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     24 <h2>Usage</h2>
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     26 You can find the ReTrace jar in the <code>lib</code> directory of the
     27 ProGuard distribution. To run ReTrace, just type:
     28 <p>
     29 <p class="code">
     30 <code><b>java -jar retrace.jar </b></code>[<i>options...</i>]
     31          <i>mapping_file</i> [<i>stacktrace_file</i>]
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     33 Alternatively, the <code>bin</code> directory contains some short Linux and
     34 Windows scripts containing this command. These are the arguments:
     35 
     36 <dl>
     37 <dt><i>mapping_file</i></dt>
     38 
     39 <dd>Specifies the name of the mapping file, produced by ProGuard with the
     40     option
     41     "<a href="../usage.html#printmapping"><code>-printmapping</code></a> <i>mapping_file</i>",
     42     while obfuscating the application that produced the stack trace.</dd>
     43 
     44 <dt><i>stacktrace_file</i></dt>
     45 
     46 <dd>Optionally specifies the name of the file containing the stack trace. If
     47     no file is specified, a stack trace is read from the standard input. Blank
     48     lines and unrecognized lines are ignored, as far as possible.</dd>
     49 </dl>
     50 
     51 The following options are supported:
     52 <dl>
     53 <dt><code><b>-verbose</b></code></dt>
     54 
     55 <dd>Specifies to print out more informative stack traces that include not only
     56     method names, but also method return types and arguments.</dd>
     57 
     58 <dt><code><b>-regex</b></code> <i>regular_expression</i></dt>
     59 
     60 <dd>Specifies the regular expression that is used to parse the lines in the
     61     stack trace. Specifying a different regular expression allows to
     62     de-obfuscate more general types of input than just stack traces. The
     63     default is suitable for stack traces produced by most JVMs:
     64     <pre>
     65     (?:.*?\bat\s+%c\.%m\s*\(.*?(?::%l)?\)\s*)|(?:(?:.*?[:"]\s+)?%c(?::.*)?)
     66     </pre>
     67     The regular expression is a Java regular expression (cfr. the documentation
     68     of <code>java.util.regex.Pattern</code>), with a few additional wildcards:
     69     <table cellspacing="10">
     70     <tr><td valign="top"><code><b>%c</b></code></td>
     71         <td>matches a class name (e.g.
     72             "<code>myapplication.MyClass</code>").</td></tr>
     73     <tr><td valign="top"><code><b>%C</b></code></td>
     74         <td>matches a class name with slashes (e.g.
     75             "<code>myapplication/MyClass</code>").</td></tr>
     76     <tr><td valign="top"><code><b>%t</b></code></td>
     77         <td>matches a field type or method return type (e.g.
     78             "<code>myapplication.MyClass[]</code>").</td></tr>
     79     <tr><td valign="top"><code><b>%f</b></code></td>
     80         <td>matches a field name (e.g.
     81             "<code>myField</code>").</td></tr>
     82     <tr><td valign="top"><code><b>%m</b></code></td>
     83         <td>matches a method name (e.g.
     84             "<code>myMethod</code>").</td></tr>
     85     <tr><td valign="top"><code><b>%a</b></code></td>
     86         <td>matches a list of method arguments (e.g.
     87             "<code>boolean,int</code>").</td></tr>
     88     <tr><td valign="top"><code><b>%l</b></code></td>
     89         <td>matches a line number inside a method (e.g.
     90             "<code>123</code>").</td></tr>
     91     </table>
     92     Elements that match these wildcards are de-obfuscated, when possible. Note
     93     that regular expressions must not contain any capturing groups. Use
     94     non-capturing groups instead: <code>(?:</code>...<code>)</code>
     95     </dd>
     96 </dl>
     97 
     98 The restored stack trace is printed to the standard output. The completeness
     99 of the restored stack trace depends on the presence of line number tables in
    100 the obfuscated class files:
    101 
    102 <ul>
    103 <li>If all line numbers have been preserved while obfuscating the application,
    104     ReTrace will be able to restore the stack trace completely.</li>
    105 
    106 <li>If the line numbers have been removed, mapping obfuscated method names
    107     back to their original names has become ambiguous. Retrace will list all
    108     possible original method names for each line in the stack trace. The user
    109     can then try to deduce the actual stack trace manually, based on the logic
    110     of the program.</li>
    111 
    112 </ul>
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    114 
    115 Preserving line number tables is explained in detail in this <a
    116 href="../examples.html#stacktrace">example</a> in the ProGuard User Manual.
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    118 
    119 Unobfuscated elements and obfuscated elements for which no mapping is available
    120 will be left unchanged.
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    124 Copyright &copy; 2002-2014
    125 <a target="other" href="http://www.lafortune.eu/">Eric Lafortune</a> @ <a target="top" href="http://www.saikoa.com/">Saikoa</a>.
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