Searching for Unused Schema Entities

The Schema menu in the Schema Browser enables you to locate unused classes, properties, class constants, and methods in one or more schemas. An entity is considered unused according to the following criteria.

• Classes

  • Has no subclasses

  • Is not a subclass of Application, Global, or WebSession

  • Is not used in a web service exposure

  • Is not the membership of a Collection class

  • Is not exported

  • Has no method references, excluding its own methods

  • Has no properties used as keys

  • Is not used in an RPS mapping

  • Has no property references in other classes

  • Has no inverses

• Constants

  • Has no method references

  • Has no constant references

  • Is not exported

• Properties

  • Has no method references

  • Is not used as a key

  • Is not exported

  • Is not used in a web service

  • Is not a form control property

  • Is not used in a condition

  • Is not an HTML property

• Methods

  • Is not a condition

  • Does not implement an interface

  • Is not used in an RPS mapping

  • Is not an event method

  • Is not used in a web service

  • Is not exported

  • Is not a JadeWebService method

  • Is not a generated web services method

  • Is not checked out

  • Is not an interface method with implementors

  • Is not a re‑implemented RootSchema method

  • Has no method references other than itself

  • Is a re‑implemented method but the super‑methods have no method references

  • Is not an application initialize or finalize method

To locate unused entities

1. Select the Find Unused Class Entities command from the Schema menu in the Schema Browser.

   The Find Unused Class Entities dialog, shown in the following image, is then displayed.

   

2. If you do not want to search for unused entities in the schema selected in the Schema Browser (the default value), perform one of the following actions in the Search Criteria group box.

   • Select the Search all schemas option button, to locate unused entities in all schemas in your Jade database.

   • In the combo box below the Search selected schema option button, select the schema in which you want to locate unused entities.

   • Select the Search selected schema and all sub-schemas option button and in the combo box above the option button, select the schema in which you want to locate unused entities in that schema and its subschemas.

   • Select the Search selected class in selected schema option button and in the combo box below the option button, select the class of the schema selected in the first combo box or that has a local copy class that will be scanned for unused entities.

     For details about filtering the entries displayed in the list box associated with the combo box, see "Filtering Entries in Combo Box and List Box Text", in Chapter 2.

3. In the Reporting Options group box:

   • Uncheck the Classes check box if you do not want to report on or display unused classes. This check box is checked by default; that is, unused classes are output to the report or displayed in a table in the Unused Class Entities form.

   • Uncheck the Properties check box if you do not want to report on or display unused properties. This check box is checked by default; that is, unused properties are output to the report or displayed in a table in the Unused Class Entities form.

   • Uncheck the Constants check box if you do not want to report on or display unused class constants. This check box is checked by default; that is, unused class constants are output to the report or displayed in a table in the Unused Class Entities form.

   • Uncheck the Methods check box if you do not want to report on or display unused methods. This check box is checked by default; that is, unused methods output to the report or displayed in a table in the Unused Class Entities form.

4. If you want to output the unused entities to a print-ready preview instead of displaying them in a table in the Unused Class Entities form (the default output action), select the Print Preview option button in the Output Options group box.

5. Click the Search button to initiate the search of unused entities that match your search criteria. Alternatively, click the Cancel button to abandon your selections.

If you select the Print Preview output option, print‑ready output is produced, containing the following columns.

• Schema

• Class

• Entity Type (the type of the entity that is unused)

• Class Entity Name (class constant, method, or property name; else blank when the unused entity is the class)

This list is ordered by schema name followed by class name and then unused constants, unused methods, and unused properties within each class.

For details about displaying unused entities output to the Unused Class Entities form, see "Displaying Unused Schema Entities", in the following section.

2016.0.01 and higher