Duplicate Template Fields
^^^^^
**Definition:**

* The fields of two or more templates are identical or very similar


**Code Example:**

.. code-block:: java

    template MyRecordType t1 := {
    field1 := "foo",
    field2 := 1,
    field3 := true
    }
        

    template MyRecordType t2 := {
    field1 := "foo",
    field2 := 1,
    field3 := true
    }

    template MyRecordType t3 := {
    field1 := "bar",
    field2 := 1,
    field3 := true
    }

**References:**

.. admonition:: Quality attributes

    * :octicon:`file-code;1em` -  Code Example
    * :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` -  Cause and Effect
    * :octicon:`graph;1em` -  Frequency
    * :octicon:`sync;1em` -  Refactoring

* `An approach to quality engineering of TTCN-3 test specifications <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10009-008-0075-0>`_
* `Pattern-based Smell Detection in TTCN-3 Test Suites <http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.144.6997&rep=rep1&type=pdf>`_ :octicon:`file-code;1em` :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` :octicon:`sync;1em`
* `Utilising Code Smells to Detect Quality Problems in TTCN-3 Test Suites <https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-73066-8_16>`_