

It’s recommended that over the course of days and weeks you slowly activate and fix the different rules while still maintaining new code with those rules. However, running the test with all the rules checked will normally result in an enormous about of bugs found in your code. To run the inspection simply goto Source->Inspect and select the Configuration as FindBugs. Here you can tick/untick the corresponding tests you want to run. Choose FindBugs as the language and it should display a tree list. To configure this, in NetBeans after installing the plugin, go to Tools->Options->Editor->Hints.

NetBeans is available inside NetBeans general download.

The “includeFilter” parameter utilises the feature in FindBugs to include/exclude only certain rules when testing. More information about the structure of the build file can be found here. I recommend you keep the HTML as it provides an easy way to view the bugs and statistics about your code. This defines the command and its parameters such as the path to the source you want it to scan and other self-explanatory fields such as “failOnError” and “outputFile”. This simply defines where FindBugs is located () and defines the initial command FindBugs One particular rule that FindBugs checks for under the category of performance is called “Method concatenates strings using + in a loop.” It provides a short explanation of the problem and an example of the solution. It works by analysing Java byte code and checking every line against its growing database of common mistakes, dodgy code, bad practices and other more complex errors such as multithreading problems and security risks. After running, FindBugs produces an HTML error report listing all the possible mistakes and explaining the problem and what can be done to remedy it. So the end of the year seems a good time to share some things we have learned about using FindBugs…įindBugs is a powerful, free, Open Source static analysis tool that can easily be used and integrated into Ant to provide bug-free and consistent code after every build.
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In 2014, IDRsolutions have been busy adding FindBugs tests which we run on our Java PDF library and PDF to HTML5/SVG converter. Using FindBugs to squash bugs in Java with NetBeans and Ant
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He enjoys coding with a focus on Android apps and experimenting with machine learning and neural networks. Laurence Squires Laurence Squires is a Java developer.
