Remove Middle Man.
A class has too many methods that simply delegate to other objects.
Delete these methods and force the client to call the end methods directly.
##Example
##Why Refactor
To describe this technique, we’ll use the terms from Hide Delegate, which are:
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Server is the object to which the client has direct access.
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Delegate is the end object that contains the functionality needed by the client.
There are two types of problems:
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The server-class doesn’t do anything itself and simply creates needless complexity. In this case, give thought to whether this class is needed at all.
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Every time a new feature is added to the delegate, you need to create a delegating method for it in the server-class. If a lot of changes are made, this will be rather tiresome.
##How to Refactor
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Create a getter for accessing the delegate-class object from the server-class object.
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Replace calls to delegating methods in the server-class with direct calls for methods in the delegate-class.
