feat: Add inheritance support to Java call graph generation using symbol table#151
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feat: Add inheritance support to Java call graph generation using symbol table#151
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…nalysis using symbol table Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sinha <sinha108@gmail.com>
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Motivation and Context
Previously, the Java call graph generation using symbol tables only detected methods declared directly in the receiver type's class. When a method was inherited from a parent class, it would not appear in the call graph, leading to incomplete analysis.
This change enhances
JCodeanalyzerto recursively search the class hierarchy to find inherited method definitions. This ensures that the call graph contains edges for method calls on inherited methods.How Has This Been Tested?
Created 8 tests in
test_inheritance_call_graph.pycovering single-level inheritance, concrete vs interface resolution,and multi-level inheritance with parameters targeting
JCodeanalyzermethodsget_class_call_graph_using_symbol_table(),get_callees(), andget_callers().Breaking Changes
This is a backward-compatible enhancement.
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Additional context
Interface methods without concrete implementations are not considered during the search.