Supporting extract class refactoring in Eclipse: The ARIES project

Author

Bavota, Gabriele ; De Lucia, Andrea ; Marcus, Andrian ; Oliveto, Rocco ; Palomba, Fabio

Author_Institution

Sch. of Sci., Univ. of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

2-9 June 2012

Firstpage

1419

Lastpage

1422

Abstract

During software evolution changes are inevitable. These changes may lead to design erosion and the introduction of inadequate design solutions, such as design antipatterns. Several empirical studies provide evidence that the presence of antipatterns is generally associated with lower productivity, greater rework, and more significant design efforts for developers. In order to improve the quality and remove antipatterns, refactoring operations are needed. In this demo, we present the Extract class features of ARIES (Automated Refactoring In EclipSe), an Eclipse plug-in that supports the software engineer in removing the “Blob” antipattern.

Keywords

object-oriented methods; software maintenance; software quality; ARIES project; Blob antipattern; Eclipse plug-in; automated refactoring In EclipSe; design antipatterns; extract class refactoring; software evolution; Clustering algorithms; Couplings; Databases; Education; Feature extraction; Measurement; Software; Design; Quality; Refactoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering (ICSE), 2012 34th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zurich

ISSN

0270-5257

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1066-6

Electronic_ISBN

0270-5257

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSE.2012.6227233

Filename

6227233