Which tool is typically used for refactoring code during the migration of custom components to AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS)?

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Options

• AAEM Dispatcher
• BApache Sling Rewriter
• CAEM Modernizer
• DAEM Code Refactor Plugin

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  6% (3)
• C
  90% (44)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

AEM Modernize Tools is the purpose-built suite for migrating classic AEM components (static templates, foundation components, parsys-based designs) to the modern AEM as a Cloud Service paradigm - converting them to editable templates, Core Components, and policies through automated refactoring.

• A (AEM Dispatcher) is a caching and load-balancing layer, not a code transformation tool - it has nothing to do with component migration.
• B (Apache Sling Rewriter) processes HTML output via content transformation pipelines at request time; it's a runtime rewriting mechanism, not a migration/refactoring utility.
• D (AEM Code Refactor Plugin) is a fabricated distractor - no such official Adobe tool exists.

Memory tip: Think of "Modernizer = modernize your old stuff." When migrating old Classic UI / Foundation Components to the modern AEMaaCS way of building, you reach for the AEM Modernize Tools - the name literally tells you its job.

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