Who are you not gonna call? a definitive comparison of Java static call graph creator tools /
Call graphs are fundamental for advanced, interprocedural control flow and data flow analysis tasks. In dynamic languages like Java, which allows polymorphism and reflection constructing a static call graph can be complicated. A missing or imprecisely connected edge might misguide the following algo...
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| Dokumentumtípus: | Könyv része |
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2018
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| Sorozat: | Conference of PhD Students in Computer Science
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| Kulcsszavak: | Java - programnyelv, Számítástechnika, Programozás |
| Online Access: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/61767 |
| Tartalmi kivonat: | Call graphs are fundamental for advanced, interprocedural control flow and data flow analysis tasks. In dynamic languages like Java, which allows polymorphism and reflection constructing a static call graph can be complicated. A missing or imprecisely connected edge might misguide the following algorithms causing errors in the overall analysis. In this paper, we have collected six static analyzer tools for Java and performed a qualitative comparison on the call graph they generate. As part of the comparison, we introduced a method for pairing different notations of the same functions. We evaluated the collected tools on three open-source Java projects and on a small example containing most of the relevant Java language features. The results revealed several language structures that were handled differently by the static analyzers, which led to a difference in the created call graphs as well. |
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| Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők: | 68-71 |