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API search methods reuse Navigating through the API jungle

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Search methods and chains of methods both in the Java and Scala sources as well as in the JARs loaded in the workspace based on their names, on their parameters (names and types), and on their return types. Enable programmers to navigate through the API jungle by incrementally navigating from a source object to a target object. This is an extension of the searching capabilities provided by eclipse JDT.

Typical advanced searches address questions like:

• I have an object representing a 'name', and I need an object representing a 'file'. Give me all methods that take 'names' as one of their parameters and return 'files'.
• Give me methods chains of length N that lead me from a 'fileName' to an InputStream -- e.g. new FileInputStream(new File(fileName))
• Give me all methods that return objects of type 'IJavaProject'.
• Give me all static methods that return objects of type 'IWorkspace'.

Any feedback is highly welcomed! (ratiud@googlemail.com)