Code coverage tools
There are many different code coverage tools specifically for Java, the most popular of them, either free or commercial, being:
- Cobertura (free): http://cobertura.sourceforge.net/
- Clover (Commercial): http://www.atlassian.com/software/ clover/overview
- EMMA (free): http://emma.sourceforge.net/
- JaCoCo (free): http://www.eclemma.org/jacoco/
Sonar uses Cobertura and JaCoCo but there is support for Clover and EMMA via Sonar plugins. The basic lifecycle of a code coverage analysis process consists of the following steps:
- Byte code instrumentation—injects custom code to enable measurements
- Test execution—performs the tests with the injected code
- Analysis report—generation generates a test report in formats such as XML, HTML, PDF
- Sonar data ...
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