May 25, 2021 Gradle
The FindBugs plug-in uses FindBugs to perform quality checks on the project's Java source files and generate reports from the results of the checks.
To use the FindBugs plug-in, include the following statement in the build script:
Use the FindBugs plug-in
build.gradle
apply plugin: 'findbugs' The plug-in adds a lot of quality checks to your project. You can perform a check by running the gradle check.
The FindBugs plug-in adds the following tasks to the project:
Table 31.1. FindBugs Plug-in - Task
| The name of the task | Depends on | Type | Describe |
findbugsMain
|
classes
|
Findbugs | Run FindBugs for production Java source files. |
findbugsTest
|
testClasses
|
Findbugs | Run FindBugs against the test Java source file. |
SourceSet
|
sourceSet
Classes
|
Findbugs | Run FindBugs against the Java source file for source set. |
The FindBugs plug-in adds the following dependencies to the tasks that the Java plug-in joins.
Table 31.2. FindBugs plug-in - Additional task dependency
| The name of the task | Depends on |
check
|
All FindBugs tasks,
findbugsTest
|
The FindBugs plug-in adds the following dependency configurations:
Table 31.3. FindBugs plug-in - Dependent on configuration
| Name | Significance |
findbugs
|
The FindBugs library used |