Remove the over-complicated generics

docs/call-graph-construction.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Below, we show how to create a type hierarchy:
 === "SootUp"
 
     ```java
-    List<AnalysisInputLocation<JavaSootClass>> inputLocations = new ArrayList();
+    List<AnalysisInputLocation> inputLocations = new ArrayList();
     inputLocations.add(new JavaClassPathAnalysisInputLocation("src/test/resources/Callgraph/binary"));
     inputLocations.add(new DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation());
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ All the call graph construction algorithms require an entry method to start with
 === "SootUp"
 
     ```java
-    ClassType classTypeA = view.getIdentifierFactory().getClassType("A");
+    JavaClassType classTypeA = view.getIdentifierFactory().getClassType("A");
 
     MethodSignature entryMethodSignature =
         view.getIdentifierFactory()

docs/getting-started.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ You can use bytecode analysis typically when you do not have access to the sourc
 !!! example "Create a view to analyze Java bytecode"
 
     ~~~java
-    AnalysisInputLocation<JavaSootClass> inputLocation = 
+    AnalysisInputLocation inputLocation = 
             new JavaClassPathAnalysisInputLocation("path2Binary");
 
     JavaView view = new JavaView(inputLocation);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ If you have access to the source code, it is also possible to create a view for
 !!! example "Create a view to analyze Java source code"
 
     ~~~java
-    AnalysisInputLocation<JavaSootClass> inputLocation = 
+    AnalysisInputLocation inputLocation = 
             new JavaSourcePathAnalysisInputLocation("path2Source");
 
     JavaView view = new JavaView(inputLocation);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ If you have a [Jimple](../jimple) file, you can create a view for analyzing jimp
     ~~~java
     Path pathToJimple = Paths.get("path2Jimple");
 
-    AnalysisInputLocation<JavaSootClass> inputLocation = 
+    AnalysisInputLocation inputLocation = 
             new JimpleAnalysisInputLocation(pathToJimple);
 
     JimpleView view = new JimpleView(inputLocation);
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Then, we could define the `ClassType` of the `HelloWorld` class as follows:
 !!! example "Defining a ClassType"
 
     ```java
-    ClassType classType = 
+    JavaClassType classType = 
             view.getIdentifierFactory().getClassType("example.HelloWorld");
     ```
 
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ Once we have a `ClassType` that identifies the `HelloWorld` class, we can use it
 !!! example "Retrieving a SootClass"
 
     ```java
-    SootClass<JavaSootClassSource> sootClass =
-            (SootClass<JavaSootClassSource>) view.getClass(classType).get();
+    JavaSootClass sootClass = view.getClass(classType).get();
     ```
 
 ## Retrieving a Method
@@ -165,10 +164,10 @@ Alternatively, we can also retrieve a `SootMethod` from `SootClass` that contain
 !!! example "Retrieving a SootMethod from a SootClass"
 
     ```java
-    Optional<? extends SootMethod> opt = sootClass.getMethod(methodSignature.getSubSignature());
+    Optional<JavaSootMethod> opt = sootClass.getMethod(methodSignature.getSubSignature());
 
     if(opt.isPresent()){
-      SootMethod method = opt.get();
+      JavaSootMethod method = opt.get();
     }
     ```
 
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ Below we show a comparison of the code so far with the same functionality in soo
 
     JavaView view = new JavaView(inputLocation);
 
-    ClassType classType = 
+    JavaClassType classType = 
             view.getIdentifierFactory().getClassType("HelloWorld");
 
     MethodSignature methodSignature =
@@ -210,11 +209,9 @@ Below we show a comparison of the code so far with the same functionality in soo
                 "main", classType, "void",
                 Collections.singletonList("java.lang.String[]"));
 
-    SootClass<JavaSootClassSource> sootClass =
-        (SootClass<JavaSootClassSource>) view.getClass(classType).get();
+    JavaSootClass sootClass = view.getClass(classType).get();
 
-    SootMethod sootMethod = 
-            sootClass.getMethod(methodSignature.getSubSignature()).get();
+    JavaSootMethod sootMethod =  sootClass.getMethod(methodSignature.getSubSignature()).get();
 
     sootMethod.getBody().getStmts();
     ```

sootup.analysis/src/main/java/sootup/analysis/interprocedural/icfg/AbstractJimpleBasedICFG.java

@@ -33,15 +33,14 @@
 import sootup.core.jimple.basic.Value;
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.stmt.Stmt;
 import sootup.core.model.Body;
-import sootup.core.model.SootClass;
 import sootup.core.model.SootMethod;
 import sootup.core.views.View;
 
 public abstract class AbstractJimpleBasedICFG implements BiDiInterproceduralCFG<Stmt, SootMethod> {
 
   protected final boolean enableExceptions;
 
-  protected View<? extends SootClass<?>> view;
+  protected View view;
 
   @DontSynchronize("written by single thread; read afterwards")
   private final Map<Stmt, Body> stmtToOwner = createStmtToOwnerMap();

sootup.analysis/src/main/java/sootup/analysis/interprocedural/icfg/CGEdgeUtil.java

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import sootup.callgraph.CallGraph;
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.expr.*;
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.stmt.Stmt;
-import sootup.core.model.SootClass;
 import sootup.core.model.SootMethod;
 import sootup.core.signatures.MethodSignature;
 import sootup.core.views.View;
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ public static CallGraphEdgeType findCallGraphEdgeType(AbstractInvokeExpr invokeE
   }
 
   public static Set<Pair<MethodSignature, CalleeMethodSignature>> getCallEdges(
-      View<? extends SootClass> view, CallGraph cg) {
+      View view, CallGraph cg) {
     Set<MethodSignature> methodSigs = cg.getMethodSignatures();
     Set<Pair<MethodSignature, CalleeMethodSignature>> callEdges = new HashSet<>();
     for (MethodSignature caller : methodSigs) {

sootup.analysis/src/main/java/sootup/analysis/interprocedural/icfg/ICFGDotExporter.java

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.expr.JNewExpr;
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.stmt.JAssignStmt;
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.stmt.Stmt;
-import sootup.core.model.SootClass;
 import sootup.core.model.SootMethod;
 import sootup.core.signatures.MethodSignature;
 import sootup.core.signatures.MethodSubSignature;
@@ -41,9 +40,7 @@
 public class ICFGDotExporter {
 
   public static String buildICFGGraph(
-      Map<MethodSignature, StmtGraph> signatureToStmtGraph,
-      View<? extends SootClass<?>> view,
-      CallGraph callGraph) {
+      Map<MethodSignature, StmtGraph> signatureToStmtGraph, View view, CallGraph callGraph) {
     final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     DotExporter.buildDiGraphObject(sb);
     Map<Integer, MethodSignature> calls;
@@ -61,9 +58,7 @@ public static String buildICFGGraph(
    * methods.
    */
   public static Map<Integer, MethodSignature> computeCalls(
-      Map<MethodSignature, StmtGraph> stmtGraphSet,
-      View<? extends SootClass<?>> view,
-      CallGraph callgraph) {
+      Map<MethodSignature, StmtGraph> stmtGraphSet, View view, CallGraph callgraph) {
     Map<Integer, MethodSignature> calls = new HashMap<>();
     for (Map.Entry<MethodSignature, StmtGraph> entry : stmtGraphSet.entrySet()) {
       StmtGraph stmtGraph = entry.getValue();
@@ -126,7 +121,7 @@ public static Set<MethodSignature> getMethodSignatureInSubClass(
   public static void connectEdgesToSubClasses(
       MethodSignature source,
       MethodSignature target,
-      View<? extends SootClass<?>> view,
+      View view,
       Map<Integer, MethodSignature> calls,
       CallGraph callgraph) {
     Set<MethodSignature> methodSignatureInSubClass =

sootup.analysis/src/main/java/sootup/analysis/interprocedural/icfg/JimpleBasedInterproceduralCFG.java

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import sootup.callgraph.ClassHierarchyAnalysisAlgorithm;
 import sootup.core.graph.StmtGraph;
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.stmt.Stmt;
-import sootup.core.model.SootClass;
 import sootup.core.model.SootMethod;
 import sootup.core.signatures.MethodSignature;
 import sootup.core.views.View;
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ public Collection<Stmt> getCallersOf(@Nonnull SootMethod m) {
   }
 
   public static Set<Pair<MethodSignature, CalleeMethodSignature>> getCallEdges(
-      @Nonnull View<? extends SootClass<?>> view, @Nonnull CallGraph cg) {
+      @Nonnull View view, @Nonnull CallGraph cg) {
     Set<MethodSignature> methodSigs = cg.getMethodSignatures();
     Set<Pair<MethodSignature, CalleeMethodSignature>> callEdges = new HashSet<>();
     for (MethodSignature caller : methodSigs) {

sootup.analysis/src/test/java/sootup/analysis/interprocedural/icfg/ICFGDotExporterTest.java

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import sootup.java.bytecode.inputlocation.DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation;
 import sootup.java.bytecode.inputlocation.JavaClassPathAnalysisInputLocation;
 import sootup.java.core.JavaIdentifierFactory;
-import sootup.java.core.JavaSootClass;
 import sootup.java.core.types.JavaClassType;
 import sootup.java.core.views.JavaView;
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ public CallGraph loadCallGraph(JavaView view) {
 
   @Test
   public void ICFGDotExportTest() {
-    List<AnalysisInputLocation<? extends JavaSootClass>> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<AnalysisInputLocation> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
     inputLocations.add(new DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation());
     inputLocations.add(new JavaClassPathAnalysisInputLocation("src/test/resources/icfg/binary"));
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ public void ICFGDotExportTest() {
     JavaIdentifierFactory identifierFactory = JavaIdentifierFactory.getInstance();
     JavaClassType mainClassSignature = identifierFactory.getClassType("ICFGExample");
 
-    SootClass<?> sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
+    SootClass sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
     entryMethod =
         sc.getMethods().stream().filter(e -> e.getName().equals("entryPoint")).findFirst().get();
 
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ public void ICFGDotExportTest() {
 
   @Test
   public void ICFGDotExportTest2() {
-    List<AnalysisInputLocation<? extends JavaSootClass>> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<AnalysisInputLocation> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
     inputLocations.add(new DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation());
     inputLocations.add(new JavaClassPathAnalysisInputLocation("src/test/resources/icfg/binary"));
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ public void ICFGDotExportTest2() {
     JavaIdentifierFactory identifierFactory = JavaIdentifierFactory.getInstance();
     JavaClassType mainClassSignature = identifierFactory.getClassType("ICFGExample2");
 
-    SootClass<?> sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
+    SootClass sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
     entryMethod =
         sc.getMethods().stream().filter(e -> e.getName().equals("entryPoint")).findFirst().get();
 
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ public void ICFGDotExportTest2() {
 
   @Test
   public void ICFGArrayListDotExport() {
-    List<AnalysisInputLocation<? extends JavaSootClass>> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<AnalysisInputLocation> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
     inputLocations.add(new DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation());
     inputLocations.add(new JavaClassPathAnalysisInputLocation("src/test/resources/icfg/binary"));
 
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ public void ICFGArrayListDotExport() {
     JavaIdentifierFactory identifierFactory = JavaIdentifierFactory.getInstance();
     JavaClassType mainClassSignature = identifierFactory.getClassType("ICFGArrayListExample");
 
-    SootClass<?> sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
+    SootClass sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
     entryMethod =
         sc.getMethods().stream().filter(e -> e.getName().equals("main")).findFirst().get();
 
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ public void ICFGArrayListDotExport() {
 
   @Test
   public void ICFGInterfaceDotExport() {
-    List<AnalysisInputLocation<? extends JavaSootClass>> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<AnalysisInputLocation> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
     inputLocations.add(new DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation());
     inputLocations.add(new JavaClassPathAnalysisInputLocation("src/test/resources/icfg/binary"));
 
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ public void ICFGInterfaceDotExport() {
     JavaIdentifierFactory identifierFactory = JavaIdentifierFactory.getInstance();
     JavaClassType mainClassSignature = identifierFactory.getClassType("ICFGInterfaceExample");
 
-    SootClass<?> sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
+    SootClass sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
     entryMethod =
         sc.getMethods().stream().filter(e -> e.getName().equals("main")).findFirst().get();
 

sootup.analysis/src/test/java/sootup/analysis/interprocedural/ifds/CGEdgeUtilTest.java

@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import sootup.core.util.printer.StmtPrinter;
 import sootup.java.bytecode.inputlocation.DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation;
 import sootup.java.core.JavaIdentifierFactory;
-import sootup.java.core.JavaSootClass;
 import sootup.java.core.types.JavaClassType;
 import sootup.java.core.views.JavaView;
 import sootup.java.sourcecode.inputlocation.JavaSourcePathAnalysisInputLocation;
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ public void testGetCallEdges() {
       fail("The rt.jar is not available after Java 8. You are using version " + version);
     }
 
-    List<AnalysisInputLocation<? extends JavaSootClass>> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<AnalysisInputLocation> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
     inputLocations.add(new DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation());
     inputLocations.add(new JavaSourcePathAnalysisInputLocation("src/test/resources/callgraph/"));
 
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ public void testGetCallEdges() {
         identifierFactory.getMethodSignature(
             mainClassSignature, "main", "void", Collections.singletonList("java.lang.String[]"));
 
-    SootClass<?> sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).orElse(null);
+    SootClass sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).orElse(null);
     assertNotNull(sc);
     SootMethod m = sc.getMethod(mainMethodSignature.getSubSignature()).orElse(null);
     assertNotNull(mainMethodSignature + " not found in classloader", m);

sootup.analysis/src/test/java/sootup/analysis/interprocedural/ifds/IFDSTaintTestSetUp.java

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import sootup.java.bytecode.inputlocation.DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation;
 import sootup.java.bytecode.inputlocation.JavaClassPathAnalysisInputLocation;
 import sootup.java.core.JavaIdentifierFactory;
-import sootup.java.core.JavaSootClass;
 import sootup.java.core.types.JavaClassType;
 import sootup.java.core.views.JavaView;
 
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ private void runAnalysis() {
    * classes.
    */
   private void setupSoot(String targetTestClassName) {
-    List<AnalysisInputLocation<? extends JavaSootClass>> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<AnalysisInputLocation> inputLocations = new ArrayList<>();
     inputLocations.add(new DefaultRTJarAnalysisInputLocation());
     inputLocations.add(new JavaClassPathAnalysisInputLocation("src/test/resources/taint/binary"));
 
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ private void setupSoot(String targetTestClassName) {
     JavaIdentifierFactory identifierFactory = JavaIdentifierFactory.getInstance();
     JavaClassType mainClassSignature = identifierFactory.getClassType(targetTestClassName);
 
-    SootClass<?> sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
+    SootClass sc = view.getClass(mainClassSignature).get();
     entryMethod =
         sc.getMethods().stream().filter(e -> e.getName().equals("entryPoint")).findFirst().get();