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+package com.ibm.wala.examples.analysisscope;
+
+import com.ibm.wala.core.util.config.AnalysisScopeReader;
+import com.ibm.wala.ipa.callgraph.AnalysisScope;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * This class shows two ways to create an {@link AnalysisScope}. for more information, check out
+ * https://github.com/wala/WALA/wiki/Analysis-Scope
+ */
+public class AnalysisScopeExample {
+  /**
+   * @param classPath paths of jars to include in analysis scope, formatted as a Java classpath
+   * @return AnaylsisScope object created by makeJavaBinaryAnalysisScope
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  AnalysisScope makeAnalysisScope(String classPath) throws IOException {
+    return AnalysisScopeReader.instance.makeJavaBinaryAnalysisScope(classPath, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param scopeFilePath Location of a scope file in string form
+   * @param exclusionFilePath location of an exception file
+   * @return return an analysis scope object
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  AnalysisScope makeAnalysisScope(String scopeFilePath, String exclusionFilePath)
+      throws IOException {
+    File exclusionsFile = new File(exclusionFilePath);
+    return AnalysisScopeReader.instance.readJavaScope(
+        scopeFilePath, exclusionsFile, AnalysisScopeExample.class.getClassLoader());
+  }
+}