Complex classes like Configuration 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 Configuration, and based on these observations, apply Extract Interface, too.
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14 | class Configuration { |
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16 | const KEYMARKER = '____'; |
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18 | protected $_name = 'conf'; // name of the config variable found in the files (overridden by $config['varname']) |
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19 | protected $_format = 'php'; // format of the config file, supported formats - php (overridden by $config['format']) |
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20 | protected $_heading = ''; // heading string written at top of config file - don't include comment indicators |
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22 | /** @var ConfigParser */ |
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23 | protected $parser; |
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26 | protected $_loaded = false; // set to true after configuration files are loaded |
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27 | protected $_metadata = array();// holds metadata describing the settings |
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28 | /** @var Setting[] */ |
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29 | public $setting = array(); // array of setting objects |
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30 | public $locked = false; // configuration is considered locked if it can't be updated |
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31 | public $show_disabled_plugins = false; |
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33 | // configuration filenames |
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34 | protected $_default_files = array(); |
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35 | protected $_local_files = array(); // updated configuration is written to the first file |
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36 | protected $_protected_files = array(); |
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38 | protected $_plugin_list = null; |
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40 | /** |
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41 | * constructor |
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42 | * |
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43 | * @param string $datafile path to config metadata file |
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44 | */ |
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45 | public function __construct($datafile) { |
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71 | /** |
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72 | * Retrieve and stores settings in setting[] attribute |
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73 | */ |
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74 | public function retrieve_settings() { |
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132 | /** |
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133 | * Stores setting[] array to file |
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134 | * |
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135 | * @param string $id Name of plugin, which saves the settings |
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136 | * @param string $header Text at the top of the rewritten settings file |
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137 | * @param bool $backup backup current file? (remove any existing backup) |
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138 | * @return bool succesful? |
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139 | */ |
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140 | public function save_settings($id, $header = '', $backup = true) { |
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175 | /** |
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176 | * Update last modified time stamp of the config file |
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177 | * |
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178 | * @return bool |
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179 | */ |
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180 | public function touch_settings() { |
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186 | /** |
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187 | * Read and merge given config files |
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188 | * |
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189 | * @param array $files file paths |
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190 | * @return array config settings |
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191 | */ |
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192 | protected function _read_config_group($files) { |
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202 | /** |
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203 | * Returns header of rewritten settings file |
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204 | * |
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205 | * @param string $id plugin name of which generated this output |
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206 | * @param string $header additional text for at top of the file |
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207 | * @return string text of header |
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208 | */ |
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209 | protected function _out_header($id, $header) { |
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224 | /** |
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225 | * Returns footer of rewritten settings file |
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226 | * |
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227 | * @return string text of footer |
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228 | */ |
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229 | protected function _out_footer() { |
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238 | /** |
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239 | * Configuration is considered locked if there is no local settings filename |
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240 | * or the directory its in is not writable or the file exists and is not writable |
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241 | * |
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242 | * @return bool true: locked, false: writable |
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243 | */ |
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244 | protected function _is_locked() { |
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255 | /** |
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256 | * not used ... conf's contents are an array! |
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257 | * reduce any multidimensional settings to one dimension using Configuration::KEYMARKER |
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258 | * |
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259 | * @param $conf |
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260 | * @param string $prefix |
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261 | * @return array |
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262 | */ |
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263 | protected function _flatten($conf, $prefix = '') { |
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280 | /** |
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281 | * Returns array of plugin names |
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282 | * |
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283 | * @return array plugin names |
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284 | * @triggers PLUGIN_CONFIG_PLUGINLIST event |
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285 | */ |
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286 | protected function get_plugin_list() { |
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301 | /** |
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302 | * load metadata for plugin and template settings |
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303 | * |
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304 | * @param string $tpl name of active template |
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305 | * @return array metadata of settings |
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306 | */ |
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307 | protected function get_plugintpl_metadata($tpl) { |
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349 | /** |
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350 | * Load default settings for plugins and templates |
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351 | * |
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352 | * @param string $tpl name of active template |
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353 | * @return array default settings |
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354 | */ |
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355 | protected function get_plugintpl_default($tpl) { |
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380 | } |
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382 |
This check looks for variables that are accessed but have not been defined. It raises an issue if it finds another variable that has a similar name.
The variable may have been renamed without also renaming all references.