Extract variable
If you come across an expression that is hard to understand or it is duplicated in several places throughout you code, the Extract Variable refactoring can help you deal with those problems placing the result of such expression or its part into a separate variable that is less complex and easier to understand. Plus, it reduces the code duplication.
Starting with Java 1.8 and later versions, IntelliJ IDEA also lets you extract a functional type variable.
IntelliJ IDEA also supports code for the Java 13 version.
In the editor, select an expression or its part that you want to extract. You can also position the caret within the expression, in this case IntelliJ IDEA offers you a list of potential code selections.
Press Ctrl+Alt+V or from the main menu, select
.- Select a name suggested in the popup or type your own and press Enter. If IntelliJ IDEA finds more than one occurrence, it lets you specify whether or not you want to extract this variable for all of them.
You can also declare the variable you are extracting as
If you want to reassign the existing variable to a new one, press Ctrl+Alt+V. If you have more than one existing variable, IntelliJ IDEA displays a list to choose from.final
.You can press Shift+Tab to change a type of the variable.
If the In the modal dialogs refactoring option is selected in the Refactorings area on the Code Editing page of the Settings/Preferences dialog Ctrl+Alt+S, IntelliJ IDEA opens the Extract Variable dialog for this refactoring.
Example
Let's extract the anotherClass.inValue()
variable that occurs twice throughout the code and give it a name number
.
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public void method() {
int a = 1;
...
int b = a + anotherClass.intValue();
int c = b + anotherClass.intValue();
}
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public void method() {
int a = 1;
...
int number = anotherClass.intValue();
int b = a + number;
int c = b + number;
}
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func method() {
val a = 1
val b = a + anotherClass!!.intValue()
val c = b + anotherClass!!.intValue()
}
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func method() {
val a = 1
val number = anotherClass!!.intValue()
val b = a + number
val c = b + number
}
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Extract functional variable
This refactoring creates a functional expression for Java 1.8 and later versions, and an anonymous class for older versions of Java.
Select the code fragment, in this example, an argument of the
println
method.- In the main menu, select
IntelliJ IDEA opens the Extract Functional Variable dialog.Alternatively, from the context menu in the editor, select Functional Variable.
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T, and select . When the selected code depends on instance fields, like in the example, the Pass field as params checkbox will appear and you can pass a parameter in a place of fields. However, if for example, your selected code fragment depends on any local variable or a parameter the corresponding entries would appear in the list. When you deselect one of the parameters in the dialog, the corresponding local values will be used instead. Configure your options and click OK.
Choose an applicable functional interface from the popup.
If you want, change a name of the extracted variable if you don't want to use the name suggested in the list.
IntelliJ IDEA creates lambda that you can use further.
Example
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import java.util.List;
public class PrintAction implements Runnable {
private List<String> data;
public PrintAction(List<String> data) {
this.data = data;
}
public void run() {
System.out.println("Data: " + data.toString());
}
}
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import java.util.List;
import java.util.function.Function;
public class PrintAction implements Runnable {
private List<String> data;
public PrintAction(List<String> data) {
this.data = data;
}
public void run() {
Function<List<String>, String> presenter = (p) -> "Data: " + p.toString();
System.out.println(presenter.apply(data));
}
}
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