get a Minimum Referenced Classes from set of Jars Using ProGuard

Question

In My program i have to referenced 24 libraries right now.

so i want to cut down the size of the referenced jars, because i am sure that only few classes my program references.

Someone tell me that i can use Pro Guard to accomplish my goal.

My first question is is that correct tool i am referring to ?

i want that i will get all referenced classes from My class path so i can pack them in one jar and get rid of huge sizing problem of referenced JARS.

So the second question is

if the Pro Guard is the tool , how can i do it ? is there any specific command to perform tracing ?

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, this is exactly what ProGuard can do with its shrinking step. ProGuard's documentation explains how to use it. The examples are a good start.

The optimization step and the obfuscation step can further reduce the size of the program, but you can disable them if you wish (with the options -dontoptimize and -dontobfuscate).