JDeodorant: Identification and Removal of Type-Checking Bad Smells

In this demonstration, we present an Eclipse plug-in that automatically identifies Type-Checking bad smells in Java source code, and resolves them by applying the “Replace Conditional with Polymorphism” or “Replace Type Code with State/Strategy” refactorings. To the best of our knowledge there is a lack of tools that identify Type-Checking bad smells. Moreover, none of the state-of-the-art IDEs support the refactorings that resolve such kind of bad smells.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CSMR
• Authors: Nikolaos Tsantalis, Theodoros Chaikalis, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou
• Keywords: CSMR 2008, Eclipse Plug-in, Java Source Code, Software Engineering, Type Code