Extract Superclass
Basics
The Extract Superclass refactoring enables extracting certain members of a class into a superclass.
Example
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Extracting a superclass
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:
- Name of the new superclass.
- Members to be included in the superclass
- Proceed with the refactoring.
Extracting the class dependent members
Let's consider the following sample of code:
a 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.
Last modified: 27 March 2018