Re: Java cross reference tool

From: Robert Klemme (bob.news_at_gmx.net)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:36:07 +0100

"Dirk Daems" <dirk.d@telenet.be> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:28Vyd.9079$rR6.569380@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> Robert Klemme wrote:
> > "Dirk Daems" <dirk.d@telenet.be> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:Gp%wd.3855$HO2.259182@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I'm looking for good Java cross reference tools.
> >>Are you familiar with such a tool? What are the (dis)advantages of it?
> >>Is it prepared for the new 1.5 Tiger release?
> >
> >
> > If you need code navigation, Eclipse might be what you want; it lets
you
> > even navigate through std lib classes. You can also use doxygen to
> > generate HTML documentation that includes source code and is fully
cross
> > referenced.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > robert
> >
>
> I need to find out where certain methods of a certain class are used.

During development eclipse is paramount at this task. With the call
hiearchy you can even find all places several levels deep and navigate
there quickly.

> I
> took a look at the Doxygen tool but I think it only can show cross
> references when extra tags are added to the code.

That's not true as far as I can see. I did a check right now with doxygen
version 1.3-rc1 and it includes a line containing hyperlinks to all
methods that invoke the method.

Kind regards

    robert

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