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It is conventional for Java developers to access database engines through standard JDBC API which requires passing SQL queries in plain Java strings. This is referred to as embedding of SQL queries into Java. The strings are not checked at compile time, and errors in the queries (e.g. syntax errors or misspelled names) are usually detected only by testing. In this paper we describe a tool which statically analyzes SQL queries embedded into Java programs. It combines a sound syntactic analyzer with a testing facility which generates small tests to detect errors in individual queries and runs them on an actual database engine. The tool is implemented as a plug-in for Eclipse IDE and allows for interactive use in real-life projects.
This work was partially supported by the Estonian Science Foundation grant #8421, as well as the Software Technology and Applications Competence Center (STACC), and the European Regional Development Fund through the Estonian Center of Excellence in Computer Science, EXCS.
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Annamaa, A., Breslav, A., Kabanov, J., Vene, V. (2010). An Interactive Tool for Analyzing Embedded SQL Queries. In: Ueda, K. (eds) Programming Languages and Systems. APLAS 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6461. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17164-2_10
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