[MockObject]

> Refactoring is badge of disgrace, and should not be considered a standard practice any more than putting out kitchen fires should be considered a standard practice of cooking.

I can only grant you the benefit of the doubt and assume you aren't quite using the word the way the rest of the industry does.

Replacing two similar code fragments with two calls to a single method is an example of refactoring. In no universe would that ever be considered any sort of kitchen fire.

[tabtab]

"Refactoring" is also often used when for example somebody uses the wrong OOP pattern (doesn't fit changes) and has to convert it to a different OOP pattern.