Identification of Move Method Refactoring Opportunities

Placement of attributes/methods within classes in an object-oriented system is usually guided by conceptual criteria and aided by appropriate metrics. Moving state and behavior between classes can help reduce coupling and increase cohesion, but it is nontrivial to identify where such refactorings sh...

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Published in:	IEEE transactions on software engineering Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 347 - 367
Main Authors:	Tsantalis, N., Chatzigeorgiou, A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York IEEE 01.05.2009 IEEE Computer Society
Subjects:	Algorithms Computer programs Criteria Data mining Design Design engineering design quality Designers Digital Object Identifier Feature Envy Jaccard distance Methodology Methods Move Method refactoring Object oriented Object oriented programming object-oriented design Open source software Performance evaluation Placement Productivity Runtime Smell Software engineering Software systems
ISSN:	0098-5589, 1939-3520
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