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Frequently Asked Questions

How to setup the soot dependency (in Maven, Gradle)?

See Installation.

How to retreive a SootClass or SootMethod?

See Getting Started.

Is there a github template to quickstart into development with SootUp?

Not yet.

Error while using the Sourcecodefrontend

Please make sure to use Java8 to execute.

Exception: Provider "jrt" not found

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java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at sootup.java.bytecode.inputlocation.JrtFileSystemAnalysisInputLocationTest.getClassSource(JrtFileSystemAnalysisInputLocationTest.java:28)
    ...
Caused by: java.nio.file.ProviderNotFoundException: Provider "jrt" not found
To execute SootUp with JavaModules support please make sure you run the code at least the Java9 Runtime.

How to solve a ConcurrentModificationException?

Copy the Iterator into an intermediate Collection. 

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final StmtGraph<?> stmtGraph = builder.getStmtGraph();
    for (Stmt stmt : Lists.newArrayList(stmtGraph)){
        ...
    }
}

How can I visualize a StmtGraph?

There exists a tool, that converts a StmtGraph to the Graphviz Dot Language. 

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DotExporter.buildGraph( stmtgraph );
or create a convenient link with the exported stmtgraph as HTTP GET Parameter 
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DotExporter.createUrlToWebeditor( stmtgraph );

The Sourcecodefrontend...

is in a experimental state! If you wish to use it, please consider to contribute.

Is there a way to use code exploration and syntax highlighting features in my IDE for .jimple files?

Try JimpeLsp or the vscode plugin

Is there a way to use syntax highlighting of .jimple in my paper, thesis, ...?

Have a look at LspLexer4Pygments. Its the same syntax highlighting you see here in the documentation. You can export it to LaTex as well.

How to ... add an entry in this list? i.e. Your question is not answered here?

Feel free to start a Discussion.