Beyond the refactoring browser: Advanced tool support for software refactoring

[en] Current refactoring tools only provide support for performing selected refactorings. We show how tool support can be provided for the preparatory phases of refactoring as well, by determining when a software application should be refactored and which refactoring(s) in particular should be applied. We implemented a tool to detect bad smells and to propose adequate refactorings based on these smells, and validated this tool by carrying out experiments in three concrete case studies: the Soul application, the Smalltalk Collection hierarchy, and the HotDraw application framework. We also show how our tool complements the Smalltalk Refactoring Browser.

Disciplines :

Computer science

Author, co-author :

Mens, Tom

Tourwé, Tom

Munoz, Francisca

Language :

English

Title :

Beyond the refactoring browser: Advanced tool support for software refactoring

Publication date :

01 January 2003

Event name :

International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution

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Research unit :

S852 - Génie Logiciel

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