After I install it, all I can see in Eclipse is a blank screen. Even uninstalling it does not restore the work space. I cannot even see my code. The only way to fix it is to go to Window, Reset Perspective. I have confirmed that this plug-in is the problem. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it, and the same thing happens.
I cannot work without this tool anymore.
It helps you tidy up the code and removing methods/fields/classes that are never called anywhere.
It also suggests reducing methods/fields/classes visibility which is key to maintain the code.
Lastly it suggests fields that could be final. It sometimes takes a of work to get there, but you won't regret it.
Be careful when applying the changes if your code uses reflection.
I give it a 5/5 mark and wished it could do even more!
Thanks Jörg Spieler for this very useful tool!
This plugin helps you get rid of the dead code in your project. This means that your code-base will be reduced and the maintenance will be easier. Thanks to this plugin I removed 20.000 lines of code from a project of 130.000 without changing any behavior.
Anyway it is not perfect, and you'll find that you have more dead code than the one this plugin detects, but it will mark about 70-80% of it, so it is a great option.
I've found this very useful with the large code-base at my office. It does a great job of finding the dead code. Nice extras are that it will mark things as only used in unit tests and it finds when the access specifier is too general.
After a few hours trying out different solutions, you may end up having methods from your first tries forgotten throughout your code. UCDetector helps spotting them.
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Problem while using
Submitted by Bharath Bollisetty on Fri, 2016-09-16 03:20
After successfully installation i am not able to see any "UCDetector" link in my context menu after right click on the package.
Useful
Submitted by Tai Le Tien on Sun, 2015-10-04 17:59
I have to work on a Eclipse RCP project which contains full of copy-paste, dead code. This plugin helps me a lot during refactoring time.
Breaks my workspace
Submitted by Tharpa Roberts on Tue, 2015-08-04 11:48
After I install it, all I can see in Eclipse is a blank screen. Even uninstalling it does not restore the work space. I cannot even see my code. The only way to fix it is to go to Window, Reset Perspective. I have confirmed that this plug-in is the problem. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it, and the same thing happens.
Hi Tharpa,
Submitted by Jörg Spieler on Mon, 2015-08-10 16:44
Hi Tharpa,
if you have any stack traces from:
WORKSPACE/.metadata/.log
or
Eclipse Error Log View
please add a bug here: https://sourceforge.net/p/ucdetector/bugs/
Thanks
Jörg
Excellent tool! Highly recommended!
Submitted by Jean-Noel Rouvignac on Thu, 2015-05-21 15:02
I cannot work without this tool anymore.
It helps you tidy up the code and removing methods/fields/classes that are never called anywhere.
It also suggests reducing methods/fields/classes visibility which is key to maintain the code.
Lastly it suggests fields that could be final. It sometimes takes a of work to get there, but you won't regret it.
Be careful when applying the changes if your code uses reflection.
I give it a 5/5 mark and wished it could do even more!
Thanks Jörg Spieler for this very useful tool!
Recommended
Submitted by Igor Rodriguez on Thu, 2014-05-22 12:05
This plugin helps you get rid of the dead code in your project. This means that your code-base will be reduced and the maintenance will be easier. Thanks to this plugin I removed 20.000 lines of code from a project of 130.000 without changing any behavior.
Anyway it is not perfect, and you'll find that you have more dead code than the one this plugin detects, but it will mark about 70-80% of it, so it is a great option.
Great for large projects
Submitted by Nathaniel Waisbrot on Mon, 2012-10-15 22:46
I've found this very useful with the large code-base at my office. It does a great job of finding the dead code. Nice extras are that it will mark things as only used in unit tests and it finds when the access specifier is too general.
Great plugin
Submitted by Mario Marinato on Tue, 2012-01-03 14:22
After a few hours trying out different solutions, you may end up having methods from your first tries forgotten throughout your code. UCDetector helps spotting them.
Very useful
Submitted by Sergey Mising name on Fri, 2010-03-26 23:59
Good work - thank you very much