[Soot-list] class to jimple convertion question

[Sergio Ferrero]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the reply.
I needed to do it from java because it needs to be part of an automated
process.
I found a workaround by adding the -allow-phantom-refs option.

Thanks again,
-S



On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Bodden, Eric <
eric.bodden at sit.fraunhofer.de> wrote:

> Hi Sergio.
>
> You need no code for this. Just use something like:
>
> java soot.Main -f J -process-dir log4j.jar
>
> Cheers,
> Eric
>
>
> On 05.08.2013, at 16:08, Sergio Ferrero <sferrero at ensoftcorp.com> wrote:
>
> > I'd like to generate jimple files for jar files.
> > Below is the small program I have written for this:
> >
> > public void jarToJimple(String jarPath, String outputDir) {
> >       String[] args = new String[] {
> >               "-src-prec", "class",
> >               "-f", "jimple",
> >               "-output-dir", outputDir,
> >               "-process-dir", jarPath
> >       };
> >
> >       soot.Main.main(args);
> >
> > }
> >
> > I decided to test my program on log4j jar (
> http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/download.html)
> > When I ran my program I get the following exception:
> >
> > Exception in thread "main" soot.SootResolver$SootClassNotFoundException:
> couldn't find class: org.apache.logging.log4j.Level (is your
> soot-class-path set properly?)
> >
> > at soot.SootResolver.bringToHierarchy(SootResolver.java:216)
> >
> > at soot.SootResolver.bringToSignatures(SootResolver.java:250)
> >
> > at soot.SootResolver.processResolveWorklist(SootResolver.java:165)
> >
> > at soot.SootResolver.resolveClass(SootResolver.java:127)
> >
> > at soot.Scene.loadClass(Scene.java:608)
> >
> > at soot.Scene.loadClassAndSupport(Scene.java:595)
> >
> > at soot.Scene.loadNecessaryClasses(Scene.java:1238)
> >
> > at soot.Main.run(Main.java:167)
> >
> > at soot.Main.main(Main.java:141)
> >
> > The org.apache.logging.log4j.Level class is one of the classes that
> should be converted to Jimple, so I expected Soot to find it since it's an
> application class.
> >
> > I realized that if I use the -allow-phantom-refs option then Soot
> generates Jimple files without any error. It includes some warnings about
> phantom classes.
> >
> > However, I'd like to understand why I get the error if I don't use the
> -allow-phantom-refs option and confirm that using the -allow-phantom-refs
> option is the right workaround. Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sergio
> >
> >
> >
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