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The Extract Delegate refactoring lets you extract some of the fields and methods of a class into a separate, newly created class. This refactoring is useful, when a class has grown too large and "does too many things". In such cases, it might be a good idea to split the class into smaller, more cohesive classes.

Example

BeforeAfter
public class Foo {
    private String b;
    public String getInfo() {
        return ("(" + b + ")");
    }
    ...
}

public class Bar {
    Foo foo;
    String t2 = foo.getInfo();
    ...
}
 
public class Foo {
    private final Info info = new Info();
    public String getInfo() {
        return info.getInfo();
    }
    ...
}

public class Info {
    private String b;
    public Info() {}
    public String getInfo() {
        return ("(" + b + ")");
    }
}

public class Bar {
    Foo foo;
    String t2 = foo.getInfo();
    ...
}
To perform Extract Delegate refactoring, follow these steps
  1. Open the class in the editor, or select it in the Project tool window.
  2. Select Refactor | Extract | Delegate from the main or the context menu.
  3. In the Extract Class dialog that opens:
    • Specify the name and package for the class to be created.
    • Selects the fields and methods to be included in the new class.
    • Click Preview to see the usages of the selected fields or methods in the Find tool window. Select the usages to be included in the refactoring and click Do Refactor.

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