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Magellan is an open static analysis framework to enable cross-artifact information retrieval, i.e. information that is spread over multiple different types of artefacts can be analyzed in a straightforward manner. Analysis can be implemented in pure Java or using the functional query language XQuery. In both cases Magellan provides a seamless integration with the incremental Eclipse build process to run all analyis along with the build process. Additionally, it is always possible to execute the analyses on demand.
A unique feature is that, given a set of static analyses chosen by the user, Magellan automatically determines which other base analyses need to be executed in advance. For example, when an analysis that analyzes a method’s data flow is selected by the user Magellan will make sure that a corresponding analysis is executed.
Magellan can be used for very different tasks such as detecting bad smells, to support refactorings and many other things; the projects: Sextant, QScope, Xirc, and UMLXplorer are all built on top of Magellan.