Extracting library-based object-oriented applications
Extracting library-based object-oriented applications
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提取基于库的面向对象应用程序
DOI:
10.1145/355045.355059
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发表时间:
2000
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通讯作者:
F. Tip
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作者:
P. Sweeney;F. Tip
In an increasingly popular model of software distribution, software is developed in one computing environment and deployed in other environments by transfer over the internet. Extraction tools perform a static whole-program analysis to determine unused functionality in applications in order to reduce the time required to download applications. We have identified a number of scenarios where extraction tools require information beyond what can be inferred through static analysis: software distributions other than complete applications, the use of reflection, and situations where an application uses separately developed class libraries. This paper explores these issues, and introduces a modular specification language for expressing the information required for extraction. We implemented this language in the context of Jax, an industrial-strength application extractor for Java, and present a small case study in which different extraction scenarios are applied to a commercially available library-based application.