I am trying to re factor some code by breaking a class into several other classes. to do so i want to move some methods already existing in my old class to new class. But these methods are being referred in a lot of places and manually updating the references seems tiresome. So is there any way to move methods as well as update their references in eclipse?
In Java, a method can be invoked from another class based on its access modifier. For example, a method created with a public modifier can be called from inside as well as outside of a class/package. The protected method can be invoked from another class using inheritance.
You can also use the instance of the class to call the public methods of other classes from another class. For example, the method FindMax belongs to the NumberManipulator class, and you can call it from another class Test.
If you go to each method and right-click on its name, the menu has a "Refactor" option, which leads to a "Move" option.
To call a method in Java from another class is very simple. We can call a method from another class by just creating an object of that class inside another class. After creating an object, call methods using the object reference variable.
I would do it this way:
Also a good book for learning how to apply re-factoring patterns is Working Effectively with Legacy Code
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