This is a standalone alternate Reference Finder that allows users to save, load, edit and test their configurations, execute the search and then view the results in a table linked to a code viewer showing the bookmarks. Past execution result sets are stored and can be reviewed, and corresponding configurations can be restored for editing or launching.
It supports both search string mode and regular link mode, and provides a few more filters than the original embedded Reference Finder, as well as a slicing feature that adapts the search to the data volume and available memory, thus reducing global processing time.

A detailed (if verbose mode is on) execution log is available in %APPDATA%\CAST\CAST\Smart Reference Finder\Logs

The tool is written in Java, and delivered as a set of two Jar files :

• CAST-ReferenceFinderEngine.jar : this is the command-line application, it takes a configuration properties file as input
• CAST-SmartReferenceFinder.jar : this is the GUI application. It enables users to view results and refine the configuration through the GUI, then save it as a properties file for use as input for the command-line application

Since the results are stored in dedicated SQL tables, this tool should always be used along with a KB Update Tool, in order to have the results reflected in the analysis service.

Prerequisites

 Follow the below prerequisites before running the tool:

CAST-SmartReferenceFinder (GUI)

Thanks to the GUI Application, users can build, edit, test and fix their configurations. Once the configuration gives the expected results, then users can save it to a properties file that can be provided as input for the command-line application.

The command-line application and the properties file can then be integrated into an extension along with a KB Update Tool, in order to insert the results into the analysis service.

Double-click CAST-SmartReferenceFinder.jar

The first step is to connect to the appropriate analysis service. Click the "Connect" icon (), a pop-up appears 

Once connected, user has the choice between opening the Configuration panel () and the Results panel (), and between the Search String mode () and the Regular Link mode ()

Configuration Panel

User can edit their configuration :

• Choose the technologies
• Possibly add filters on source file patterns, object names or object types
• Write the regular expression, and validate it
• Possibly write a replacement regular expression and validate it: unlike in Cast-MS, the matching groups are referred to as : $1, $2 etc... and not \1, \2....
• Choose whether the regular expression is case sensitive or not
• Choose whether Reference Finder should also search in comments
• In Regular Link mode only, choose the link type
• In Regular Link mode only, choose the target field to match with the regular expression (name, full name or path)
• In Regular Link mode only, choose the target matching mode (match, over or sub)
• In Regular Link mode only, choose if the target matching is case sensitive or not

Configuration can be saved (), loaded from disk () or reset ()

Verbose mode () or non-verbose mode () can be selected.

Then user can launch the Reference Finder by clicking :

Once finished, a pop-up suggests to switch to the Results Panel in order to view the results of the execution:

Results Panel

The Results Panel has a drop-down list of all execution result data sets by date and time.

Results can be viewed () and purged by data set (), or purged globally (). It is also possible to load the configuration that generated the selected data set ()

The result table is paginated ( ), and there also are filters by names and types. The filters can follow SQL Patterns () or Posix regular expressions ().

Save the configuration into a specific place and reuse the file with the command-line application

Once user has edited their configuration, launched Reference Finder and reviewed the results, if they are satisfied they should save the configuration to a specific file :

The file can now be reused as an input parameter for the command-line application

Possibly note the slicing value 

If user configured the slicing manually, then they should just note the value they chose. The same value will have to be provided as input for the command-line application.

If user selected "Automatic slicing" then they may want to open the execution log file and see the slice width that was computed.

2020-09-07 14:57:52.045 - nbItems = 331395
2020-09-07 14:57:52.233 - Available memory: 744797011
2020-09-07 14:57:52.233 - Volume: 5733493 lines
2020-09-07 14:57:52.233 - Autoselected slicing: 153746
2020-09-07 14:57:52.233 - nbSlices = 3
2020-09-07 14:57:52.233 - lastSliceWidth = 23903

Here user may note that the computed slice width was 153746. This is not mandatory : if slice argument is forgotten, then an automatic slicing will be recomputed by the command-line application based on the available memory

Cast-ReferenceFinderEngine.jar (command-line application)

java -jar CAST-ReferenceFinderEngine.jar -host <CSS SERVER> -kb <ANALYSIS_SERVICE> -log <LOG_FILE> -props <CONFIGURATION_PROP_FILE> [-id <SESSION_ID>] [-slice <SLICING>]

INSERT INTO ci_links 
            ( 
                        caller_id, 
                        called_id, 
                        link_type, 
                        error_id 
            ) 
SELECT mtrf.caller_id, 
       mtrf.callee_id, 
       mtrf.link_type, 
       0 
FROM   MAINT_TMP_REF_FINDER mtrf 
WHERE  mtrf.session_id = <SESSION_ID>;

INSERT INTO ci_links 
            ( 
                        caller_id, 
                        called_id, 
                        link_type, 
                        error_id 
            ) 
SELECT ss.caller_id, 
       methods.idkey, 
       'accessExecLink', 
       0 
FROM   MAINT_TMP_REF_PATTERN_SEARCH_STRING ss 
JOIN   Keys methods 
ON     methods.keynam = Split_part(ss.string, ':', 3) as method_name
AND    methods.ObjTyp = 102 
JOIN   KeyPar kp 
ON     kp.idkey = methods.idkey 
JOIN   Keys classes 
ON     classes.idkey = kp.idparent 
AND    classes.ObjTyp = 100
AND    classes.keynam = split_part(ss.string, ':', 2) AS class_name 
WHERE  ss.session_id = <SESSION_ID>
AND    ss.string like 'RP1:%';

The tool is available here :

CAST-SmartReferenceFinder.0.95-beta6.7z