Hi,
Apologies if this is the wrong forum. I've had an idea for a new
re-factoring. I'd like opinions on.
A problem that often arises is a programmer removes an interface from
the 'implements' clause of a class. They then wish to remove the then
redundant methods from the class. In order to do so they must first
familiarise themselves with the interface in question and then pick
through the class removing the method implementations. This is
laborious and fraught with error especially if the interface was onerous.
A better solution would be...
- User highlights class name
- Selects Refactor | Remove Interface
- Dialog appears allowing user to select from list of currently
implemented interfaces which to remove.
- Dialog also contains checkbox for 'Retain explicitly referenced methods'.
- Dialog has Preview, OK and Cancel.
On clicking OK the interface is removed from the 'implements' clause and
removes all the methods from the class matching the interface method
signatures.
Does anybody else think this is a good idea?
Has anybody done this or know of plans to include it in future versions?
Regards
Grant