If-statement consolidation

I often face the problem of stacked if-statements that look repetitive, but usually can't find an easy way to simplify it.

if (keyState[BOTTOM]){
        dig_direction = BOTTOM;
        startDig(SIZE / 2 - x % SIZE, DIG_DEPTH);
    } else if (keyState[RIGHT] && isTouching[RIGHT]){
        dig_direction = RIGHT;
        startDig(DIG_DEPTH, 0);
    } else if (keyState[LEFT] && isTouching[LEFT]){
        dig_direction = LEFT;
        startDig(-DIG_DEPTH, 0);
    }

You want Replace Conditional with Polymorphism : "Move each leg of the conditional to an overriding method in a subclass. Make the original method abstract."

Your conditional from the example could then look like this :

digPosition.startDig()

digPosition being an instance of an interface DigPosition which has three implementations : BottomDigPosition, RightDigPosition and LeftDigPosition.

StackExchange Code Review Q#60112, answer score: 3