Annotations are a means to attach additional meta data to the source code of a system. Nowadays, more and more technologies rely on the presence of such annotations in the source c...
Andy Kellens, Carlos Noguera, Kris De Schutter, Co...
Despite increasing efforts in detecting and managing software security vulnerabilities, the number of security attacks is still rising every year. As software becomes more complex...
Java applications rely on Just-In-Time (JIT) compilers or adaptive compilers to generate and optimize binary code at runtime to boost performance. In conventional Java Virtual Mac...
Source code version repositories provide a treasure of information encompassing the changes introduced in the system throughout its evolution. These repositories are typically man...
Huzefa H. Kagdi, Michael L. Collard, Jonathan I. M...
In safety-critical and high-reliability systems, software development and maintenance are costly endeavors. The cost can be reduced if software errors can be identified through au...