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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Almost right. A method reference is a SootMethodRef. Only when this reference is resolved, it points to a method definition, i.e., a SootMethod. There can be multiple references pointing to the same method declaration, sure. Still, there is only one declaration for that particular method.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Denis Bogdanas [mailto:denis.bogdanas@gmail.com] <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 6. Juni 2016 20:32<br><b>An:</b> Steven Arzt<br><b>Cc:</b> Simone Aonzo; soot-list@CS.McGill.CA<br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Soot-list] Equality of SootMethod<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I had the same question before. Some confusion might come because soot does not distinguish between method declarations and method references. Both are SootMethod. Yet both are managed by soot and "GENERALLY" there's one single instance for any individual method signature. As long as you don't try to instantiate SootMethod yourself, comparing them by == should be fine.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Yet in the code example above, if you call resolve() multiple time, I'm not sure what will happen.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 6 June 2016 at 06:28, Steven Arzt <<a href="mailto:Steven.Arzt@cased.de" target="_blank">Steven.Arzt@cased.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There should actually only be one instance of every Soot method. The resolver checks whether the method is already resolved. If so, no new instance is generated.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:soot-list-bounces@CS.McGill.CA" target="_blank">soot-list-bounces@CS.McGill.CA</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:soot-list-bounces@CS.McGill.CA" target="_blank">soot-list-bounces@CS.McGill.CA</a>] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Denis Bogdanas<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Samstag, 14. Mai 2016 03:54<br><b>An:</b> Simone Aonzo<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:soot-list@CS.McGill.CA" target="_blank">soot-list@CS.McGill.CA</a><br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Soot-list] Equality of SootMethod</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Actually my answer above is not right. I just encountered a new place where SootMethod is instantiated: inside SootMethodRefImpl.resolve().<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I agree, an equals() would be highly useful.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On 12 May 2016 at 10:11, Denis Bogdanas <<a href="mailto:denis.bogdanas@gmail.com" target="_blank">denis.bogdanas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I believe Scene has only one instance of SootMethod for every method. Plain == is enough. You are not supposed to instantiate SootMethod by yourself.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On 12 May 2016 at 08:08, Simone Aonzo <<a href="mailto:simone.aonzo@gmail.com" target="_blank">simone.aonzo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi all,<br><br>how can I check if two SootMethod are equals?<br><br>There isn't an equals override in the source:<br><a href="https://github.com/Sable/soot/blob/develop/src/soot/SootMethod.java" target="_blank">https://github.com/Sable/soot/blob/develop/src/soot/SootMethod.java</a><br><br>Have a nice day,<br>Simone<br>_______________________________________________<br>Soot-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Soot-list@CS.McGill.CA" target="_blank">Soot-list@CS.McGill.CA</a><br><a href="https://mailman.CS.McGill.CA/mailman/listinfo/soot-list" target="_blank">https://mailman.CS.McGill.CA/mailman/listinfo/soot-list</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#888888'>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#888888'>Denis</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Denis<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Denis<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>