Also known as: Carve Specialized Anemic Service Out of Monolithic Service

A special case of Extract Class

Motivation

As one step of Extract Bounded Context you’ve found a domain service that has become too big. Its functionality belongs partly into the bounded context that is extracted. The decision has been made to split it.

Mechanics

  • Create empty new class in carved-out context
  • Add instance field of type new class to the old class
  • Copy first to-be-moved method to new class with Move Method
  • Replace method body in old class with a forward to method in new class
  • Step by step replace calls to the method in the old class with calls to the method in the new class
  • Delete the implementation in the old class
  • Repeat with other to-be-moved methods
  • Remove instance field of type new class in the old class

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