Tutorial

Following, we describe how to use the PLAR-tool in a simple 3-step-way:

1. To extract PLAR-input in automated way, we suggest the installation and use of Stan4J.:

• Installing Stan4J as Eclipse plugin, or
• Download standalone version of Stan4j

Additional information:

• We also performed empirical studies with Analizo and Understand. We will publish the findings soon.
• The tool support usage in this step is not mandatory. To perform manual description or develop converters use the following input format. PLAR-tool uses trivial graph format (*.tgf):

1 class_A  //class A
2 class_B  //class B
#
1 2  //class_A calls class_B

2. Exporting the variants structural information extracted with Stan4J.

• Follow the steps described in this guideline.
• For more information about dependency analysis using Stan4J, check the following link.

3. Running the PLAR-tool

• Download the PLAR-tool latest version.
• Follow the steps described in this guideline

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