In this paper, we have defined a static approach named DUM (Detecting Unreachable Methods) that works on Java byte-code and detects unreachable methods by traversing a graph-based representation of the software to be analyzed. To assess the validity of our approach, we have implemented it in a prototype software system. Both our approach and prototype have been validated on four open-source software. Results have shown the correctness, the completeness, and the accuracy of the methods that our solution detected as unreachable. We have also compared our solution with: JTombstone and Google CodePro AnalytiX. This comparison suggested that DUM outperforms baselines.

A graph-based approach to detect unreachable methods in Java software

Romano S.;
2016-01-01

Abstract

In this paper, we have defined a static approach named DUM (Detecting Unreachable Methods) that works on Java byte-code and detects unreachable methods by traversing a graph-based representation of the software to be analyzed. To assess the validity of our approach, we have implemented it in a prototype software system. Both our approach and prototype have been validated on four open-source software. Results have shown the correctness, the completeness, and the accuracy of the methods that our solution detected as unreachable. We have also compared our solution with: JTombstone and Google CodePro AnalytiX. This comparison suggested that DUM outperforms baselines.
2016
978-1-4503-3739-7
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Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11586/321536
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