Middle Man

Symptom

A class whose methods all delegate straight through to another object — no decisions, no transformations.

Goal

Callers talk directly to the real object; trivial passthroughs are deleted.

Smellier version

class Manager {
  reports() {
    return this.team.members();
  }
}

Fresher version

// Expose team directly when the wrapper adds nothing.
manager.team.members();

Savings

Fewer files, shorter call stacks, the implementation's location is obvious.

Note

An entire layer of indirection that adds no value; readers must follow every call to the real implementation.