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/** License information:
 *    Component: javaslicer-core
 *    Package:   de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.slicing
 *    Class:     Slicer
 *    Filename:  javaslicer-core/src/main/java/de/unisb/cs/st/javaslicer/slicing/Slicer.java
 *
 * This file is part of the JavaSlicer tool, developed by Clemens Hammacher at Saarland University.
 * See http://www.st.cs.uni-saarland.de/javaslicer/ for more information.
 *
 * JavaSlicer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * JavaSlicer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with JavaSlicer. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.slicing;

import static org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes.INVOKESTATIC;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
import org.apache.commons.cli.GnuParser;
import org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter;
import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;

import de.hammacher.util.maps.IntegerMap;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.AbstractInstructionInstance;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.Instruction;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.InstructionInstance;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.InstructionInstanceFactory;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.InstructionInstanceInfo;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.InstructionType;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.LocalVariable;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.ReadMethod;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.instructions.AbstractInstruction;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.instructions.MethodInvocationInstruction;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.classRepresentation.instructions.VarInstruction;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.progress.ConsoleProgressMonitor;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.common.progress.ProgressMonitor;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.dependenceAnalysis.DataDependenceType;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.dependenceAnalysis.DependencesExtractor;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.dependenceAnalysis.DependencesVisitorAdapter;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.dependenceAnalysis.VisitorCapability;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.traceResult.PrintUniqueUntracedMethods;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.traceResult.ThreadId;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.traceResult.TraceResult;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.traceResult.UntracedCallVisitor;
import de.unisb.cs.st.javaslicer.variables.Variable;

/**
 * This is the new slicer implementation, built on top of the {@link DependencesExtractor}.
 *
 * There still exists another implementation {@link DirectSlicer} which is more efficient and
 * should yield the same result. Nevertheless it is less maintained, so be warned.
 *
 * @author Clemens Hammacher
 */
public class Slicer {

    //extends inherent the father(AbstractInstructionInstance), implements the interface(AbstractInstruction)
    private static class SlicerInstance extends AbstractInstructionInstance {

        public boolean onDynamicSlice = false;

        // these variables are used to resolve which data dependences to follow:
        //  lastReader???????visitor
        // ??????From???From??To
        public boolean allDataInteresting = false;
        public Variable interestingVariable = null;
        public Set<Variable> moreInterestingVariables = null;

        public Set<SlicerInstance> predecessors; // only set on labels and GOTOs    ????

        public int criterionDistance;

        public SlicerInstance(AbstractInstruction instr, long occurenceNumber, int stackDepth, long instanceNr,
                InstructionInstanceInfo additionalInfo) {
            super(instr, occurenceNumber, stackDepth, instanceNr, additionalInfo);
            this.criterionDistance = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        }

    }

    //slice instance extends Abstract instruction instance , which implements Instruction instance
    private static class SlicerInstanceFactory implements InstructionInstanceFactory<SlicerInstance> { //factory creates instance

        public static final SlicerInstanceFactory instance = new SlicerInstanceFactory();

        @Override
        public SlicerInstance createInstructionInstance(AbstractInstruction instruction, long occurenceNumber,
                int stackDepth, long instanceNr, InstructionInstanceInfo additionalInfo) {
            return new SlicerInstance(instruction, occurenceNumber, stackDepth, instanceNr, additionalInfo);
        }

    }

    // array list is dynamic array
    private final TraceResult trace;
    private final List<ProgressMonitor> progressMonitors = new ArrayList<ProgressMonitor>(1);
    private final List<SliceVisitor> sliceVisitors = new ArrayList<SliceVisitor>(1); // ???????
    private List<UntracedCallVisitor> untracedCallVisitors = new ArrayList<UntracedCallVisitor>(1);

    public Slicer(TraceResult trace) {
        this.trace = trace;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        Options options = createOptions();
        CommandLineParser parser = new GnuParser();
        CommandLine cmdLine;

        try {
            cmdLine = parser.parse(options, args, true);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            System.err.println("Error parsing the command line arguments: " + e.getMessage());
            return;
        }

        if (cmdLine.hasOption('h')) {
            printHelp(options, System.out);
            System.exit(0);
        }

        String[] additionalArgs = cmdLine.getArgs();
        if (additionalArgs.length != 2) {
            printHelp(options, System.err);
            System.exit(-1);
        }
        // ?? 1. ? 2.?
        File traceFile = new File(additionalArgs[0]);
        String slicingCriterionString = additionalArgs[1];

        Long threadId = null;
        if (cmdLine.hasOption('t')) { // the interesting thread id for slicing 
            try {
                threadId = Long.parseLong(cmdLine.getOptionValue('t'));
            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                System.err.println("Illegal thread id: " + cmdLine.getOptionValue('t'));
                System.exit(-1);
            }
        }

        TraceResult trace;
        try {
            trace = TraceResult.readFrom(traceFile);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.format("Could not read the trace file \"%s\": %s%n", traceFile, e);
            System.exit(-1);
            return;
        }

        List<SlicingCriterion> sc = null; // a list contains the instruction's info corresponds to the slicing criterion
        //slicingCriterionString get from additionalArgs[1]
        try {
            sc = StaticSlicingCriterion.parseAll(slicingCriterionString, trace.getReadClasses());
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            System.err.println("Error parsing slicing criterion: " + e.getMessage());
            System.exit(-1);
            return;
        }

        List<ThreadId> threads = trace.getThreads(); // the threads that generate the traces
        if (threads.size() == 0) {
            System.err.println("The trace file contains no tracing information.");
            System.exit(-1);
        }

        // threadID is used to mark the interesting thread
        ThreadId tracing = null;
        for (ThreadId t : threads) {
            if (threadId == null) {
                if ("main".equals(t.getThreadName())
                        && (tracing == null || t.getJavaThreadId() < tracing.getJavaThreadId()))
                    tracing = t;
            } else if (t.getJavaThreadId() == threadId.longValue()) {
                tracing = t;
            }
        }

        if (tracing == null) {
            System.err.println(threadId == null ? "Couldn't find the main thread."
                    : "The thread you specified was not found.");
            System.exit(-1);
            return;
        }

        long startTime = System.nanoTime();
        Slicer slicer = new Slicer(trace);
        if (cmdLine.hasOption("progress")) // the parameter process indicates that we need to monitor the process of slicing
            slicer.addProgressMonitor(new ConsoleProgressMonitor());
        boolean multithreaded;
        if (cmdLine.hasOption("multithreaded")) {
            String multithreadedStr = cmdLine.getOptionValue("multithreaded");
            multithreaded = ("1".equals(multithreadedStr) || "true".equals(multithreadedStr));
        } else {
            multithreaded = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() > 1;
        }

        boolean warnUntracedMethods = cmdLine.hasOption("warn-untraced"); // give some warns when encounters untraced functions

        //sliceInstructionCollector implements the interface slice visitor, which travel the dependence graph
        SliceInstructionsCollector collector = new SliceInstructionsCollector(); // the collector is used to collect the instructions in the dependence graph according to the slice criterion. 
        slicer.addSliceVisitor(collector);
        // zhushi by yhb

        if (warnUntracedMethods)
            slicer.addUntracedCallVisitor(new PrintUniqueUntracedMethods()); // the user need the untraced function info, so add untraced call visitor

        slicer.process(tracing, sc, multithreaded); //----------------------the key process of slicing!!!
        Set<InstructionInstance> slice = collector.getDynamicSlice(); // return the slice result from the collector
        long endTime = System.nanoTime();

        Instruction[] sliceArray = slice.toArray(new Instruction[slice.size()]); // convert the set to array
        Arrays.sort(sliceArray); // in order to ensure the sequence of dynamic execution

        // show the slicing result
        System.out.println("The dynamic slice for criterion " + sc + ":");
        for (Instruction insn : sliceArray) {
            System.out.format((Locale) null, "%s.%s:%d %s%n", insn.getMethod().getReadClass().getName(),
                    insn.getMethod().getName(), insn.getLineNumber(), insn.toString());
        }
        System.out.format((Locale) null, "%nSlice consists of %d bytecode instructions.%n", sliceArray.length);
        System.out.format((Locale) null, "Computation took %.2f seconds.%n", 1e-9 * (endTime - startTime));
    }

    public void addProgressMonitor(ProgressMonitor progressMonitor) {
        this.progressMonitors.add(progressMonitor);
    }

    public void addSliceVisitor(SliceVisitor sliceVisitor) {
        this.sliceVisitors.add(sliceVisitor);
    }

    public void addUntracedCallVisitor(UntracedCallVisitor untracedCallVisitor) {
        this.untracedCallVisitors.add(untracedCallVisitor);
    }

    //DependencesExtractor extracts the iterates backwards the trace, extract the dependence information
    //Visitor visit the edge in the result dependence information of DependenceExtractor
    public void process(ThreadId threadId, final List<SlicingCriterion> sc, boolean multithreaded)
            throws InterruptedException {
        // ??DependenceExtractor, ????
        DependencesExtractor<SlicerInstance> depExtractor = DependencesExtractor.forTrace(this.trace,
                SlicerInstanceFactory.instance); //trace is type of TraceResult!
        for (ProgressMonitor mon : this.progressMonitors)
            depExtractor.addProgressMonitor(mon); // ProcessMonitor??labelsCrossed  

        // ??
        VisitorCapability[] capabilities = { VisitorCapability.CONTROL_DEPENDENCES,
                VisitorCapability.DATA_DEPENDENCES_READ_AFTER_WRITE, VisitorCapability.INSTRUCTION_EXECUTIONS,
                VisitorCapability.METHOD_ENTRY_LEAVE, VisitorCapability.CONTROL_DEPENDENCES };

        if (this.untracedCallVisitors.size() > 0)
            capabilities[capabilities.length - 1] = VisitorCapability.UNTRACED_METHOD_CALLS;
        //sliceVisitor which get informed about all nodes their dependences in dynamic slicing 
        final List<SliceVisitor> sliceVisitors0 = Slicer.this.sliceVisitors;
        final List<UntracedCallVisitor> untracedCallVisitors0 = Slicer.this.untracedCallVisitors;
        // call this method before backward traversal 

        // --------------------------------------------------------REGISTER VISITOR-----------------------------------------------------------------
        //??depExtractor.DependenceVisitorAdapter?  
        depExtractor.registerVisitor(new DependencesVisitorAdapter<SlicerInstance>() {
            // ??DependenceVisitorAdapter???visit
            private final List<SlicingCriterionInstance> slicingCritInst = instantiateSlicingCriteria(sc);
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            // InterestingLocalVariables??LiveVariable??????
            // Stackdepth
            // MAP <int, Variable> int??.getIndex!!, ????
            // ?null!
            private IntegerMap<Object>[] interestingLocalVariables = (IntegerMap<Object>[]) new IntegerMap<?>[0];
            // stackDepth???OccurrenceNumber!--?0
            // ????
            private long[] critOccurenceNumbers = new long[2]; // 0 if not in a criterion
            // sliceVisitor ???
            private final SliceVisitor[] sliceVisitorsArray = sliceVisitors0
                    .toArray(new SliceVisitor[sliceVisitors0.size()]);
            private final UntracedCallVisitor[] untracedCallsVisitorsArray = untracedCallVisitors0
                    .toArray(new UntracedCallVisitor[untracedCallVisitors0.size()]);

            private ReadMethod enteredMethod; // ??

            // the number of sliceCriterions may be zero, 1 or many
            private List<SlicingCriterionInstance> instantiateSlicingCriteria(List<SlicingCriterion> criteria) {
                System.out.println("entered ---------------------\n");
                if (criteria.isEmpty())
                    return Collections.emptyList();
                else if (criteria.size() == 1) {
                    System.out.println("instance of cri:  ");
                    System.out.println(criteria.get(0).getInstance().toString());
                    System.out.println(criteria.get(0).getInstance().getOccurenceNumber());
                    return Collections.singletonList(criteria.get(0).getInstance()); // getintance new
                } else {
                    List<SlicingCriterionInstance> instances = new ArrayList<SlicingCriterionInstance>(
                            criteria.size());
                    System.out.println("size of criteria:------------------------------------------  ");
                    System.out.print(criteria.size());
                    for (SlicingCriterion crit : criteria)
                        instances.add(crit.getInstance());
                    return instances;
                }
            }

            // the meaning of critOccurenceNumber?
            // very important to figure out the relation between critOccurrenceNum and stackDepth?LocalVariablesStackDepth 
            // Instance  Instruction  ? 
            @Override
            //----------------?????
            public void visitInstructionExecution(SlicerInstance instance) {
                int stackDepth = instance.getStackDepth();

                if (this.critOccurenceNumbers.length <= stackDepth) {
                    long[] newCritOccurenceNumbers = new long[2
                            * Math.max(this.critOccurenceNumbers.length, stackDepth)];
                    //arraycopy(?, ?, ??, , ??);
                    System.arraycopy(this.critOccurenceNumbers, 0, newCritOccurenceNumbers, 0,
                            this.critOccurenceNumbers.length);
                    this.critOccurenceNumbers = newCritOccurenceNumbers;
                }
                Instruction instruction = instance.getInstruction();
                for (SlicingCriterionInstance crit : this.slicingCritInst) {
                    if (crit.matches(instance)) { // ??
                        System.out.print("matched !!-----------------\n");
                        System.out.println(instance.getInstruction().getLineNumber());
                        System.out.print("line----index");
                        System.out.println(instance.getInstruction().getIndex());
                        this.critOccurenceNumbers[stackDepth] = crit.getOccurenceNumber(); // how to do if there are two Criterions in the same stack Depth?
                        assert this.critOccurenceNumbers[stackDepth] > 0;
                        // for each criterion, there are three cases:
                        //  - track all data read by the instruction
                        //  - track a given set of local variables
                        //  - track the control dependences of this instruction
                        // in the second case, the instruction itself is not added to the dynamic slice
                        instance.allDataInteresting = crit.matchAllData();
                        if (!instance.allDataInteresting && crit.hasLocalVariables()) { // ?
                            if (this.interestingLocalVariables.length <= stackDepth) { // local interesting variable why compare to stack Length?
                                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                                IntegerMap<Object>[] newInterestingLocalVariables = (IntegerMap<Object>[]) new IntegerMap<?>[Math
                                        .max(stackDepth + 1, this.interestingLocalVariables.length * 3 / 2)];
                                System.arraycopy(this.interestingLocalVariables, 0, newInterestingLocalVariables, 0,
                                        this.interestingLocalVariables.length);
                                this.interestingLocalVariables = newInterestingLocalVariables;
                            }
                            List<LocalVariable> localVariables = crit.getLocalVariables();
                            if (this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth] == null)
                                this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth] = new IntegerMap<Object>(
                                        localVariables.size() * 4 / 3 + 1);
                            for (LocalVariable i : localVariables)
                                // i.getIndexObjectnull?-------------------------------
                                this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth].put(i.getIndex(), null);
                        } else { // ??
                            if (instruction.getType() != InstructionType.LABEL) //??(LABEL)??
                                for (SliceVisitor vis : this.sliceVisitorsArray)
                                    vis.visitMatchedInstance(instance); // sliceVisitorr??
                            instance.onDynamicSlice = true; // not the second case, need to put into the slice
                            instance.criterionDistance = 0; // because instance match the Criterion, so set it to 0
                        }
                    } else if (this.critOccurenceNumbers[stackDepth] != 0) {
                        this.critOccurenceNumbers[stackDepth] = 0;
                    }
                }
                //??????
                if (this.interestingLocalVariables.length > stackDepth
                        && this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth] != null) {
                    switch (instruction.getOpcode()) {
                    case Opcodes.ISTORE:
                    case Opcodes.ASTORE:
                    case Opcodes.LSTORE:
                    case Opcodes.FSTORE:
                    case Opcodes.DSTORE:
                        VarInstruction varInsn = (VarInstruction) instruction;
                        if (this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth].containsKey(varInsn.getLocalVarIndex())) {
                            this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth].remove(varInsn.getLocalVarIndex()); //???????
                            if (this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth].isEmpty())
                                this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth] = null;
                            for (SliceVisitor vis : this.sliceVisitorsArray) // sliceVisitor
                                vis.visitMatchedInstance(instance);
                            instance.onDynamicSlice = true;
                            // and we want to know where the data comes from...
                            instance.allDataInteresting = true;
                            instance.criterionDistance = 0;
                        }
                        break;
                    case Opcodes.INVOKEINTERFACE:
                    case Opcodes.INVOKESPECIAL:
                    case Opcodes.INVOKESTATIC:
                    case Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL:
                        if (this.enteredMethod != null) {
                            MethodInvocationInstruction mtdInvInsn = (MethodInvocationInstruction) instruction;
                            int paramCount = instruction.getOpcode() == INVOKESTATIC ? 0 : 1;
                            for (int param = mtdInvInsn.getParameterCount() - 1; param >= 0; --param)
                                paramCount += mtdInvInsn.parameterIsLong(param) ? 2 : 1;
                            //entered method- the method that calls this instruction
                            boolean enteredMethodMatches = this.enteredMethod.getName()
                                    .equals(mtdInvInsn.getInvokedMethodName())
                                    && this.enteredMethod.getDesc().equals(mtdInvInsn.getInvokedMethodDesc());
                            if (enteredMethodMatches) {
                                boolean localVarsMatched = false;
                                for (int varNr = 0; varNr < paramCount; ++varNr) {
                                    if (this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth].containsKey(varNr)) {
                                        this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth].remove(varNr); // ???????slice
                                        if (this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth].isEmpty())
                                            this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth] = null; //InterestingLocalVariables ??0,MatchCri?
                                        localVarsMatched = true;
                                        instance.onDynamicSlice = true;
                                        // and we want to know where the data comes from...
                                        // TODO
                                        instance.allDataInteresting = true;
                                        instance.criterionDistance = 0;
                                    }
                                }
                                if (localVarsMatched)
                                    for (SliceVisitor vis : this.sliceVisitorsArray) // sliceVisitor
                                        vis.visitMatchedInstance(instance);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                this.enteredMethod = null;
                // enteredMethod ????methodentry????methodInvoke?null!
            }

            // in the control dependent graph, from points to to, but to controls the execution of from
            // first of all from must onDynamicSlice
            //criterion distance is the distance from instruction to criterion
            //predecessor is only set on labels or Goto! ---why?
            // update the criterion distance and predecessor
            @Override
            // A B  predecessor BAB?????label?
            public void visitControlDependence(SlicerInstance from, SlicerInstance to) {
                if (from.onDynamicSlice) {
                    Instruction insn = to.getInstruction();
                    // labelMarker  Goto L1?predecessors!!????
                    if (insn.getType() == InstructionType.LABEL || insn.getOpcode() == Opcodes.GOTO) { //LABEL stands for labelMARKER, which is a marker for jump targets
                        if (to.predecessors == null)
                            to.predecessors = Collections.singleton(from); //means which to execute next in the program 
                        else {
                            if (to.predecessors.size() == 1) // size1?????
                                to.predecessors = new HashSet<SlicerInstance>(to.predecessors);
                            to.predecessors.add(from);
                        }
                        if (from.criterionDistance < to.criterionDistance)
                            to.criterionDistance = from.criterionDistance; //to ????distance!!!
                    } // topredecessorsfrom???predecessors??
                    else if (from.predecessors != null) {
                        assert (!from.predecessors.isEmpty());
                        for (SlicerInstance pred : from.predecessors) {
                            int distance = pred.criterionDistance + 1; // Goto  label ??1?1
                            //1to?
                            delegateControlSliceDependence(pred, to, distance); // for the liveSet updatesliceVisitor???
                            if (distance < to.criterionDistance)
                                to.criterionDistance = distance; // ?tocirdistance!
                        }
                    } else {
                        int distance = from.criterionDistance + 1;
                        delegateControlSliceDependence(from, to, distance); // for the liveSet updatesliceVisitor???
                        if (distance < to.criterionDistance)
                            to.criterionDistance = distance;
                    }
                    to.onDynamicSlice = true;
                }
            }

            private void delegateControlSliceDependence(SlicerInstance from, SlicerInstance to, int distance) {

                for (SliceVisitor vis : this.sliceVisitorsArray) //??
                    vis.visitSliceDependence(from, to, null, distance);

                // since "to" controls the execution of "from", we want to track all data dependences of "to"
                // to find out why it took this decision
                // exception: method invocations; here we only want to track why the method was executed,
                // but not the data that it consumed
                // important to check that "from" comes from inside the method which is called by "from"  ----------------------meaning?

                // to?to????????
                boolean calledMethodDependence = false;
                if (to.getInstruction().getType() == InstructionType.METHODINVOCATION) {
                    MethodInvocationInstruction mtdInv = (MethodInvocationInstruction) to.getInstruction();
                    ReadMethod calledMethod = from.getInstruction().getMethod(); //the method that calls "from"
                    if (mtdInv.getInvokedMethodName().equals(calledMethod.getName()) && //getInvokedMN returns the name of  Method
                    mtdInv.getInvokedMethodDesc().equals(calledMethod.getDesc())) {
                        calledMethodDependence = true;
                    }
                }
                if (!calledMethodDependence) {
                    to.allDataInteresting = true; // if to is not a method invocation instruction ,the we need to track all data dependence of "to"
                }
            }

            // from depends on to
            //? represent any type!
            // update corresponding information when travel data dependence edges
            // interestingVariable represent the first one in fromVar, moreInterestingVarialbe represent the others.
            // ???liveSet?
            @Override
            public void visitDataDependence(SlicerInstance from, SlicerInstance to,
                    Collection<? extends Variable> fromVars, Variable toVar, DataDependenceType type)
                    throws InterruptedException {
                assert type == DataDependenceType.READ_AFTER_WRITE;
                // ???????liveSet??
                if (from.onDynamicSlice && // from must definitively be on the dynamic slice
                (from.allDataInteresting || // and either we want to track all data dependencies
                (from.interestingVariable != null && ( // or (if the interestingVariable is set) ...
                from.interestingVariable.equals(toVar) || // the interestingVariable must be the one we are just visiting
                (from.moreInterestingVariables != null && from.moreInterestingVariables.contains(toVar)))))) { // or it must be in the set of more variables
                    Instruction insn = to.getInstruction();
                    assert insn.getType() != InstructionType.LABEL;
                    int distance = from.criterionDistance + 1;
                    if (distance < to.criterionDistance)
                        to.criterionDistance = distance;
                    for (SliceVisitor vis : this.sliceVisitorsArray) // ??
                        vis.visitSliceDependence(from, to, toVar, distance);
                    if (!fromVars.isEmpty()) {
                        // interesting  moreinteresing ??????
                        // ?????interestingVariable, ?more interestingVariable!
                        Iterator<? extends Variable> varIt = fromVars.iterator();
                        assert varIt
                                .hasNext() : "Iterator of a non-empty collection should have at least one element";
                        Variable first = varIt.next();
                        if (to.interestingVariable == null || to.interestingVariable.equals(first)) {
                            to.interestingVariable = first;
                            first = varIt.hasNext() ? varIt.next() : null;
                        }
                        if (first != null) {
                            if (to.moreInterestingVariables == null)
                                to.moreInterestingVariables = new HashSet<Variable>(8);
                            to.moreInterestingVariables.add(first);
                            while (varIt.hasNext())
                                to.moreInterestingVariables.add(varIt.next());
                        }
                    }
                    to.onDynamicSlice = true;
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void visitMethodLeave(ReadMethod method, int stackDepth) throws InterruptedException {
                // ????
                if (this.interestingLocalVariables.length > stackDepth
                        && this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth] != null) {
                    this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth] = null; // ???
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void visitMethodEntry(ReadMethod method, int stackDepth) throws InterruptedException {
                if (this.interestingLocalVariables.length > stackDepth
                        && this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth] != null) {
                    this.enteredMethod = method;
                    this.interestingLocalVariables[stackDepth] = null; // ??
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void visitUntracedMethodCall(SlicerInstance instrInstance) throws InterruptedException {
                for (UntracedCallVisitor vis : this.untracedCallsVisitorsArray)
                    vis.visitUntracedMethodCall(instrInstance);
            }

        }, capabilities); // end of register visitor

        depExtractor.processBackwardTrace(threadId, multithreaded);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("static-access")
    private static Options createOptions() {
        Options options = new Options();
        options.addOption(OptionBuilder.isRequired(false).withArgName("threadid").hasArg(true)
                .withDescription("thread id to select for slicing (default: main thread)").withLongOpt("threadid")
                .create('t'));
        options.addOption(OptionBuilder.isRequired(false).hasArg(false)
                .withDescription("show progress while computing the dynamic slice").withLongOpt("progress")
                .create('p'));
        options.addOption(OptionBuilder.isRequired(false).hasArg(false).withDescription("print this help and exit")
                .withLongOpt("help").create('h'));
        options.addOption(OptionBuilder.isRequired(false).hasArg(true).withArgName("value").withDescription(
                "process the trace in a multithreaded way (pass 'true' or '1' to enable, anything else to disable). Default is true iff we have more than one processor")
                .withLongOpt("multithreaded").create('m'));
        options.addOption(OptionBuilder.isRequired(false).hasArg(false)
                .withDescription("warn once for each method which is called but not traced")
                .withLongOpt("warn-untraced").create('u'));
        return options;
    }

    private static void printHelp(Options options, PrintStream out) {
        out.println("Usage: " + Slicer.class.getSimpleName() + " [<options>] <file> <slicing criterion>");
        out.println("where <file> is the input trace file");
        out.println("      <slicing criterion> has the form <loc>[(<occ>)]:<var>[,<loc>[(<occ>)]:<var>]*");
        out.println("      <options> may be one or more of");
        HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(out, true);
        formatter.printOptions(pw, 120, options, 5, 3);
    }

}