Inline Method (and delete)

• Oct 06, 2021
• 2 minutes to read

Replaces the current method call with the method’s body and deletes the method.

If the refactoring is called for method declaration, it replaces all method calls.

Availability

Available from the context menus or via shortcuts:

• when the edit cursor or caret is on a method name within its call, provided that this call is the only call to this method.
• when the edit cursor or caret is on a method name within its declaration.

Example

C#

private List<UserInfo> GetUsersElderThen(int minAge)
{
    int maxAge = int.MaxValue;
    return FindUsers(minAge, maxAge);
}
private List<UserInfo> │FindUsers(int minAge, int maxAge)
{
    List<UserInfo> result = new List<UserInfo>();
    foreach (UserInfo uInfo in _Users)
    {
        if (uInfo.Age >= minAge && uInfo.Age <= maxAge)
            result.Add(uInfo);
    }
    return result;
}

VB.NET

Private Function GetUsersElderThen(minAge As Integer) As List(Of UserInfo)
    Dim maxAge As Integer = Integer.MaxValue
    Return FindUsers(minAge, maxAge)
End Function
Private Function │FindUsers(minAge As Integer, maxAge As Integer) As List(Of UserInfo)
    Dim result As List(Of UserInfo) = New List(Of UserInfo)
    For Each uInfo In _Users
        If uInfo.Age <= maxAge And uInfo.Age >= minAge Then
            result.Add(uInfo)
        End If
    Next
    Return result
End Function

Result:

C#

private List<UserInfo> GetUsersElderThen(int minAge)
{
    int maxAge = int.MaxValue;
    List<UserInfo> result = new List<UserInfo>();
    foreach (UserInfo uInfo in _Users)
    {
        if (uInfo.Age >= minAge && uInfo.Age <= maxAge)
            result.Add(uInfo);
    }
    return result;
}

VB.NET

Private Function GetUsersElderThen(minAge As Integer) As List(Of UserInfo)
    Dim maxAge As Integer = Integer.MaxValue
    Dim result As List(Of UserInfo) = New List(Of UserInfo)()
    For Each uInfo In _Users
        If uInfo.Age <= maxAge And uInfo.Age >= minAge Then
            result.Add(uInfo)
        End If
    Next
    Return result
End Function

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