Java Glossary : refactoring

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Cleaning up code, perhaps by moving a field from one class to another, pushing some code up or down a hierarchy. Most often it is the process of splitting out repetitive code to turn it into its own separate method. An automated tool such as a SCIDs to help you do might work like this:

I have a method which has some code that I would like to pull out into its own method.
I highlight the offending code.
I select Extract Method from a popup menu
The RefactoringBrowser asks me to name the method and automatically creates it and inserts the highlighted code.
In the current method, the highlighted code is replace by an invocation to the newly created method.

Refactoring : Improving the Design of Existing Code

0-201-48567-2

Martin Fowler, Kent Beck (Contributor), John Brant (Contributor), William Opdyke, Don Roberts.

Code Complete : A Practical Handbook of Software Construction

1-55615-484-4

Steve McConnell

Gives lots of practical advice on optimising. He talks mostly about C with examples in Fortran, Pascal, Basic and Ada. He doesn't talk about Java. It didn't exist when the book was written.

Refactoring Workbook

0-321-10929-5

William C. Wake

has exercises and real world examples. An emminently practical book.

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