4: New Interface, Old Implementation

You need to call a routine but the interface makes it difficult/complicated/confusing/tedious.

Implement and use the interface you wish you could call. Implement the new interface by calling the old one.

A pass-through interface is the micro-scale essence of software design.

The same impulse holds true when you are:

• Coding Backward: Start with the last line of a routine, as if you already had all the intermediate results you needed.

• Coding Test-First: Start with the test you need to pass.

• Designing Helpers: If only I had a routine/object/service that did XXX, then the rest of this would be easy.