A detector for non-literal Java errors

• Main Authors: Dy, Thomas, Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2010
• Subjects: Computer Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/107; https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1930464.1930485
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Novice programmers typically have problems diagnosing errors in their programs. This difficulty may be attributed in part to non-literal error messages, i.e. compiler-reported errors that do not match the actual error. Through the analysis of compilation logs, we determined the errors frequently committed by novice programmers. We then developed a detector that checks novice student code for these non-literal errors and produces more informative error reports.