diff --git a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/BasicTreeMatcher.java b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/BasicTreeMatcher.java
index 2eaaca9e9b..00767f530d 100644
--- a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/BasicTreeMatcher.java
+++ b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/BasicTreeMatcher.java
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ public void match(Tree src, Tree dst, ExtendedMultiMappingStore mappingStore) {
 		basicMatcher(src, dst, mappingStore);
 	}
 	private void basicMatcher(Tree src, Tree dst, ExtendedMultiMappingStore mappingStore) {
-		mappingStore.add(apply(src, dst));
+		mappingStore.add(process(src, dst));
 	}
 
-	public MappingStore apply(Tree src, Tree dst) {
+	public static MappingStore process(Tree src, Tree dst) {
 		MappingStore match;
 		match = new CustomGreedy(0, false).match(src, dst);
 		CustomBottomUpMatcher customBottomUpMatcher = new CustomBottomUpMatcher();
diff --git a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/CompositeMatcher.java b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/CompositeMatcher.java
index a4fe627f9d..b5ced2a3fa 100644
--- a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/CompositeMatcher.java
+++ b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/CompositeMatcher.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
+/** Use this matcher when both code fragments are {@link gr.uom.java.xmi.decomposition.CompositeStatementObject}. <br>
  * @author  Pourya Alikhani Fard pouryafard75@gmail.com
  */
 public class CompositeMatcher extends BasicTreeMatcher implements TreeMatcher {
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ private void process(Tree src, Tree dst, ExtendedMultiMappingStore mappingStore)
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void compositeMatcher(Tree src, Tree dst, ExtendedMultiMappingStore mappingStore) {
-		process(src, dst, mappingStore);
-	}
-
 	private static Tree makeFakeTree(Tree tree, CompositeStatementObject fragment, Map<Tree, Tree> cpyMap) {
 		Tree cpy = TreeUtilFunctions.makeDefaultTree(tree);
 		cpyMap.put(cpy,tree);
diff --git a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/GeneralTreeMatcher.java b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/GeneralMatcher.java
similarity index 78%
rename from src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/GeneralTreeMatcher.java
rename to src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/GeneralMatcher.java
index 6164e2aca0..0359f6b186 100644
--- a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/GeneralTreeMatcher.java
+++ b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/GeneralMatcher.java
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 import gr.uom.java.xmi.decomposition.CompositeStatementObject;
 import org.refactoringminer.astDiff.utils.TreeUtilFunctions;
 
-/* Created by pourya on 2023-04-25 1:08 p.m. */
-public class GeneralTreeMatcher extends BasicTreeMatcher implements TreeMatcher {
+/** Use this matcher when two code fragments must be matched. <br>
+ * If you know that both fragments are composite, use {@link org.refactoringminer.astDiff.matchers.CompositeMatcher} instead. <br>
+ * @author  Pourya Alikhani Fard pouryafard75@gmail.com
+*/
+public class GeneralMatcher extends BasicTreeMatcher implements TreeMatcher {
     AbstractCodeFragment st1;
     AbstractCodeFragment st2;
 
-    public GeneralTreeMatcher(AbstractCodeFragment st1, AbstractCodeFragment st2) {
+    public GeneralMatcher(AbstractCodeFragment st1, AbstractCodeFragment st2) {
         this.st1 = st1;
         this.st2 = st2;
     }
@@ -38,6 +41,9 @@ public void match(Tree src, Tree dst, ExtendedMultiMappingStore mappingStore) {
                 new LeafMatcher(false).match(srcExpTree,dst,mappingStore);
             }
         }
+        else {
+            new LeafMatcher(false).match(src,dst,mappingStore);
+        }
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/LeafMatcher.java b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/LeafMatcher.java
index 4b5f40b248..09758fc9fb 100644
--- a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/LeafMatcher.java
+++ b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/LeafMatcher.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public void match(Tree src, Tree dst, ExtendedMultiMappingStore mappingStore) {
 				match.addMappingRecursively(prunedPair.first, prunedPair.second);
 			}
 			else {
-				match = apply(prunedPair.first, prunedPair.second);
+				match = process(prunedPair.first, prunedPair.second);
 			}
 			if (!overwrite)
 				mappingStore.addWithMaps(match, srcCopy, dstCopy);
diff --git a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/ProjectASTDiffer.java b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/ProjectASTDiffer.java
index 21d86de640..74eaacebb2 100644
--- a/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/ProjectASTDiffer.java
+++ b/src/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/ProjectASTDiffer.java
@@ -679,27 +679,33 @@ else if (refactoring instanceof MergeVariableRefactoring)
 			else if (refactoring instanceof SplitConditionalRefactoring)
 			{
 				SplitConditionalRefactoring splitConditionalRefactoring = (SplitConditionalRefactoring) refactoring;
+				Tree srcSubTree = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(srcTree,splitConditionalRefactoring.getOriginalConditional().getLocationInfo());
 				Set<AbstractCodeFragment> splitConditionals = splitConditionalRefactoring.getSplitConditionals();
 				for (AbstractCodeFragment splitConditional : splitConditionals) {
-					new GeneralTreeMatcher(splitConditionalRefactoring.getOriginalConditional(), splitConditional).
-							match(srcTree,dstTree,mappingStore);
+					Tree dstSubTree = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(dstTree,splitConditional.getLocationInfo());
+					new GeneralMatcher(splitConditionalRefactoring.getOriginalConditional(), splitConditional).
+							match(srcSubTree,dstSubTree,mappingStore);
 				}
 			}
 			else if (refactoring instanceof MergeConditionalRefactoring)
 			{
 				MergeConditionalRefactoring mergeConditionalRefactoring = (MergeConditionalRefactoring) refactoring;
+				Tree dstSubTree = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(dstTree,mergeConditionalRefactoring.getNewConditional().getLocationInfo());
 				Set<AbstractCodeFragment> mergedConditionals = mergeConditionalRefactoring.getMergedConditionals();
 				for (AbstractCodeFragment eachMerged : mergedConditionals) {
-					new GeneralTreeMatcher(eachMerged, mergeConditionalRefactoring.getNewConditional())
-							.match(srcTree,dstTree,mappingStore);
+					Tree srcSubTree = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(srcTree,eachMerged.getLocationInfo());
+					new GeneralMatcher(eachMerged, mergeConditionalRefactoring.getNewConditional())
+							.match(srcSubTree,dstSubTree,mappingStore);
 				}
 			}
 			else if (refactoring instanceof MergeCatchRefactoring)
 			{
 				MergeCatchRefactoring mergeCatchRefactoring = (MergeCatchRefactoring) refactoring;
+				Tree dstSubTree = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(dstTree,mergeCatchRefactoring.getNewCatchBlock().getLocationInfo());
 				for (AbstractCodeFragment eachMerged : mergeCatchRefactoring.getMergedCatchBlocks()) {
-					new GeneralTreeMatcher(eachMerged, mergeCatchRefactoring.getNewCatchBlock())
-							.match(srcTree,dstTree,mappingStore);
+					Tree srcSubTree = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(srcTree,eachMerged.getLocationInfo());
+					new GeneralMatcher(eachMerged, mergeCatchRefactoring.getNewCatchBlock())
+							.match(srcSubTree,dstSubTree,mappingStore);
 				}
 			}
 			else if (refactoring instanceof RenameVariableRefactoring)