The FindBugs plugin performs quality checks on your project's Java source files using FindBugs and generates reports from these checks.
To use the FindBugs plugin, include in your build script:
The plugin adds a number of tasks to the project that perform the quality checks. You can execute the checks by running gradle check
.
The FindBugs plugin adds the following tasks to the project:
Table 31.1. FindBugs plugin - tasks
Task name | Depends on | Type | Description |
findbugsMain
|
classes |
FindBugs |
Runs FindBugs against the production Java source files. |
findbugsTest
|
testClasses |
FindBugs |
Runs FindBugs against the test Java source files. |
findbugs
|
|
FindBugs |
Runs FindBugs against the given source set's Java source files. |
The FindBugs plugin adds the following dependencies to tasks defined by the Java plugin.
Table 31.2. FindBugs plugin - additional task dependencies
Task name | Depends on |
check |
All FindBugs tasks, including findbugsMain and findbugsTest . |
The FindBugs plugin adds the following dependency configurations:
Table 31.3. FindBugs plugin - dependency configurations
Name | Meaning |
findbugs
|
The FindBugs libraries to use |
See FindBugsExtension
.