Code Analysis - Day 4

Question 1

Source code analysis tools

Answer 1

Identify violations in code.

Question 2

PMD

Answer 2

Programming Mistake Detector

• detects inefficient code; unused variables, empty switch/if/while, unnecessary object creation, naming conventions, etc.
• detected using set of rules
• rules defined in XML format (.exsd file)

Configure PMD with rules prior to use

Question 3

Configuration

Answer 3

Through >window > preferences > PMD > Rule configuration > select default existing rules > click on import rule set > import by copy > select rules and click okay

Question 4

Configured PMD RULES

Answer 4

Class naming: Pascal case
Variable naming: camal case
Method naming: camal case
Package case: lowercase 
System.out.PrintIn should only be in main method 
Unused imports should not be present