test is true I would recommend a while loop with only ifs- no else. Each if does a test an calls a method then breaks out of the loop. No else there's nothing worse than a bunch of stacked if/else/if/else etc.