Quantifying the benefits of code hints for refactoring deprecated Java APIs
When done manually by engineers at Amazon and other companies, refactoring legacy code in order to eliminate uses of deprecated APIs is an error-prone and time-consuming process. In this paper, we investigate to which degree refactorings for deprecated Java APIs can be automated, and quantify the benefit of Javadoc code hints for this task. To this end, we build a symbolic and a neural engine for the automatic refactoring of deprecated APIs. The former is based on type-directed and component-based program synthesis, whereas the latter uses LLMs. We applied our engines to refactor the deprecated methods in the Oracle JDK 15. Our experiments show that code hints are enabling for the automation of this task: even the worst engine correctly refactors 71% of the tasks with code hints, which drops to at best 14% on tasks without. Adding more code hints to Javadoc can hence boost the refactoring of code that uses deprecated APIs.
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10:30 - 12:30 | Library and Product LineIndustry Papers / Journal First / Ideas, Visions and Reflections / Demonstrations at Pirsenteret 150 Chair(s): Andrea Arcuri Kristiania University of Applied Sciences | ||
10:30 10mTalk | Drop the Golden Apples: Identifying Third-Party Reuse by DB-Less Software Composition Analysis Ideas, Visions and Reflections Lyuye Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Chengwei Liu Nanyang Technological University, Wu Jiahui , Shiyang Zhang Tianjin University, CHENGYUE LIU , Zhengzi Xu Imperial Global Singapore, Sen Chen Nankai University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University | ||
10:40 20mTalk | Quantifying the benefits of code hints for refactoring deprecated Java APIs Industry Papers Cristina David University of Bristol, Pascal Kesseli Meta, Daniel Kroening Amazon, Hanliang Zhang University of Bristol | ||
11:00 20mTalk | Mapping APIs in Dynamic-typed Programs by Leveraging Transfer Learning Journal First Zhenfei Huang Tianjin University, Junjie Chen Tianjin University, Jiajun Jiang Tianjin University, Yihua Liang Tianjin University, Hanmo You Tianjin University, Fengjie Li Tianjin University | ||
11:20 10mTalk | Dirty-Waters: Detecting Software Supply Chain Smells Demonstrations Raphina Liu KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sofia Bobadilla KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Benoit Baudry KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Martin Monperrus KTH Royal Institute of Technology | ||
11:30 10mTalk | Pursuit of Automotive Software Variant Reduction for Engineering Simplicity Industry Papers Vard Antinyan Volvo Car Group | ||
11:40 20mTalk | Software Product Line Engineering via Software Transplantation Journal First Leandro Oliveira de Souza Federal Institute of Bahia, Irecê, Bahia, Brazil, Eduardo Almeida , Paulo Anselmo da Mota Silveira Neto Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Earl T. Barr University College London, Justyna Petke University College London | ||
12:00 10mTalk | Beyond Software Families: Community-Driven Variability Ideas, Visions and Reflections Roman Bögli University of Bern, Alexander Boll University of Bern, Alexander Schultheiß Paderborn University, Timo Kehrer University of Bern Pre-print | ||
12:10 20mTalk | The Promise and Pitfalls of WebAssembly: Perspectives from the Industry Industry Papers Ningyu He Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Shangtong Cao Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Haoyu Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Yao Guo Peking University, Xiapu Luo Hong Kong Polytechnic University | ||
This room is located outside Clarion Hotel
This room is located in the Pirsenteret (The Pier Center) convention center. It is just outside the hotel, on the back, towards the fjord.
You should be able to go through the emergency exit at Clarion, just on the side of the Cosmos 3 wing, which will be bring you close to Pirsenteret.
The entrance to the center is from here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/dU3qH6kAimXGBNHe7
Once inside, go all straight and you will find signage to reach the room. The room is known as room 150 inside the center.