Automated checker for detecting method-hiding in Java']Java programs

Method overriding is a valuable mechanism that happens when an instance method is defined in a subclass and has the same signature and return type as an instance method in the superclass. However, in Java, if those methods are static, then instead method hiding happens, which is a programming weakness and may produce unexpected results. Static analysis is an approach in software testing that examines code to identify variousAbstractprogramming Abstract programming weaknesses throughout the software development process without running it. This paper addresses the detection of method-hiding problem in Java programs. We implemented a new automated checker under the SpotBugs static analysis tool that can detect the mentioned problem. According to our results, the checker precisely detected the related issues in both custom test cases and real- world programs.