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# Improvements to Java analysis
The following changes in version 1.25 affect Java analysis in all applications.
## General improvements
## New queries
| **Query** | **Tags** | **Purpose** |
|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
## Changes to existing queries
| **Query** | **Expected impact** | **Change** |
|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
## Changes to libraries
* The data-flow library has been improved, which affects most security queries by potentially
adding more results. Flow through methods now takes nested field reads/writes into account.
For example, the library is able to track flow from `"taint"` to `sink()` via the method
`getF2F1()` in
```java
class C1 {
String f1;
C1(String f1) { this.f1 = f1; }
}
class C2 {
C1 f2;
String getF2F1() {
return this.f2.f1; // Nested field read
}
void m() {
this.f2 = new C1("taint");
sink(this.getF2F1()); // NEW: "taint" reaches here
}
}
```