JDepend plugin for Eclipse: JDepend4Eclipse
JDepend4Eclipse plugin for Eclipse is a wrapper for running JDepend from within Eclipse.
- What is JDepend? (from www.clarkware.com):
JDepend traverses Java class file directories and generates design quality metrics for each Java package. JDepend allows you to automatically measure the quality of a design in terms of its extensibility, reusability, and maintainability to manage package dependencies effectively.
Here is an article about open source tools useful for code analysis:
Automation for the people: Improving code with Eclipse plugins
Here you can see some examples
Advanced JDepend documantation are available as online help in Eclipse (press F1 key) or on the JDepend creator's site (please do not ask me what JDepend metrics are - ask Mike:)
This programm is free, see copyright.
JDepend integration
JDepend4Eclipse uses JDepend version 2.9.1. This tool is also free and is included to JDepend4Eclipse destribution. Please visit http://www.clarkware.com/software/JDepend.html to obtain latest information about JDepend.
Users about JDepend4Eclipse
Tutorial for JDepend4Eclipse at www.testearly.com: click here
Installation
Please use Eclipse update manager to install this plugin.
Eclipse 3.3 - 3.4:
Go to "Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install... -> Search for new features to install -> Next -> New Remote Site..."
Eclipse 3.5:
Go to "Help -> Install new Software... -> Work with:"
and use the http://andrei.gmxhome.de/eclipse/ as url.
Download
Usage
Right click on any folder(s)/package(s) with Java resources in the Pakage Explorer view, and then select "Run JDepend analysis". JDepend perspective will be opened. This works on multiple selection or on binary projects too. Voila!
Note: this is only one way to start JDepend4Eclipse. Opening view or perspective from "Window/Open Perspective/Other.../JDepend" makes no sense.
Note: If you missing some packages in the JDepend Perspective, please check "Window/Preferences/Java/JDepend/Package filters" for them.
Nice article (tutorial) about JDepend4Eclipse at www.testearly.com: click here
Feedback
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Open issues / Report new issues
Vote for JDepend4Eclipse at Eclipse Marketplace or add JDepend4Eclipse to your stack at Ohloh Support development of the plugin:
History
New in version 1.2.3 (for Eclipse 3.5 - 3.7 only) [07.08.2011]
fixed ussue with some filtered packages (thanks to Krishna Kumar)
updated to the leatest JDepend 1.9.1+ code from GitHub (now reads 1.5 annotations) https://github.com/clarkware/jdepend
New in version 1.2.2 (for Eclipse 3.5 - 3.6 only) [30.05.2010]
fixed JDepend "save" dialog on Linux (thanks to Jens Cornelis)
fixed never ending JDepend console output job
New in version 1.2.1 (for Eclipse 3.2 , 3.3 and 3.4) [26.09.2007]
fixed strange classpath resolving problem on Linux & Eclipse 3.3
New in version 1.2.0 (for Eclipse 3.2 and 3.3) [05.05.2007]
Visible for user:
sorting in all metrics tables by any column
instant output as xml/text into the new JDepend Console
new button to switch instant output on/off in the Packages view
new button to save JDepend output in the Packages view
new button to toggle xml/text output on/off in the JDepend Console view
new preferences to save in xml/text and remember this selection under Window->Preferences->Java->Jdepend
Enabled menus "Navigate->Show in..." for elements, selected in Packages view
Enabled Java Search action set in JDepend Perspective (need some more work to made it fully supported)
Added some Java related views/perspectives into the Window->Show View/Open Perspective
current selection in Packages view is shown in the status line with full path
JDepend analysis is always started now non-blocking (in a progress job)
Invisible for user:
fixed a lot of old and odd code
enabled other plugins to provide menus for selected IResource/IJavaElement
jdepend.textui + jdepend.xmlui classes are now included in the plugin too
Misc:
compiled against Eclipse 3.2, not sure if it still works with Eclipse 3.1
discontinued support for Eclipse 3.1
thanks to Christopher Aspromgos for his feedback during the construction phase :p
Note: if you have used JDepend4Eclipse < 1.2.0, please reset JDepend perspective to see all new changes (right click on perspective switch button -> Reset)
Here you can see older versions history
Some project statistics by Ohloh