Lint4j Maven Plugin

I recently came across Lint4j while searching for a static Java source code analyzer. This tool is impressively able to detect locking and threading issues, performance and scalability problems, and even checks complex contracts such as Java serialization. Lint4j uses type, data flow, and lock graph analysis to carry out these checks.

One of the standout features of Lint4j is its integration with various development tools. This includes command line, Ant, Maven, Eclipse, and Emacs. This means that regardless of which tool you're using, you can easily incorporate Lint4j into your workflow.

In terms of requirements, all you need is JDK or JRE 1.4.x and Maven 1.x. Installing Lint4j is straightforward - simply add the following snippet to the dependencies section of your project.xml:

< dependency >
< groupId >lint4j< /groupId >
< artifactId >jutils-lint4j-plugin< /artifactId >
< version >1.3< /version >
< type >plugin< /type >
< /dependency >

Next, add the following snippet to the reports section of your project.xml:

< report >jutils-lint4j-plugin< /report >

Finally, add the following line to your project's maven.properties file:

maven.repo.remote=[

The latest release of Lint4j (at the time of writing) includes a fix for a bug that caused a build failure in Maven multi-projects that don't contain source code. Overall, I found Lint4j to be a powerful tool that's easy to incorporate into my workflow.