[news.eclipse.tools] Re: How to find non-referenced methods in Eclipse?

["Robert Klemme" <bob.news@xxxxxxx>]

"oleg shteynbuk" <oshteynbuk@xxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Johann Uhrmann wrote:
> > oleg shteynbuk wrote:
> >
> >> there is also dynamic method invocation using reflection. but most
> >> users do not right libraries or use reflection so it make sense to
> >> have such warning as an option. i believe there are tools like lint
> >> for java that might give you just this, but i could not name anything
> >> off my hat.
> >
> >
> > I know that there are several ways to call a public method that cannot
> > be detected. Also there are some good reasons for not detecting
"orphan
> > methods", e.g. in libraries.
> >
> > The functionality I was asking for is more like a metric
> > but a warning and my intention was to use it to discover unused
methods
> > in applications.
> >
> > By the way, is there a kind of "reference counter" or "cross reference
> > list" that can be produced with Eclipse or one of its plug-ins?
> >
> > Obviously, that would do the job.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Hans
> >
> try search on
> http://eclipse-plugins.2y.net/eclipse/index.jsp
> there are more then 300 plugins, there should be some for code analysis
> PMD is one of them but i never used it. if you find anything that you
> like let's know. good luck

If you don't find it there, try doxygen.  That does a nice job, any might
be able to produce a x-ref list along the way.

    robert