Java refactoring tools

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Dónal picture Dónal · Apr 2, 2009 · Viewed 11.4k times · Source

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A tool like ReSharper, but for Java?

I make very heavy use of the Java code refactoring tools provided by Eclipse (extract interface, rename method, etc.). Does anyone knows of other similar tools (preferably Eclipse plugins) that can perform Java code refactorings that are not available in Eclipse by default, or that can perform the same refactorings better?

I'm aware of various Eclipse plugins that can identify code in need of refactoring (e.g. FindBugs, UCDetector), but I'm looking for tools that can actually do the refactoring.

Answer

AaronG picture AaronG · Apr 2, 2009

RefactorIT... Is available as standalone product and Eclipse plugin. Only con is that for non-open source projects you are limited to 50 classes (but can get around that by splitting into multiple Eclipse projects, and using dependencies). RefactorIT also has code generation tools, like 'Encapsulate Field', where you select (multiple) fields in the package view (wherever) and it automatically creates getters and/or setters, also same thing for Constructors... Great tool!

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