Re: Re: Large Java classes wanted

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 3:09 PM, K. Cassell <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], J Arrizza <cppgent0@...> wrote:

>> You could generate large classes by "reverse refactoring". Start with a well
>> designed, well refactored set of classes and then merge them into one large
>> class. Run your system over it and see if you get the original classes
>> back.
>>
>> John
>
> That's an interesting idea.  Of course, if I designed a "massive merge" refactoring in such a way that my extract class algorithms could detect where the merge points were, I could claim 100% success when I dissembled the massive class into the original ones.  (Reverse, reverse engineering.)  That's why I'm hoping to get some external human opinions on my suggestions for splitting large classes in the real world.

If your extract class algorithms can't work with the "reverse reverse
engineering" case, it probably won't work in the more general case.
At the very least, the "reverse reverse engineering" case should
provide some test cases while continuing the search for
human-generated test cases.

> Regards,
> Keith


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