Identification of Extract Method Refactoring Opportunities

• Published in: 2009 13th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering pp. 119 - 128
• Main Authors: Tsantalis, N., Chatzigeorgiou, A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.01.2009
• Subjects: Amorphous materials; Application software; Debugging; Employment; Extract Method Refactoring; Informatics; Long Method Bad Smell; Object-Oriented Design; Program Slicing; Runtime; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software measurement; Software testing

Extract method has been recognized as one of the most important refactorings, since it decomposes large methods and can be used in combination with other refactorings for fixing a variety of design problems. However, existing tools and methodologies support extraction of methods based on a set of st...