Introduction to

SOLID Principles
Background
• Single Responsibility Principle

• Open/Closed Principle

• Liskov Substitution Principle

• Interface Segregation Principle

• Dependency Inversion Principle

S: Single Responsibility
Principle (SRP)
“Every class should have a single responsibility, and that
responsibility should be entirely encapsulated by that class”
 The Customer class has 2 reasons to change:

1. When we need to modify the way we save Customer data

2. When we want to revise the way we log our Exceptions

 SRP - Tips
Difficulty in naming classes can be a sign that you are trying to do
too much, and that this class is taking on too much responsibility

Do One Thing: methods that only do one thing are usually very
short: 3-5 lines

Multiple unit tests for the same method should be a warning sign
that you are doing too much
 O: Open/Closed
Principle (OCP)
“Software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be
open for extension, but closed for modification.”
 O: Open/Closed
Principle (OCP)
Open for extension – you can extend an object’s behaviour

Closed for modification – without the need to modify any

existing code
 L: Liskov Substitution
Principle (LSP)
“If S is a subtype of T, then objects of type T may be replaced
with objects of type S without altering any of the desirable
properties of that program”
 LSP - Tips
Favour Interfaces over inheritance (Google this…you’ll find loads!)

Use inheritance sparingly.

Keep inheritance hierarchies from getting to big – aim for no

more than two or three deep.
I: Interface Segregation
Principle (ISP)
“No client should be forced to depend on methods it does not
use.”
 D: Dependency
Inversion Principle (DIP)
“A. High-level modules should not depend on low-level
modules. Both should depend on abstractions.

B. Abstractions should not depend on details. Details should

depend on abstractions.”
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