Extract class
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In Software engineering, the Extract class refactoring is applied when a class becomes overweight with too many methods and it's purpose becomes unclear. It involves creating a new class and moving methods and/or data to the new class.
Further reading
- Fowler, Martin (1999). Refactoring. Improving the Design of Existing Code. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-48567-2.
- http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/extractClass.html