This Code Is CRAP (2011)

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The author highlights Crap4J as a valuable tool for identifying dangerous code in Java projects without false positives, praises its Jenkins integration, and notes its incompatibility with Java 7.

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# This Code is CRAP Source: [https://testing.googleblog.com/2011/02/this-code-is-crap.html](https://testing.googleblog.com/2011/02/this-code-is-crap.html) We are using Crap4J for years now within our JAVA projects and it's the only tool which identifies "dangerous" code\. Even the Jenkins/Hudson integration is nice\! All code coverage tools will deliver lot's of false positives\. I don't have to test a method like: public Value getValue\(\) \{ return value; \} That's common sense, but a tool like CodePro or JaCoCo forces me to write dumb tests\. Only Crap4J rocks that way, even it has not been modified since a couple of years\. Now it's time to do something, because JAVA7 code is not running with Crap4J\! Reply[Delete](https://www.blogger.com/comment/delete/15045980/2320694855233268028)

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