[Uml-devel] What is Refactor good for in u1?

[Carsten Pfeiffer]

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On Thursday 03 April 2003 21:59, Sebastian Stein wrote:

Hi,

> Luis De la Parra Blum <lparrab at gmx.net> [030403 21:47]:
> > if you have a class hierarchy ( a class with super and subclasses ) you
> > can right click on it and select the refactoring assistant.. then you can
> > move attributes and operation from one class to another, later you'll be
> > able to rename them / edit them and you can also add sub/super classes.
> > this is called refactoring, and the refactoring assistant... well..
> > assists you do refactor =)
>
> Huh, isn't that the thing I normally modell in a class diagram?

It's not about designing from scratch but to change existing models/code. See 
www.refactoring.com. E.g. changing a public/protected method's name is not 
only going to change that class, but all 'uses' of that method as well.

> > you can leave it like that.. I've seen the term "refactoring" used in
> > german literature as well.
>
> Mmh, I will try to find out a good translation and if the English term is
> better I will leave it. But I think it is better to have a German
> translation so that people not very familar to English haven't to learn to
> much to just understand the app.

Refaktorierung?

Cheers
Carsten Pfeiffer
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