Usage Instructions

To use this tool, follow these steps:

1. Clone the Repository (if you haven't already):

   git clone https://github.com/Hishamk2/tech-debt-satd.git

2. Navigate to the Project Directory:

   cd tech-debt-satd/Bug-prediction/

3. Build the project using Maven

   mvn clean install assembly:single

4. Run the Complexity Analyzer Tool:

   Execute the following command from within the Bug-prediction directory to run the tool:

   java -Xmx10240m -jar target/complexityAnalyzer-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar -projectsInfo ../settings-selected-project.txt {source_methods_dir} -resultDir ../results/ -filterOutTestMethods true

   Replace {source_methods_dir} with the directory that contains the source code methods for analysis.

Command Parameters

• -projectsInfo: Path to the project settings file (../settings-selected-project.txt). This file contains the list of projects to be analyzed. Righto now, there are and should be 49 projects
• {source_methods_dir}: Directory containing source method files to analyze. Replace with your specific directory path. (Not incuded in this repo as the folder is really large)
• -resultDir: Directory to store analysis results. In this case, results will be stored in ../results/.
• -filterOutTestMethods true: Boolean flag to exclude test methods from the analysis.