CLAN

CLAN stands for Closely reLated ApplicatioNs.

The original paper, by Collin McMillan, can be found here: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.380.8742&rep=rep1&type=pdf

This approach is implemented on GitHub, to be compared with RepoPal. RepoPal is a system to detect similarity of GitHub repositories based on stars and texual similarity. Sourcecode of RepoPal can be found here: https://github.com/Qualia-Li/RepoPal.

For more information related to the research on Detecting Similar Repositories on GitHub, and the methdology to compare CLAN and RepoPal, please visit http://www.liquanlai.com/blog/?p=195.

##Feature

CLAN computes similarity between Java applications by comparing the API calls made by the two applications.

Specification

Change values in Const.java to configure:

• ROOT_DIR: a .txt file which contains the list of directories that are going to be checked. Data should be in form of id,directory, in which number stands for a unique id of a specific repository and directory stands for the directory where the repository locates.

• JDK_DIR: a .txt file which contains the list of jdk methods that are counted in the evaluation vector. Data should be in form of name, in which name is the name of a JDK method.

• VEC_DIR: a .txt file of all evaluation vectors calculated. Repository IDs are also included.

• AIM_DIR: ID of the aim repository.

• ANS_AMT: the wanted amount of answer to be shown.