Soot supports Java 9 modules now!

Try and get involved in Soot's Java 9 bleeding edge developement. Check out the Soot-j9 branch.

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What is Soot?

Soot is a Java optimization framework. It provides four intermediate representations for analyzing and transforming Java bytecode:

• Baf: a streamlined representation of bytecode which is simple to manipulate.
• Jimple: a typed 3-address intermediate representation suitable for optimization.
• Shimple: an SSA variation of Jimple.
• Grimp: an aggregated version of Jimple suitable for decompilation and code inspection.

See http://www.sable.mcgill.ca/soot/ for details.

How do I get started with Soot?

We have some documentation on Soot in the wiki and also a large range of tutorials on Soot.

Including Soot in your Project

A Soot "release" is currently built for each commit to the develop branch. You can include Soot as a dependency via Maven, Gradle, SBT, etc using the following coordinates:

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>ca.mcgill.sable</groupId>
    <artifactId>soot</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>soot-snapshot</id>
    <name>soot snapshots</name>
    <url>https://soot-build.cs.uni-paderborn.de/nexus/repository/soot-snapshot/</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>	

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How do I obtain the nightly builds

Note that the nightly build server has moved

Nightly builds of Soot can be obtained from nightly build. The "sootclasses-trunk-jar-with-dependencies.jar" file is an all-in-one file that also contains all the required libraries. The "sootclasses-trunk.jar" file contains only Soot, allowing you to manually pick dependencies as you need them. If you do not want to bother with dependencies, we recommend using the former.

Building Soot yourself

If you cannot work with the prebuild versions and need to build Soot on your own, please consider the wiki for further steps.

About Soot's source code

Soot follows the git-flow convention. Releases and hotfixes are maintained in the master branch. Development happens in the develop branch. To catch the bleeding edge of Soot, check out the latter. If not using Maven, you will also need the projects jasmin and heros. In case of any questions, please consult the Soot mailing list at: http://www.sable.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/soot-list/