Static code analysis - Dependence map of Cobol.Net program

Question

We have some Microfocus Cobol.Net applications.

We would like to create a dependency map similar to what is available in NDepend.

Does anyone know of a tool that is able to do this?

Do you have specific questions you want to ask of the COBOL code? — Ira Baxter, Jun 22 '12 at 14:02

Ira Baxter · Answer 1 · 2012-06-22T14:08:40.240

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Off the shelf, I'd guess the closest you would come is MicroFocus's Revolve tool.

It is intended to let you explore your application interactively, and I think it does metrics. I don't know if it constructs a "static map" you can explore offline. Nor do I believe it has the level of programmability of NDepend.

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answered Jun 22 '12 at 14:02

Ira Baxter

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '12 at 12:39

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I am not knowledgeable on Cobol .NET but I am a programmer of NDepend. If Cobol .NET emits valid .NET assemblies, then NDepend can analyze them, since NDepend can analyze any .NET assembly.

answered Jun 23 '12 at 12:39

Patrick from NDepend team

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Interesting. Does it produce sensible numbers for F#? – Ira Baxter Jun 23 '12 at 14:59
F# compile to IL. There is a lot of work done by the F# compiler to transform the F# functional syntax stuff into the IL OOP-alike stuff. With NDepend you'll get info about this IL OOP-alike stuff. It'll certainly help assess things like code size, complexity, dependency, diff... but not as much as with C# or VB.NET. – Patrick from NDepend team Jun 24 '12 at 10:46
Thanks, some info was missing like the Lines of Code, apart from that it worked very well. – Shiraz Bhaiji Jun 25 '12 at 11:29

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