Extract Superclass
Basics
The Extract Superclass refactoring enables extracting certain members of a class into a superclass.
Example
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To extract a superclass
- Select the desired class in one of the views, or just open it in the editor.
- On the on the main menu or on the context menu, choose .
- In the Extract Superclass dialog box that appears, specify the following information:
- Proceed with the refactoring.
Extracting the class dependent members
Let's consider the following sample of code: As you can see, there is a dependency between arraya
and variable exRes
. If you apply Extract Superclass refactoring to the above class and try to select exRes
to be moved, and leave a
in the base class, CLion highlights the problem member in Extract Superclass dialog, as following: Trying to proceed with extract, you will get the following warning message:
Choose Continue to ignore the problem and proceed with refactoring, or Cancel to return back and resolve it. Also you can observe the conflict in Find Tool Window.
See Also
Last modified: 19 July 2017