How Does Incomplete Composite Refactoring Affect Internal Quality Attributes?

Bibiano, Ana Carla; Soares, Vinicius; Coutinho, Daniel; Fernandes, Eduardo; Correia, João; Santos, Kleber; Oliveira, Anderson; Garcia, Alessandro; Gheyi, Rohit; Fonseca, Baldoíno; Ribeiro, Márcio; Barbosa, C. Hall; Oliveira, Daniel

doi:10.1145/3387904.3389264

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“…We also contributed to the work of other researchers and collaborators, e.g., Bibiano et al [9]. Thus, part of our Master's research and results are also described in these co-authored papers.…”

Section: Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…These composite refactorings comprise about half of the refactorings applied in software projects [8,34]. Thus, research about them has been growing in popularity in the last few years [8,10].…”

Section: Nfc -Non-functional Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Along with this, recent studies also described the many kinds of composite refactoring patterns used in practice [50]. They range from a simple, repeated usage of one or two different types of refactorings, to more complex code refactorings spanning over 5 different types of transformations [9]. This means that refactorings might not be only comprised of simple transformations in reality.…”

Section: Nfc -Non-functional Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Their goal is to understand which factors might be causing refactoring to fail to reach positive effects. For example, one of these investigated factors is the set of refactoring types being used together in a refactoring application [8,9]. However, other factors of a refactoring might have a relation to their effectiveness, and should also be investigated.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, one aspect of refactoring complexity is the number of transformations, including repeating ones, applied in a refactoring. This aspect was explored in previous works, though results say that it has little correlation to the actual effectiveness of the applied refactorings [9]. However, other aspects of refactoring complexity might affect refactoring effectiveness.…”

Section: Problem Statement and Limitations Of Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Aligning Developer Quality Concerns, Refactoring Applications, and Their Effects

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Minha pesquisa atual tem como foco determinar a correlação entre preocupações de desenvolvedores com relação à qualidade do código sendo modificado, e tanto quais quanto como refatorações são aplicadas ao código nestas situações. Assim, pretende-se permitir que desenvolvedores tenham uma maneira mais acurada de definir quais refatorações devem ser aplicadas, e como devem ser aplicadas, dependendo da situação atual, e das preocupações do desenvolvedor no momento da mudança. Como resultado de minha dedicação à pesquisa, enviei trabalhos aceitos para veículos relevantes, como o Simpósio Brasileiro de Engenharia de Software (SBES).

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Section: Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Nfc -Non-functional Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Nfc -Non-functional Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Problem Statement and Limitations Of Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Problem Statement and Limitations Of Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards a catalog of composite refactorings

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2023

J Software Evolu Process

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Catalogs of refactoring have key importance in software maintenance and evolution, since developers rely on such documents to understand and perform refactoring operations. Furthermore, these catalogs constitute a reference guide for communication between practitioners since they standardize a common refactoring vocabulary. Fowler's book describes the most popular catalog of refactorings, which documents single and well‐known refactoring operations. However, sometimes, refactorings are composite transformations, that is, a sequence of refactorings is performed over a given program element. For example, a sequence of Extract Method operations (a single refactoring) can be performed over the same method, in one or in multiple commits, to simplify its implementation, therefore, leading to a Method Decomposition operation (a composite refactoring). In this paper, we propose and document a catalog with eight composite refactorings. We also implement a set of scripts to mine composite refactorings by preprocessing the results of refactoring detection tools. Using such scripts, we search for composites in a representative refactoring oracle with hundreds of confirmed single refactoring operations. Next, to complement this first study, we also search for composites in the full history of 10 well‐known open‐source projects. We characterize the detected composite refactorings, under dimensions such as size and location. We conclude by addressing the applications and implications of the proposed catalog.

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