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From: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu>
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Subject: Re: class dependencies (Re: What is ant good for?)
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> I don't know of any source level dependency checkers and I don't
> expect there are any.  Writing something like that is more
> trouble than gain.  Consider finding out all possible values of
> String in a simple statement like:
> 
>     public void addClassByName (String name)
>     {
> 	classes.add(Class.forName(name));
>     }

Even if it wasn't for the user input that's NP-complete problem :)


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