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What it means if calling "Open Call Hierarchy" in Eclipse returns only the method on which the check was run?

I am calling "Open Call Hierarchy" on a someMethod() in a java application source code. In the results window I can see only someMethod() and no any other methods.

The settings for "Open Call Hierarchy" are set as follows: Field Access: All references Search in: Sources, Required Projects, JRE Libraries and Application libraries Search scope: Workspace Max call depth: 99 (nothing else set ing filters)

With these options I would assume that my scope is set to everything (all code) checked out in my Eclipse Workspace.

Would it be safe to assume that since no caller method was found, the someMethod() is not used by the application?

If not, could you help me to undederstand what else could invoke this method? How would I know if anything uses it?

Solution

  • There could be invocations via reflection and from native methods which are not searched by "Open Call Hierarchy" command.