Complex classes like ClassInfo 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 ClassInfo, and based on these observations, apply Extract Interface, too.
| 1 | <?php  | 
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| 21 | class ClassInfo  | 
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| 22 | { | 
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| 23 | |||
| 24 | /**  | 
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| 25 | * Wrapper for classes getter.  | 
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| 26 | *  | 
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| 27 | * @return array  | 
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| 28 | */  | 
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| 29 | public static function allClasses()  | 
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| 33 | |||
| 34 | /**  | 
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| 35 | * Returns true if a class or interface name exists.  | 
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| 36 | *  | 
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| 37 | * @param string $class  | 
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| 38 | * @return bool  | 
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| 39 | */  | 
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| 40 | public static function exists($class)  | 
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| 44 | |||
| 45 | /**  | 
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| 46 |      * Cache for {@link hasTable()} | 
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| 47 | *  | 
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| 48 | * @internal  | 
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| 49 | * @var array  | 
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| 50 | */  | 
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| 51 | private static $_cache_all_tables = array();  | 
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| 52 | |||
| 53 | /**  | 
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| 54 | * @internal  | 
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| 55 |      * @var array Cache for {@link ancestry()}. | 
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| 56 | */  | 
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| 57 | private static $_cache_ancestry = array();  | 
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| 58 | |||
| 59 | /**  | 
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| 60 | * Cache for parse_class_spec  | 
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| 61 | *  | 
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| 62 | * @internal  | 
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| 63 | * @var array  | 
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| 64 | */  | 
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| 65 | private static $_cache_parse = [];  | 
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| 66 | |||
| 67 | /**  | 
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| 68 | * @todo Move this to SS_Database or DB  | 
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| 69 | *  | 
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| 70 | * @param string $tableName  | 
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| 71 | * @return bool  | 
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| 72 | */  | 
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| 73 | public static function hasTable($tableName)  | 
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| 82 | public static function reset_db_cache()  | 
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| 87 | |||
| 88 | /**  | 
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| 89 | * Returns the manifest of all classes which are present in the database.  | 
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| 90 | *  | 
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| 91 | * @param string $class Class name to check enum values for ClassName field  | 
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| 92 | * @param boolean $includeUnbacked Flag indicating whether or not to include  | 
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| 93 | * types that don't exist as implemented classes. By default these are excluded.  | 
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| 94 | * @return array List of subclasses  | 
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| 95 | */  | 
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| 96 | public static function getValidSubClasses($class = 'SilverStripe\\CMS\\Model\\SiteTree', $includeUnbacked = false)  | 
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| 112 | /**  | 
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| 113 | * Returns an array of the current class and all its ancestors and children  | 
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| 114 | * which require a DB table.  | 
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| 115 | *  | 
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| 116 |      * @todo Move this into {@see DataObjectSchema} | 
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| 117 | *  | 
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| 118 | * @param string|object $nameOrObject Class or object instance  | 
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| 119 | * @return array  | 
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| 120 | */  | 
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| 121 | public static function dataClassesFor($nameOrObject)  | 
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| 145 | /**  | 
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| 146 | * @deprecated 4.0..5.0  | 
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| 147 | */  | 
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| 148 | public static function baseDataClass($class)  | 
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| 154 | /**  | 
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| 155 | * Returns a list of classes that inherit from the given class.  | 
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| 156 | * The resulting array includes the base class passed  | 
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| 157 | * through the $class parameter as the first array value.  | 
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| 158 | *  | 
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| 159 | * Example usage:  | 
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| 160 | * <code>  | 
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| 161 |      * ClassInfo::subclassesFor('BaseClass'); | 
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| 162 | * array(  | 
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| 163 | * 'BaseClass' => 'BaseClass',  | 
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| 164 | * 'ChildClass' => 'ChildClass',  | 
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| 165 | * 'GrandChildClass' => 'GrandChildClass'  | 
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| 166 | * )  | 
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| 167 | * </code>  | 
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| 168 | *  | 
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| 169 | * @param string|object $nameOrObject The classname or object  | 
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| 170 | * @return array Names of all subclasses as an associative array.  | 
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| 171 | */  | 
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| 172 | public static function subclassesFor($nameOrObject)  | 
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| 189 | |||
| 190 | /**  | 
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| 191 | * Convert a class name in any case and return it as it was defined in PHP  | 
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| 192 | *  | 
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| 193 |      * eg: self::class_name('dataobJEct'); //returns 'DataObject' | 
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| 194 | *  | 
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| 195 | * @param string|object $nameOrObject The classname or object you want to normalise  | 
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| 196 | * @return string The normalised class name  | 
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| 197 | */  | 
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| 198 | public static function class_name($nameOrObject)  | 
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| 206 | |||
| 207 | /**  | 
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| 208 | * Returns the passed class name along with all its parent class names in an  | 
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| 209 | * array, sorted with the root class first.  | 
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| 210 | *  | 
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| 211 | * @param string|object $nameOrObject Class or object instance  | 
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| 212 | * @param bool $tablesOnly Only return classes that have a table in the db.  | 
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| 213 | * @return array  | 
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| 214 | */  | 
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| 215 | public static function ancestry($nameOrObject, $tablesOnly = false)  | 
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| 240 | /**  | 
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| 241 | * @param string $interfaceName  | 
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| 242 | * @return array A self-keyed array of class names. Note that this is only available with Silverstripe  | 
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| 243 | * classes and not built-in PHP classes.  | 
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| 244 | */  | 
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| 245 | public static function implementorsOf($interfaceName)  | 
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| 249 | |||
| 250 | /**  | 
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| 251 | * Returns true if the given class implements the given interface  | 
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| 252 | *  | 
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| 253 | * @param string $className  | 
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| 254 | * @param string $interfaceName  | 
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| 255 | * @return bool  | 
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| 256 | */  | 
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| 257 | public static function classImplements($className, $interfaceName)  | 
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| 261 | |||
| 262 | /**  | 
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| 263 | * Get all classes contained in a file.  | 
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| 264 | * @uses ManifestBuilder  | 
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| 265 | *  | 
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| 266 | * @todo Doesn't return additional classes that only begin  | 
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| 267 | * with the filename, and have additional naming separated through underscores.  | 
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| 268 | *  | 
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| 269 | * @param string $filePath Path to a PHP file (absolute or relative to webroot)  | 
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| 270 | * @return array  | 
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| 271 | */  | 
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| 272 | public static function classes_for_file($filePath)  | 
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| 286 | |||
| 287 | /**  | 
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| 288 | * Returns all classes contained in a certain folder.  | 
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| 289 | *  | 
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| 290 | * @todo Doesn't return additional classes that only begin  | 
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| 291 | * with the filename, and have additional naming separated through underscores.  | 
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| 292 | *  | 
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| 293 | * @param string $folderPath Relative or absolute folder path  | 
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| 294 | * @return array Array of class names  | 
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| 295 | */  | 
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| 296 | public static function classes_for_folder($folderPath)  | 
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| 311 | private static $method_from_cache = array();  | 
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| 312 | |||
| 313 | public static function has_method_from($class, $method, $compclass)  | 
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| 335 | |||
| 336 | /**  | 
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| 337 | * @deprecated 4.0..5.0  | 
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| 338 | */  | 
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| 339 | public static function table_for_object_field($candidateClass, $fieldName)  | 
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| 344 | |||
| 345 | /**  | 
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| 346 | * Strip namespace from class  | 
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| 347 | *  | 
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| 348 | * @param string|object $nameOrObject Name of class, or instance  | 
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| 349 | * @return string Name of class without namespace  | 
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| 350 | */  | 
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| 351 | public static function shortName($nameOrObject)  | 
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| 356 | |||
| 357 | /**  | 
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| 358 | * Helper to determine if the given object has a method  | 
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| 359 | *  | 
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| 360 | * @param object $object  | 
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| 361 | * @param string $method  | 
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| 362 | * @return bool  | 
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| 363 | */  | 
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| 364 | public static function hasMethod($object, $method)  | 
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| 374 | |||
| 375 | /**  | 
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| 376 |      * Parses a class-spec, such as "Versioned('Stage','Live')", as passed to create_from_string(). | 
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| 377 | * Returns a 2-element array, with classname and arguments  | 
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| 378 | *  | 
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| 379 | * @param string $classSpec  | 
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| 380 | * @return array  | 
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| 381 | * @throws Exception  | 
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| 382 | */  | 
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| 383 | public static function parse_class_spec($classSpec)  | 
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| 518 | }  | 
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| 519 | 
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