Long Method
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**Definition:**

* It's where a method or function has too many responsibilities. Many times a method does not start off being too long, but over time it grows and grows, taking on additional responsibilities. This poses an issue when tests want to call into a method to do one thing, but will ultimately have multiple other things executed as well.

**Also Known As:**

* Long Function

**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

* `Writing good gherkin <https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/7-ways-tidy-your-test-code>`_ :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` :octicon:`sync;1em`