Swiss Army Knife

The anti-pattern is an architecture having a very large functional interface. It is also known as "kitchen sink" anti-pattern.

Symptoms and Consequences

• Single class that does everything.
• Single module that does multiple purposes and intent.

Causes

• Missing architecture planning.
• Forgotten to profile class/structure.

Refactor Recipe

• Profile the functional purposes and group them into 1 set per purpose.
• Refactor them accordingly.