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Extract superclass

Last modified: 08 October 2024

The Extract Superclass refactoring lets you create a superclass for an existing class. You can also rename the original class, so that it becomes an implementation for the newly created superclass. In this case, IntelliJ IDEA changes all original class usages to use a superclass where possible.

The members of the original class can be moved to the superclass. For a method, you can transfer only the method declaration but not the implementation, declaring the method as abstract in the superclass. As a result, you will have a superclass and the original class inheriting from the superclass.