Refactorings are behavior-preserving program transformations that improve the design of a
program. Refactoring engines are tools that automate the application of refactorings: first the …

Refactorings are behavior-preserving program transformations that improve the design of a
program. Refactoring engines are tools that automate the application of refactorings: first the …

Refactorings are behavior preserving program transformations that improve program design.
Refactoring engines are tools that automate the application of refactorings: first the user …

Refactoring is a transformation that preserves the external behavior of a program and
improves its internal quality. Usually, compilation errors and behavioral changes are …

This position paper presents our experience in automated testing of Eclipse and NetBeans
refactoring tools. Test inputs for these tools are Java programs. We have developed …

Refactoring engines may have overly weak conditions, overly strong conditions, and
transformation issues related to the refactoring definitions. We find that 86% of the test suites …

Refactoring engines may have overly strong preconditions preventing developers from
applying useful transformations. We find that 32 percent of the Eclipse and JRRT test suites …

Program refactorings in IDEs are commonly implemented in an ad hoc way, since checking
correctness with respect to a formal semantics is prohibitive. These tools may perform …

Refactoring is the transformation of program source code in a way that preserves the
behaviour of the program. Many tools exist for automating a number of refactoring steps, but …

Refactoring's are behavior-preserving program transformations that improve the design of a
program. Refactoring engines are tools that automate the application of refactoring's: first the …