TraceSonar

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Static analysis on Java class files. Supports Java 8 Lambda!

It's able to trace the call hierarchy until the program entrance (e.g. main(), servlet or UI controller), recursion or unreachable libraries.

Quickstart:

Install JDK 8 and Maven. Try the shell script: ./test.sh Then it prints the call relations in this project, and generates a "traceback.html" file, showing the call hierarchy of class GraphStore.

Command line options:

-f stands for file paths to search in, remember to provide all classes folders and jars in this argument -q stands for queries such as 'com.example.MyClass#myMethod', 'com.example.MyClass#*' or 'com.example.MyClass'

Read the HTML report:

• Your queries are in the title.
• The starting nodes are in blue.
• The boundary nodes are in green borders.
• The potential calls are in gray.

Why it's useful?

• Helps developers know the impact before doing big refactoring.

• Helps QA define the regression test scope after such refactoring.

It should be robust enough. Feel free to try it out!

Limitation:

• If extremely slow, try assigning it more memory using JVM argument -Xmx.