{"id":633,"date":"2014-05-07T23:39:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T23:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wholetomato.com\/?p=633"},"modified":"2023-11-24T04:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T08:34:49","slug":"scope-of-refactoring-in-universal-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/scope-of-refactoring-in-universal-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Scope of Refactoring in Universal Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Build 2014 conference in San Francisco, Microsoft announced availability of Universal Solutions in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC. When you are ready to explore\u00a0the functionality of this major improvement to the IDE, you’ll want to know how several often-used commands of Visual Assist operate in this new arena.<\/p>\n

As a review, a simple Universal Solution is one that has at two or more platform-specific projects, and a shared project that is inherited by the platform-specific projects. The solution can include additional projects that may or many not inherit the shared project.<\/p>\n

In a Universal Solution of multiple project types, Find References, Rename, and Change Signature behave as they normally do if you tell the commands to display references from, or search in, all projects. A find for Foo::Bar() in all projects locates the method wherever it’s referenced in your solution\u2014in all project types.<\/p>\n

But, the three commands assume new behavior in a Universal Solution when you search only the current project:\u00a0the three commands assume you wish to search the current project plus those the project inherits, or\u00a0are inherited by the current project. This slightly broader definition of current project prevents you from inadvertently refactoring code<\/a> that will break a solution.<\/p>\n

For example, if you rename MinPlayableWidth\u00a0from a reference in a shared project\u2014without telling Rename to search all projects\u2014Visual Assist\u00a0assumes you also\u00a0need\u00a0to rename references in the projects that inherit the shared\u00a0project.<\/p>\n

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As another example, if you change signature of Foo::Bar() from a reference in a platform-specific project, Visual Assist assumes you also need to change the\u00a0signature of Foo::Bar()\u00a0in the shared project, plus other projects that inherit the shared project.<\/p>\n

Even with the broader definition of the current project within a Universal Solution, you still have the opportunity to select\/deselect project nodes before committing to a refactoring. If you exploit\u00a0Rename or Change Signature to “refactor” your code so it references a difference object, e.g. Foo::Bar2(), you might\u00a0initiate a\u00a0Rename or Change Signature, then deselect nodes of projects that inherit, or are inherited by, your current project.<\/p>\n

In summary, Visual Assist assumes you want your solution\u00a0to build when you refactor in a Universal Solution. If you’re using refactoring commands for non-refactoring\u00a0purposes, be mindful of the scope of your changes before you commit to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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