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Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems, Volume 8

Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems

Preliminary Report on Empirical Study of Repeated Fragments in Internal Documentation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15439/2016F524

Citation: Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, M. Ganzha, L. Maciaszek, M. Paprzycki (eds). ACSIS, Vol. 8, pages 1573–1576 ()

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Abstract. In this paper we present preliminary results of an empirical study, in which we used copy/paste detection (PMD CPD implementation) to search for repeating documentation fragments. The study was performed on 5 open source projects, including Java 8 SDK sources. The study shows that there are many occurrences of copy-pasting documentation fragments in the internal documentation, e.g., copy-pasted method parameter description. Besides these, many of the copy-pasted fragments express some domain or design concern, e.g., that the method is obsolete and deprecated. Therefore the study indicates that the cross-cutting concerns are present in the internal documentation in form of documentation phrases.

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