Beyond the refactoring browser: advanced tool support for software refactoring

Author

Mens, Tom ; Tourwé, Tom ; Muñoz, Francisca

Author_Institution

Programming Technol. Lab, Vrije Univ., Brussels, Belgium

fYear

2003

fDate

1-2 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

44

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Smalltalk; object-oriented programming; program verification; software maintenance; software tools; systems re-engineering; HotDraw application framework; Smalltalk collection hierarchy; Smalltalk refactoring browser; Soul application; advanced tool support; software application; software refactoring; Conferences; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Evolution, 2003. Proceedings. Sixth International Workshop on Principles of

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1903-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWPSE.2003.1231207

Filename

1231207