Refactoring large data object

Question

What are some common strategies for refactoring large \"state-only\" objects?

I am working on a specific soft-real-time decision support system which do

Answer 1

One way you may be able to intelligently break up a large data class is to look at patterns of access by client classes. For example, if a set of classes only accesses fields 1-20 and another set of classes only accesses fields 25-30, maybe those groups of fields belong in separate classes.