diff --git a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes.rb b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes.rb
index c9a2218ac..b0eb89f45 100644
--- a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes.rb
+++ b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes.rb
@@ -18,102 +18,28 @@
 # Released under the same license as Ruby. No Support. No Warranty.
 #
 
-require_relative './annotate_routes/helpers'
-require_relative './annotate_routes/header_generator'
+require_relative './annotate_routes/annotation_processor'
+require_relative './annotate_routes/removal_processor'
 
+# This module provides methods for annotating config/routes.rb.
 module AnnotateRoutes
   class << self
+    # @param options [Hash]
+    # @return [String]
     def do_annotations(options = {})
-      if routes_file_exist?
-        existing_text = File.read(routes_file)
-        content, header_position = Helpers.strip_annotations(existing_text)
-        new_content = annotate_routes(HeaderGenerator.generate(options), content, header_position, options)
-        new_text = new_content.join("\n")
-        if rewrite_contents(existing_text, new_text, options[:frozen])
-          puts "#{routes_file} was annotated."
-        else
-          puts "#{routes_file} was not changed."
-        end
-      else
-        puts "#{routes_file} could not be found."
+      routes_file = File.join('config', 'routes.rb')
+      AnnotationProcessor.execute(options, routes_file).tap do |result|
+        puts result
       end
     end
 
-    def remove_annotations(options={})
-      if routes_file_exist?
-        existing_text = File.read(routes_file)
-        content, header_position = Helpers.strip_annotations(existing_text)
-        new_content = strip_on_removal(content, header_position)
-        new_text = new_content.join("\n")
-        if rewrite_contents(existing_text, new_text, options[:frozen])
-          puts "Annotations were removed from #{routes_file}."
-        else
-          puts "#{routes_file} was not changed (Annotation did not exist)."
-        end
-      else
-        puts "#{routes_file} could not be found."
+    # @param options [Hash]
+    # @return [String]
+    def remove_annotations(options = {})
+      routes_file = File.join('config', 'routes.rb')
+      RemovalProcessor.execute(options, routes_file).tap do |result|
+        puts result
       end
     end
-
-    private
-
-    def routes_file_exist?
-      File.exist?(routes_file)
-    end
-
-    def routes_file
-      @routes_rb ||= File.join('config', 'routes.rb')
-    end
-
-    def strip_on_removal(content, header_position)
-      if header_position == :before
-        content.shift while content.first == ''
-      elsif header_position == :after
-        content.pop while content.last == ''
-      end
-
-      # Make sure we end on a trailing newline.
-      content << '' unless content.last == ''
-
-      # TODO: If the user buried it in the middle, we should probably see about
-      # TODO: preserving a single line of space between the content above and
-      # TODO: below...
-      content
-    end
-
-    def rewrite_contents(existing_text, new_text, frozen)
-      content_changed = (existing_text != new_text)
-
-      if content_changed
-        abort "annotate error. #{routes_file} needs to be updated, but annotate was run with `--frozen`." if frozen
-        File.open(routes_file, 'wb') { |f| f.puts(new_text) }
-      end
-
-      content_changed
-    end
-
-    def annotate_routes(header, content, header_position, options = {})
-      magic_comments_map, content = Helpers.extract_magic_comments_from_array(content)
-      if %w(before top).include?(options[:position_in_routes])
-        header = header << '' if content.first != ''
-        magic_comments_map << '' if magic_comments_map.any?
-        new_content = magic_comments_map + header + content
-      else
-        # Ensure we have adequate trailing newlines at the end of the file to
-        # ensure a blank line separating the content from the annotation.
-        content << '' unless content.last == ''
-
-        # We're moving something from the top of the file to the bottom, so ditch
-        # the spacer we put in the first time around.
-        content.shift if header_position == :before && content.first == ''
-
-        new_content = magic_comments_map + content + header
-      end
-
-      # Make sure we end on a trailing newline.
-      new_content << '' unless new_content.last == ''
-
-      new_content
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/annotation_processor.rb b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/annotation_processor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e22635ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/annotation_processor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+require_relative './base_processor'
+require_relative './header_generator'
+require_relative './magic_comments_extractor'
+
+# This module provides methods for annotating config/routes.rb.
+module AnnotateRoutes
+  # This class provides methods for adding annotation to config/routes.rb.
+  class AnnotationProcessor < BaseProcessor
+    # @return [String]
+    def execute
+      if routes_file_exist?
+        if update
+          "#{routes_file} was annotated."
+        else
+          "#{routes_file} was not changed."
+        end
+      else
+        "#{routes_file} could not be found."
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def header
+      @header ||= HeaderGenerator.generate(options)
+    end
+
+    def generate_new_content_array(content, header_position)
+      magic_comments_map, content = MagicCommentsExtractor.execute(content)
+      if %w[before top].include?(options[:position_in_routes])
+        new_content_array = []
+        new_content_array += magic_comments_map
+        new_content_array << '' if magic_comments_map.any?
+        new_content_array += header
+        new_content_array << '' if content.first != ''
+        new_content_array += content
+      else
+        # Ensure we have adequate trailing newlines at the end of the file to
+        # ensure a blank line separating the content from the annotation.
+        content << '' unless content.last == ''
+
+        # We're moving something from the top of the file to the bottom, so ditch
+        # the spacer we put in the first time around.
+        content.shift if header_position == :before && content.first == ''
+
+        new_content_array = magic_comments_map + content + header
+      end
+
+      # Make sure we end on a trailing newline.
+      new_content_array << '' unless new_content_array.last == ''
+
+      new_content_array
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/base_processor.rb b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/base_processor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec7044951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/base_processor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# This module provides methods for annotating config/routes.rb.
+module AnnotateRoutes
+  # This class is abstract class of classes adding and removing annotation to config/routes.rb.
+  class BaseProcessor
+    class << self
+      # @param options [Hash]
+      # @param routes_file [String]
+      # @return [String]
+      def execute(options, routes_file)
+        new(options, routes_file).execute
+      end
+
+      private :new
+    end
+
+    def initialize(options, routes_file)
+      @options = options
+      @routes_file = routes_file
+    end
+
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    def update
+      content_changed = content_changed?(new_text)
+
+      abort "annotate error. #{routes_file} needs to be updated, but annotate was run with `--frozen`." if content_changed && frozen?
+
+      if content_changed
+        write(new_text)
+        true
+      else
+        false
+      end
+    end
+
+    def routes_file_exist?
+      File.exist?(routes_file)
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    attr_reader :options, :routes_file
+
+    def existing_text
+      @existing_text ||= File.read(routes_file)
+    end
+
+    # @return [String]
+    def new_text
+      content, header_position = strip_annotations(existing_text)
+      new_content = generate_new_content_array(content, header_position)
+      new_content.join("\n")
+    end
+
+    def write(text)
+      File.open(routes_file, 'wb') { |f| f.puts(text) }
+    end
+
+    def content_changed?(new_text)
+      existing_text != new_text
+    end
+
+    def frozen?
+      options[:frozen]
+    end
+
+    # TODO: write the method doc using ruby rdoc formats
+    # This method returns an array of 'real_content' and 'header_position'.
+    # 'header_position' will either be :before, :after, or
+    # a number.  If the number is > 0, the
+    # annotation was found somewhere in the
+    # middle of the file.  If the number is
+    # zero, no annotation was found.
+    def strip_annotations(content)
+      real_content = []
+      mode = :content
+      header_position = 0
+
+      content.split(/\n/, -1).each_with_index do |line, line_number|
+        if mode == :header && line !~ /\s*#/
+          mode = :content
+          real_content << line unless line.blank?
+        elsif mode == :content
+          if line =~ /^\s*#\s*== Route.*$/
+            header_position = line_number + 1 # index start's at 0
+            mode = :header
+          else
+            real_content << line
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      real_content_and_header_position(real_content, header_position)
+    end
+
+    def real_content_and_header_position(real_content, header_position)
+      # By default assume the annotation was found in the middle of the file
+
+      # ... unless we have evidence it was at the beginning ...
+      return real_content, :before if header_position == 1
+
+      # ... or that it was at the end.
+      return real_content, :after if header_position >= real_content.count
+
+      # and the default
+      [real_content, header_position]
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/header_generator.rb b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/header_generator.rb
index b1c93acf7..e8b4c26e6 100644
--- a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/header_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/header_generator.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-require_relative './helpers'
+require_relative './magic_comments_extractor'
 
+# This module provides methods for annotating config/routes.rb.
 module AnnotateRoutes
+  # This class processes result of `rake routes` and generate content enbeded in config/routes.rb.
   class HeaderGenerator
     PREFIX = '== Route Map'.freeze
     PREFIX_MD = '## Route Map'.freeze
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ def initialize(options, routes_map)
     end
 
     def generate
-      magic_comments_map, contents_without_magic_comments = Helpers.extract_magic_comments_from_array(routes_map)
+      magic_comments_map, contents_without_magic_comments = MagicCommentsExtractor.execute(routes_map)
 
       out = []
 
diff --git a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/helpers.rb b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/helpers.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dba65bbe..000000000
--- a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/helpers.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-module AnnotateRoutes
-  module Helpers
-    MAGIC_COMMENT_MATCHER = Regexp.new(/(^#\s*encoding:.*)|(^# coding:.*)|(^# -\*- coding:.*)|(^# -\*- encoding\s?:.*)|(^#\s*frozen_string_literal:.+)|(^# -\*- frozen_string_literal\s*:.+-\*-)/).freeze
-
-    class << self
-      # TODO: write the method doc using ruby rdoc formats
-      # This method returns an array of 'real_content' and 'header_position'.
-      # 'header_position' will either be :before, :after, or
-      # a number.  If the number is > 0, the
-      # annotation was found somewhere in the
-      # middle of the file.  If the number is
-      # zero, no annotation was found.
-      def strip_annotations(content)
-        real_content = []
-        mode = :content
-        header_position = 0
-
-        content.split(/\n/, -1).each_with_index do |line, line_number|
-          if mode == :header && line !~ /\s*#/
-            mode = :content
-            real_content << line unless line.blank?
-          elsif mode == :content
-            if line =~ /^\s*#\s*== Route.*$/
-              header_position = line_number + 1 # index start's at 0
-              mode = :header
-            else
-              real_content << line
-            end
-          end
-        end
-
-        real_content_and_header_position(real_content, header_position)
-      end
-
-      # @param [Array<String>] content
-      # @return [Array<String>] all found magic comments
-      # @return [Array<String>] content without magic comments
-      def extract_magic_comments_from_array(content_array)
-        magic_comments = []
-        new_content = []
-
-        content_array.each do |row|
-          if row =~ MAGIC_COMMENT_MATCHER
-            magic_comments << row.strip
-          else
-            new_content << row
-          end
-        end
-
-        [magic_comments, new_content]
-      end
-
-      private
-
-      def real_content_and_header_position(real_content, header_position)
-        # By default assume the annotation was found in the middle of the file
-
-        # ... unless we have evidence it was at the beginning ...
-        return real_content, :before if header_position == 1
-
-        # ... or that it was at the end.
-        return real_content, :after if header_position >= real_content.count
-
-        # and the default
-        return real_content, header_position
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/magic_comments_extractor.rb b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/magic_comments_extractor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8188c4542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/magic_comments_extractor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module AnnotateRoutes
+  # namespace to contain module function to extract magic comments
+  module MagicCommentsExtractor
+    MAGIC_COMMENT_MATCHER = Regexp.new(/(^#\s*encoding:.*)|(^# coding:.*)|(^# -\*- coding:.*)|(^# -\*- encoding\s?:.*)|(^#\s*frozen_string_literal:.+)|(^# -\*- frozen_string_literal\s*:.+-\*-)/).freeze
+
+    class << self
+      # @param [Array<String>] content
+      # @return [Array<String>] all found magic comments
+      # @return [Array<String>] content without magic comments
+      def execute(content_array)
+        magic_comments = []
+        new_content = []
+
+        content_array.each do |row|
+          if row =~ MAGIC_COMMENT_MATCHER
+            magic_comments << row.strip
+          else
+            new_content << row
+          end
+        end
+
+        [magic_comments, new_content]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/removal_processor.rb b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/removal_processor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9aafb255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/annotate/annotate_routes/removal_processor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require_relative './base_processor'
+
+# This module provides methods for annotating config/routes.rb.
+module AnnotateRoutes
+  # This class provides methods for removing annotation from config/routes.rb.
+  class RemovalProcessor < BaseProcessor
+    # @return [String]
+    def execute
+      if routes_file_exist?
+        if update
+          "Annotations were removed from #{routes_file}."
+        else
+          "#{routes_file} was not changed (Annotation did not exist)."
+        end
+      else
+        "#{routes_file} could not be found."
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def generate_new_content_array(content, header_position)
+      case header_position
+      when :before
+        content.shift while content.first == ''
+      when :after
+        content.pop while content.last == ''
+      end
+
+      # Make sure we end on a trailing newline.
+      content << '' unless content.last == ''
+
+      # TODO: If the user buried it in the middle, we should probably see about
+      # TODO: preserving a single line of space between the content above and
+      # TODO: below...
+      content
+    end
+  end
+end