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Bug 183077

Summary:	A useful refactor: move fields and methods to another class
Product:	java	Reporter:	twolf2919 <twolf2919>
Component:	Refactoring	Assignee:	Ralph Ruijs <ralphbenjamin>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	i30817, nico_debeissat
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	204440

Description twolf2919 2010-03-29 13:12:49 UTC

I have a constant that is defined in a local class and I'd like to move it into a class higher up the package structure since it turns out that it is useful across multiple packages.  Unlike other IDEs, Netbeans "Refactor->Move" seems to only allow me to move the whole class.

The ability to move fields and methods to other existing classes would be a very helpful refactoring.

Comment 1 dlichtenberger 2010-06-23 07:50:15 UTC

At first I thought it was a bug that I couldn't move methods or fields. This is a really essential refactoring that I used all the time in IDEA, it would be great if Netbeans had this too.

Comment 2 nico_debeissat 2010-06-25 07:41:42 UTC

That is an important feature which is present in Eclipse but not in Netbeans

Comment 3 sguha 2011-02-18 00:51:39 UTC

This is a very useful refactoring, thought netbeans already implemented it, but was surprised to find out that it did not.
Thanks sguha.

Comment 4 Ralph Ruijs 2011-10-31 14:35:45 UTC

*** Bug 179400 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Ralph Ruijs 2012-02-08 15:03:47 UTC

Fixed by http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/7366a9a6ccf3