Abstract
When compiling a Java program, too restrictive access modifiers immediately lead to compilation errors. However, developers do not even get informed, if an access modifier could be more restrictive.We developed a tool called AccessModifierAnalyzer (AMA) that reports insufficiently restrictive Java access modifiers based on a static bytecode analysis. AMA analyses fields and methods and reports on visibility modifiers, the static modifier, and the final modifier. It can either be used as a stand-alone application, as part of an Apache Ant script, or as a NetBeans plug-in. In this paper, we motivate the need for a report on insufficiently restrictive access modifiers and give an overview of the architecture and usage of AMA.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Work-in-Progress Session at the 8th International Conference on the Principles and Practice of Programming in Java (PPPJ 2010) |
| Publisher | CEUR-WS |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 692 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Fields of science
- 102 Computer Sciences
- 102015 Information systems
- 102027 Web engineering
JKU Focus areas
- Computation in Informatics and Mathematics