ICSE2024

Efficiently Trimming the Fat: Streamlining Software Dependencies with Java Reflection and Dependency Analysis

Xiaohu Song, Ying Wang, Xiao Cheng, Guangtai Liang, Qianxiang Wang, Zhiliang Zhu

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Abstract

Numerous third-party libraries introduced into client projects are not actually required, resulting in modern software being gradually bloated. Software developers may spend much unnecessary effort to manage the bloated dependencies: keeping the library versions up-to-date, making sure that heterogeneous licenses are compatible, and resolving dependency conflict or vulnerability issues.