Complex classes like GridFieldRecordHighlighter often do a lot of different things. To break such a class down, we need to identify a cohesive component within that class. A common approach to find such a component is to look for fields/methods that share the same prefixes, or suffixes. You can also have a look at the cohesion graph to spot any un-connected, or weakly-connected components.
Once you have determined the fields that belong together, you can apply the Extract Class refactoring. If the component makes sense as a sub-class, Extract Subclass is also a candidate, and is often faster.
While breaking up the class, it is a good idea to analyze how other classes use GridFieldRecordHighlighter, and based on these observations, apply Extract Interface, too.
| 1 | <?php | ||
| 10 | class GridFieldRecordHighlighter implements GridField_ColumnProvider | ||
| 11 | { | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | protected $alerts; | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | function __construct($alerts) | ||
| 19 | |||
| 20 | /** | ||
| 21 | * Add extra fields to the column list | ||
| 22 | * | ||
| 23 | * @param GridField $gridField | ||
| 24 | * @param array - List reference of all column names. | ||
| 25 | */ | ||
| 26 | public function augmentColumns($gridField, &$columns) | ||
| 31 | |||
| 32 | /** | ||
| 33 | * List of handled columns | ||
| 34 | * | ||
| 35 | * @param GridField $gridField | ||
| 36 | * @return array | ||
| 37 | */ | ||
| 38 | public function getColumnsHandled($gridField) | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | /** | ||
| 45 | * Set titles for the column header | ||
| 46 | * | ||
| 47 | * @param GridField $gridField | ||
| 48 | * @param string $columnName | ||
| 49 | * @return array - Map of arbitrary metadata identifiers to their values. | ||
| 50 | */ | ||
| 51 | public function getColumnMetadata($gridField, $columnName) | ||
| 56 | |||
| 57 | /** | ||
| 58 | * Return a formfield for the extra field column or an edit button for the actions column | ||
| 59 | * | ||
| 60 | * @param GridField $gridField | ||
| 61 | * @param DataObject $record - Record displayed in this row | ||
| 62 | * @param string $columnName | ||
| 63 | * @return string - HTML for the column. Return NULL to skip. | ||
| 64 | */ | ||
| 65 | public function getColumnContent($gridField, $record, $columnName) | ||
| 87 | |||
| 88 | /** | ||
| 89 | * Generate HTML attributes for each individual cells as selectors for CSS and JS | ||
| 90 | * | ||
| 91 | * @param GridField $gridField | ||
| 92 | * @param DataObject $record displayed in this row | ||
| 93 | * @param string $columnName | ||
| 94 | * @return array | ||
| 95 | */ | ||
| 96 | public function getColumnAttributes($gridField, $record, $columnName) | ||
| 111 | |||
| 112 | function getAlerts($record) | ||
| 144 | } | ||
| 145 | 
Adding explicit visibility (
private,protected, orpublic) is generally recommend to communicate to other developers how, and from where this method is intended to be used.