Automatic parameter recommendation for practical API usage

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 826-836

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Yang, Juyuan ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Fan, Jing ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Zhao, Jianjun ^a   Ou, Peizhao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

API; argument; code completion; parameter; recommendation

Indexed keywords

API; API CALLS; ARGUMENT; AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; MINING CODES; NON-TRIVIAL TASKS; PARAMETER; RECOMMENDATION; USAGE PATTERNS; USER STUDY;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); LIBRARIES; QUERY LANGUAGES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84864211699     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2012.6227136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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