SOBA: A Simple Toolkit for Java Bytecode Analysis

Abstract

For program analysis of Java in software engineering, control-flow, data dependence, control dependence, and method call relationships are often required. Existing tools provide features to extract the required information, however, it is difficult to use the tools for users who are unfamiliar with algorithms for program analysis. SOBA (Simple Objects for Bytecode Analysis) is a class library that is easy to use without detailed knowledge of program analysis. This paper introduces main features, design policy, and example programs of SOBA.