Java - Refactor almost identical methods

Question

I have a method which looks something like this:

private void method(final Param one, final Param two) {
    Code Block
    CallToAnotherMethod() 
}

This method is called from 2 places. In one of the places, I want to call the entire method as is. In the second place, I want to only execute the Code Block but not the CallToAnotherMethod() .

How should I go about refactoring this? Implementing 2 methods with 99% of the same code does not seem elegant.

Thanks in advance for the suggestions.

Answer 1

Without any insight in the actual code, it is hard to judge it properly. As with any generic question, we can only provide a generic answer.

private void method(final Param one, final Param two) {
    methodForCodeBlock(one, two);
    callToAnotherMethod() 
}

private void methodForCodeBlock(final Param one, final Param two) {
    // code block here
}

private void callToAnotherMethod() {
    ...
}

To only execute the code block, call methodForCodeBlock(...) . To execute everything, call method(...) .

Answer 2

Here you have

private void method(final Param one, final Param two) {
    codeBlockMethod() 
    CallToAnotherMethod() 
}


private void method2(final Param one, final Param two) {
    CallToAnotherMethod() 
}

private void codeBlockMethod() {
    Code Block
}