Searching connected API subgraph via text phrases

Full text DOI 10.1145/2393596.2393606 dblp

Abstract

Reusing APIs of existing libraries is a common practice during software development, but searching suitable APIs and their usages can be time-consuming [6]. In this paper, we study a new and more practical approach to help users find usages of APIs given only simple text phrases, when users have limited knowledge about an API library. We model API invocations as an API graph and aim to find an optimum connected subgraph that meets users' search needs.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{Chan-al:FSE12,
  author    = {Wing{-}Kwan Chan and
               Hong Cheng and
               David Lo},
  title     = {Searching connected {API} subgraph via text phrases},
  booktitle = {FSE},
  pages     = {10},
  publisher = {{ACM}},
  year      = {2012},
}

Searching connected API subgraph via text phrases

Abstract

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