Re: dependency-detection in java

From:
 Daniel Pitts <googlegroupie@coloraura.com>
Newsgroups:
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Date:
Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:22:02 -0000
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On Sep 1, 11:07 am, Andreas Leitgeb <a...@logic.at> wrote:

Daniel Pitts <googlegrou...@coloraura.com> wrote:

Second, it's exactly "ant" that triggers the problem,
by reducing the number of files to compile too far.
(it cannot do better, though, because it hasn't got the
necessary dependency-information)

I know that IntelliJ IDEA will let you determine what classes
use a constant, ...


"let me determine" ? I'm not sure if I parse this phrase correctly.
Does it mean, it determines it for me, or asks me to determine it myself?

I'd be surprised if other IDEs didn't also. Check it out.


The IDE's I've used so far offer these features (with respect to this context)
 - create an ant-script and use ant for building, offering a "build" and
      a "build all" button. This is where this Thread's problem is
      *not* solved. "Reverse-dependencies" as they seem to be called
      are not considered.
 - for a certain identifier give me a list of locations where it is used.
      This is the right direction, but doesn't go far enough.
      I haven't yet seen an IDE, that would use this information
      automatically for rebuilding.

Did I miss any other feature that you had in mind?


Nope.
The real point is, if you're using a public static constant, you don't
know WHO is going to use it. It might even be in another codebase
altogether. This is just another one of the reasons that "Globals are
bad things" :-).

Well, I hope you find the answer you want, since you don't want any of
the answers you got. Good luck to you.

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