I don’t like to overuse if/else statements. I really dislike seeing code like this:

if(somethingIsTrue)
{
  DoSomethingWhenTrue( ) ;
}
else
{
  DoSomethingElse( ) ;
}

I just had an idea about using extension methods so I can write this instead:

somethingIsTrue.Branch(
    () => DoSomethingWhenTrue(), 
    () => DoSomethingElse()) ;

and here’s the extension method:

public static void Branch(this bool @bool, Action left, Action right) 
{ 
    if (@bool) 
    { 
        left(); 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        right(); 
    } 
}

Nice or not? I think it reads a bit better (for single line expressions anyway).

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Published 11 May 2011