Depends on the block code. If there is a return in there, for instance, you can't extract it as a new method. Recent builds of IDEA (since #506 iirc) pop up a dialog explaining why the refactoring isn't possible. Older builds just ignore the request.
Cheers, Dan/tastapod > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonas Kvarnstr�m [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 25 October 2001 14:50 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Eap-list] Extract Method fails for block > > > Yesterday I wanted to extract a block of code within braces { > ... } to a > method. I selected the entire block, including the braces, and IDEA > refused to let me make that code into a method. I had to select the > inner part of the block, extract a method, and then manually > remove the > braces. Is this a bug, or are there reasons why replacing a > brace block > with a single method call might not be a good idea? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > *************************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intendeds olely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.I f you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for thep resence of computer viruses. *************************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
