Rename Method

Renaming a method allows developers to improve the language of the domain as their understanding naturally evolves during development.

• Choose a new name for the method. This is the hard part!
• Change the method definition to the new name.
• Find and replace all references to the old name.

If there are a large number of references to the method you want to rename, you can rename the callers one at a time while keeping everything in working order. The process is mostly the same:

• Choose a new name for the method. This is the hard part!
• Give the method its new name.
• Add an alias to keep the old name working.
• Find and replace all references to the old name.
• Remove the alias.