Dynamic analysis of program concepts in Java

Jeremy Singer; Chris Kirkham

doi:10.1145/1168054.1168060

Dynamic analysis of program concepts in Java

Jeremy Singer, Chris Kirkham

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Abstract

Concept assignment identifies units of source code that are functionally related, even if this is not apparent from a syntactic point of view. Until now, the results of concept assignment have only been used for static analysis, mostly of program source code. This paper investigates the possibility of using concept information as part of dynamic analysis of programs. There are two case studies involving (i) a small Java program used in a previous research study; (ii) a large Java virtual machine (the popular Jikes RVM system). These studies demonstrate the usefulness of concept information for dynamic approaches to profiling, debugging and comprehension. This paper also introduces the new idea of feedback-directed concept assignment. Copyright 2006 ACM.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series\|ACM Int. Conf. Proc. Ser.
Pages	31-39
Number of pages	8
Volume	178
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1168054.1168060
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	4th International Conference on Principles and Practices of Programming in Java, PPPJ 2006 - Mannheim Duration: 1 Jul 2006 → …

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Conference	4th International Conference on Principles and Practices of Programming in Java, PPPJ 2006
City	Mannheim
Period	1/07/06 → …

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