Warn when certain constructor is used

[Pietro Paolini]

Hi,

Thank you very much for the answer, there are probably other ways but, as I am confined in the Java language domain going down to the "javac" path is something that will work and which I don’t dislike as I see it as a long term investment.

Moreover I've spent on it some time and I've gone past the non-come-back point :-)

Cheers,
P.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Remi Forax [mailto:forax at univ-mlv.fr]
> Sent: 31 May 2018 13:19
> To: Pietro Paolini
> Cc: compiler-dev
> Subject: Re: Warn when certain constructor is used
> 
> Hi Pietro,
> detecting usages of certain API entrypoints is usually done on the bytecode
> instead of on the source code in the Java world, it's usually easier because the
> bytecode is more stable than the source code and it has also the advantage
> to work not only with Java the language but also in Scala, Groovy, Kotlin, etc.
> 
> You can use ASM [1] for that, here is an example [2] from stackoverflow.
> 
> cheers,
> Rémi
> 
> [1] http://asm.ow2.io/
> [2] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/930289/how-can-i-find-all-the-
> methods-that-call-a-given-method-in-java#931410
> 
> 
> ----- Mail original -----
> > De: "Pietro Paolini" <Pietro.Paolini at alfasystems.com>
> > À: "compiler-dev" <compiler-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> > Envoyé: Jeudi 31 Mai 2018 11:05:20
> > Objet: Warn when certain constructor is used
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am not sure the question is appropriate for compiler-dev but I would like
> to
> > give it a try anyway.
> >
> > I would like to detect when a certain class's constructor is used and log its
> > usage along with filename and line number somewhere, such as a log file or
> > standard output, I can't use an IDE to do that as I am working on a fairly
> > large codebase and I need to automate the process, moreover it seems like
> an
> > interesting problem to solve.
> >
> > https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/tools/JavaCompiler.html
> >
> > I was hoping that could help me but I haven't spot anything as yet, even
> though
> > I must admit that my knowledge on the matter is limited.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Pietro
> >
> >
> > Pietro Paolini
> > Consultant
> >
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