RefiNym: Using Names to Refine Types

This is the repository for the code of the FSE 2018 paper RefiNym: Using Names to Refine Types. Please cite as

@inproceedings{refinym2018dash,
title={{RefiNym}: Using Names to Refine Types},
authors={Santanu Kumar Dash and Miltiadis Allamanis and Earl T. Barr},
booktitle={Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE)},
year={2018}
}

Running the Tool

The code requires Windows and Visual Studio 2017 to compile.

To extract clusters in a given solution use the CLI:

./SubtypeMiningConsole.exe cluster <PathToSln> <repositoryPath> <githubLink> <OutputJsonFileName> <typeToCluster>

To rewrite a project with the refined types, given a clustering in clusterings.json, run the CLI with:

./SubtypeMiningConsole.exe rewrite <PathToSln> <repositoryPath> <gitHubLink> <SerializedClustersJSON> <typeThasWasRefined>