Abstract: Key classes have become excellent starting points for developers to understand unknown software systems. Up to now, a variety of approaches have been proposed to mine key classes in a ...

Java annotations were designed for metadata. Spring uses them for dependency injection. Lombok uses them for code generation. JPA uses them for ORM mapping. We use them to write entire programs. This ...

Abstract: Many organizations rely on software systems to perform their core business operations. These systems often require modernization to accommodate new requirements and demands over time. Visual ...

These benefits lead to more flexible, maintainable, and efficient code structures. Unfortunately, Java does not natively support class extensions (categories) and there is a little chance such support ...