Find & Replace... Eclipse has some nice tools that automate processes like pushing up methods into superclasses etc... so if you're looking for commercial 'to

Find & Replace... Eclipse has some nice tools that automate processes like pushing up methods into superclasses etc... so if you're looking for commercial 'tools', look no farther than Eclipse. Still, do not underestimate the power of a sound mind and a good text editor. Personally, I hate how "refactoring" is being marketed these days; mostly caused by the managers/business side of software engineering. To me, refactoring is nothing more than reviewing code, cleaning it up, using better algorithms, altering for better readability/writability... "The aim of our studies must be the direction of our mind so that it may form solid and true judgements on whatever matters arise. We must occupy ourselves only with those objects that our intellectual powers appear competent to know certainly and indubitably." Descartes