Tag: spotbugs

This tutorial will guide you through configuration FindBugs/SpotBugs in your Maven application and install the Eclipse plugin.

First Open Eclipse MarketPlace then search for “SpotBugs”.

Next you need to click Install and accept the license agreement reading it first. Then it will complete and need to restart Eclipse.

Once Eclipse opens again you right click the project(s) you want to activate FindBugs/SpotBugs for and click “Properties”. Click “SpotBugs” and then make the following changes.

Now you can run SpotBugs by right clicking your project and selecting SpotBugs then “Find Bugs”.

Pom.xml

Reporting

<reporting>
	<plugins>
		<plugin>
			<groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
			<artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>3.1.3</version>
		</plugin>
	</plugins>
</reporting>

Build

<build>
	<plugins>
		<plugin>
			<groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
			<artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>3.1.3</version>
			<dependencies>
				<dependency>
					<groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
					<artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
					<version>3.1.3</version>
				</dependency>
			</dependencies>
			<configuration>
				<effort>Max</effort>
				<threshold>Low</threshold>
				<failOnError>true</failOnError>
				<plugins>
					<plugin>
						<groupId>com.h3xstream.findsecbugs</groupId>
						<artifactId>findsecbugs-plugin</artifactId>
						<version>LATEST</version>
					</plugin>
				</plugins>
			</configuration>
		</plugin>
	</plugins>
</build>

Maven Commands

mvn spotbugs:spotbugs

#Generates the report site
mvn site