Extract Field refactoring

The Extract Field refactoring creates a field that holds the selected expression as the value and replaces its occurrences by reference to this newly created field.

You can opt to:

• replace all occurrences of the expression

• replace only a single occurrence of the expression

To invoke the refactoring, select an expression to be replaced with a field or place the caret over an expression and press &shortcut:IntroduceField; (Refactor | Extract | Field):