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What tools do you use to find unused/dead code in large java projects? Our product has been in development for some years, and it is getting very hard to manually detect code that is no longer in use. We do however try to delete as much unused code as possible.
Suggestions for general strategies/techniques (other than specific tools) are also appreciated.
Edit: Note that we already use code coverage tools (Clover, IntelliJ), but these are of little help. Dead code still has unit tests, and shows up as covered. I guess an ideal tool would identify clusters of code which have very little other code depending on it, allowing for docues manual inspection.
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The quickest way to find dead code is to use a good IDE. Delete unused code and unneeded files. In the case of an unnecessary class, Inline Class or Collapse Hierarchy can be applied if a subclass or superclass is used. To remove unneeded parameters, use Remove Parameter.
UCDetector (Unnecessary Code Detector) is a eclipse PlugIn tool to find unnecessary (dead) public java code. For example public classes, methods or fields which have no references.
UCDetector (Unecessary Code Detector) is a Open Source eclipse PlugIn Tool to find unecessary (dead) public java code. It also tries to make code final, protected or private. Caveat: Cid mentions in the comments: UCDetector shall not work if there are interface implementations which will be known only at runtime.
Eclipse compiler for Java (ECJ) is open source incremented compiler. We reform features of ECJ, related to optimization technique called as dead code detection and elimination. ECJ identifies the dead code. We are extending this compiler to eliminate the dead code.
An Eclipse plugin that works reasonably well is Unused Code Detector.
It processes an entire project, or a specific file and shows various unused/dead code methods, as well as suggesting visibility changes (i.e. a public method that could be protected or private).
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