Extract interface

Last modified: 11 October 2024

Refactor | Extract | Interface

With the Extract Interface refactoring, you can create an interface that is based on the selected type. The Extract Interface dialog displays a list of methods and specifications that you can use to create new method specifications.

Extract an interface

  1. Place the caret at a type, an interface, or a method that you want to use as a base for a new interface.

  2. Select Refactor | Extract | Interface.

  3. In the Extract Interface dialog, select members that you want to extract along with the interface.

  4. Specify the extract location in To directory, To file, and To package fields.

  5. Click Refactor.

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To enable the Preview button, clear at least one checkbox of any method whose visibility is going to be changed (the Exported column).

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