FindBugs

API Documentation:FindBugs

Analyzes code with FindBugs. See the FindBugs Manual for additional information on configuration options.

Properties

PropertyDescription
classes

The classes to be analyzed.

classpath

Compile class path for the classes to be analyzed. The classes on this class path are used during analysis but aren't analyzed themselves.

effort

The analysis effort level. The value specified should be one of min, default, or max. Higher levels increase precision and find more bugs at the expense of running time and memory consumption.

excludeFilter

The filename of a filter specifying bugs to exclude from being reported.

excludes

The set of exclude patterns.

findbugsClasspath

Class path holding the FindBugs library.

ignoreFailures

Whether or not to allow the build to continue if there are warnings.

includeFilter

The filename of a filter specifying which bugs are reported.

includes

The set of include patterns.

maxHeapSize

The maximum heap size for the forked findbugs process (ex: '1g').

omitVisitors

Similar to visitors except that it specifies bug detectors which should not be run. By default, no visitors are omitted.

pluginClasspath

Class path holding any additional FindBugs plugins.

reportLevel

The priority threshold for reporting bugs. If set to low, all bugs are reported. If set to medium (the default), medium and high priority bugs are reported. If set to high, only high priority bugs are reported.

reports

The reports to be generated by this task.

source

The source for this task, after the include and exclude patterns have been applied. Ignores source files which do not exist.

visitors

The bug detectors which should be run. The bug detectors are specified by their class names, without any package qualification. By default, all detectors which are not disabled by default are run.

Methods

MethodDescription
exclude(excludeSpec)

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs.The given closure is passed a FileTreeElement as its parameter. The closure should return true or false. Example:

exclude(excludes)

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

exclude(excludes)

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

exclude(excludeSpec)

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

include(includeSpec)

Adds an include spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. The given closure is passed a FileTreeElement as its parameter. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns or specs to be included.

include(includes)

Adds an ANT style include pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns to be processed.

include(includes)

Adds an ANT style include pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns to be processed.

include(includeSpec)

Adds an include spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns or specs to be included.

source(sources)

Adds some source to this task. The given source objects will be evaluated as per Project.files().

Script blocks

BlockDescription
reports

Configures the reports to be generated by this task. The contained reports can be configured by name and closures. Example:

Property details

The classes to be analyzed.

Default with findbugs plugin:
sourceSet.output

FileCollection classpath

Compile class path for the classes to be analyzed. The classes on this class path are used during analysis but aren't analyzed themselves.

Default with findbugs plugin:
sourceSet.compileClasspath

String effort

The analysis effort level. The value specified should be one of min, default, or max. Higher levels increase precision and find more bugs at the expense of running time and memory consumption.

Default with findbugs plugin:
project.findbugs.effort

File excludeFilter

The filename of a filter specifying bugs to exclude from being reported.

Default with findbugs plugin:
project.findbugs.excludeFilter

Set<String> excludes

The set of exclude patterns.

FileCollection findbugsClasspath

Class path holding the FindBugs library.

Default with findbugs plugin:
project.configurations.findbugs

boolean ignoreFailures

Whether or not to allow the build to continue if there are warnings.

Default with findbugs plugin:
project.findbugs.ignoreFailures

File includeFilter

The filename of a filter specifying which bugs are reported.

Default with findbugs plugin:
project.findbugs.includeFilter

Set<String> includes

The set of include patterns.

String maxHeapSize

The maximum heap size for the forked findbugs process (ex: '1g').

Default with findbugs plugin:
null

Collection<String> omitVisitors

Similar to visitors except that it specifies bug detectors which should not be run. By default, no visitors are omitted.

Default with findbugs plugin:
project.findbugs.omitVisitors

FileCollection pluginClasspath

Class path holding any additional FindBugs plugins.

Default with findbugs plugin:
project.configurations.findbugsPlugins

String reportLevel

The priority threshold for reporting bugs. If set to low, all bugs are reported. If set to medium (the default), medium and high priority bugs are reported. If set to high, only high priority bugs are reported.

Default with findbugs plugin:
project.findbugs.reportLevel

FindBugsReports reports (read-only)

The reports to be generated by this task.

FileTree source

The source for this task, after the include and exclude patterns have been applied. Ignores source files which do not exist.

Collection<String> visitors

The bug detectors which should be run. The bug detectors are specified by their class names, without any package qualification. By default, all detectors which are not disabled by default are run.

Default with findbugs plugin:
project.findbugs.visitors

Method details

SourceTask exclude(Closure excludeSpec)

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs.The given closure is passed a FileTreeElement as its parameter. The closure should return true or false. Example:

copySpec {
  from 'source'
  into 'destination'
  //an example of excluding files from certain configuration:
  exclude { it.file in configurations.someConf.files }
}

If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

SourceTask exclude(Iterable<String> excludes)

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

SourceTask exclude(String... excludes)

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

SourceTask exclude(Spec<FileTreeElement> excludeSpec)

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

SourceTask include(Closure includeSpec)

Adds an include spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. The given closure is passed a FileTreeElement as its parameter. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns or specs to be included.

SourceTask include(Iterable<String> includes)

Adds an ANT style include pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns to be processed.

SourceTask include(String... includes)

Adds an ANT style include pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns to be processed.

SourceTask include(Spec<FileTreeElement> includeSpec)

Adds an include spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns or specs to be included.

SourceTask source(Object... sources)

Adds some source to this task. The given source objects will be evaluated as per Project.files().

Script block details

reports { }

Configures the reports to be generated by this task. The contained reports can be configured by name and closures. Example:

findbugsTask {
  reports {
    xml {
      destination "build/findbugs.xml"
    }
  }
}
Delegates to:
FindBugsReports from reports