📅 2015-Feb-19 ⬩ ✍️ Ashwin Nanjappa ⬩ 🏷️ eclipse, findbugs, plugin ⬩ 📚 Archive
FindBugs is a popular tool that is used to find bugs in Java source code. It uses static code analysis to find bugs. It is available as a plugin for Eclipse.
Install: To install this plugin, go to Help -> Install New Software, add the URL http://findbugs.cs.umd.edu/eclipse
The configuration options of this plugin can be found in Window -> Preferences -> Java -> FindBugs.
Filter files can be added to include or exclude classes or methods from these checks. This can be done in the above dialog too.
The same configuration can be done on a per-project level. Right-click on the project and choose Properties -> FindBugs. Choose the Enable project specific settings option.
To check the files of a project for bugs, right-click on the project and choose Properties -> Find Bugs -> Find Bugs.
Tried with: FindBugs 3.0.0, Eclipse 4.4.1 (Luna) and Ubuntu 14.04