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Source Code Metrics for NetBeans

• Metrics Module
• Experimental Module
• NetBeans
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What's working in this early release

• The metrics panel (right-click on a directory or Java file and select Tools->Metrics...),
• Metric warnings (notice the red or yellow lights next to your class and method nodes (not file nodes!),
• Global metric thresholds in Options
• Approval of out-of-bounds metric values (right-click on a class or method node and select Tools->Approve metrics...). Each directory with approved classes will have a MetricApprovals.xml file which can be checked into your favorite version control system.
• Dynamic loading of new metrics

What's coming

• UI improvements (suggestions welcome!)
• Metric nodes instead of metric properties (so out-of-bounds metrics can be visually flagged)
• "New metric" wizard
  

Known Issues

• 23246:  class files currently have to be in the same directory as source files, or metrics module ignores them
• 23224:  method metrics warning lights are not reset after build
• 23862:  "Metrics..." menu action may be enabled when there are no classes to evaluate
  

More information

• Tom Ball's Tech Talk " Raising the Bar: Improving Java Software Quality Using Static Analysis" for San Francisco Java SIG, Palo Alto, CA, October 2, 2001.
• Tom Ball's talk " Improving Java(TM) Programming Language Code Using Static Analysis" at JavaOne 2001.