Memory and resource leak defects and their repairs in Java projects

• Main Authors: GHANAVATI, Mohammadreza, COSTA, Diego, SEBOEK, Janos, LO, David, ANDRZEJAK, Artur
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: empirical study; memory leak; resource leak; leak detection; root-cause analysis; repair patch; Programming Languages and Compilers; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4501; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5504/viewcontent/1810.00101.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Despite huge software engineering efforts and programming language support, resource and memory leaks are still a troublesome issue, even in memory-managed languages such as Java. Understanding the properties of leak-inducing defects, how the leaks manifest, and how they are repaired is an essential...