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+\chapter{Introduction}
+\label{cha:introduction}
+\section{Motivation}
+\label{sec:motivation}
+
+Program slicing~\cite{Wei81} is a debugging technique which, given a line of
+code and a variable of a program, simplifies such program so that the only parts
+left of it are those that affect the value of the selected variable.
+
+\begin{example}[Program slicing in a simple method]
+	If the following program is sliced on line 5 (variable \texttt{x}), the
+	result would be the program of the right, with the \texttt{if} block
+	skipped, as it doesn't affect the value of \texttt{x}.
+	\label{exa:program-slicing}
+	\begin{center}
+	\begin{minipage}{0.49\linewidth}
+		\begin{lstlisting}[stepnumber=1]
+void f(int x) {
+	if (x < 0)
+		System.err.println(x);
+	x++;
+	System.out.println(x);
+}
+		\end{lstlisting}
+	\end{minipage}
+	\begin{minipage}{0.49\linewidth}
+		\begin{lstlisting}[stepnumber=1]
+void f(int x) {
+
+
+	x++;
+	System.out.println(x);
+}
+		\end{lstlisting}
+	\end{minipage}
+	\end{center}
+\end{example}
+
+Slices are an executable program whose execution will produce the same values
+for the specified line and variable as the original program, and are used to
+facilitate debugging of large and complex programs, where the data flow may not
+be easily understandable.
+
+Though it may seem a really powerful technique, the whole Java language is not
+completely covered by it, and that makes it difficult to apply in practical
+settings.  An area that has been investigated, yet doesn't have a definitive
+solution yet is exception handling. Example~\ref{exa:program-slicing2}
+demonstrates how, even using the latest developments in program
+slicing~\cite{allen03}, the sliced version doesn't include the catch block, and
+therefore doesn't produce a correct slice.
+
+\begin{example}[Program slicing with examples]
+	If the following program is sliced in line 17, variable \texttt{x}, the
+	slice is incomplete, as it lacks the \texttt{catch} block from lines 4-6.
+	\label{exa:program-slicing2}
+	\begin{center}
+		\begin{minipage}{0.49\linewidth}
+			\begin{lstlisting}[stepnumber=1]
+void f(int x) {
+	try {
+		g(x);
+	} catch (RuntimeException e) {
+		System.err.println("Error");
+	}
+
+	System.out.println("g() was ok");
+
+	g(x);
+}	
+
+void g(int x) {
+	if (x < 0) {
+		throw new RuntimeException();
+	}
+	System.out.println(x);
+}
+			\end{lstlisting}
+		\end{minipage}
+		\begin{minipage}{0.49\linewidth}
+			\begin{lstlisting}[stepnumber=1]
+void f(int x) {
+	try {
+		g(x);
+	}
+
+
+
+
+
+	g(x);
+}	
+
+void g(int x) {
+	if (x < 0) {
+		throw new RuntimeException();
+	}
+	System.out.println(x);
+}
+			\end{lstlisting}
+		\end{minipage}
+	\end{center}
+\end{example}
+
+\carlos{completar}
+
+\section{Contributions}
+
+The main contribution of this paper is a complete solution for program slicing
+in the presence of exception handling constructs for Java; but in the process we
+will present a history of program slicing, specifically those changes that
+have affected exception handling. Furthermore, we provide a summary of the
+different contributions each author has made to the field.
+
+The rest of the paper is structured as follows: chapter~\ref{cha:background}
+summarizes the theoretical background required, chapter~\ref{cha:state-art}
+provides a bird's eye view of the current state of the art,
+chapter~\ref{cha:solution} provides a step by step description of the problems
+found with the state of the art and the solutions proposed, and
+chapter~\ref{cha:conclusion} summarizes the paper and provides avenues of future
+work.
+
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