CodePro Analytix Documentation :Version History- Instantiations Inc.

6.5.0 - June 24, 2010
Version History
Support for Eclipse 3.6
6.4.0 - March 22, 2010
Improved Dead Code support to persist entry points with projects, and implicitly understand entry points from a wider range of frameworks.
6.3.0 - October 20, 2009
Enhanced Code Audit view 5 additional audit rules (1226 total) Enhancements to various audit rules Speed improvemets New Dead Code Report generation New Similar Code Report generation
6.2.0 - June 24, 2009
Support for Eclipse 3.5 New Dead Code Analyzer Enhanced Code Audit view 12 additional audit rules (1221 total) Enhancements to various audit rules Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility New Flow Path based code generation
6.1.0 - March 24, 2009
New Update Site Installation Option Enhanced Code Audit view 22 additional audit rules (1209 total) 16 new Security audit rules (225 total) Enhancements to various audit rules Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility New JSF code generation support
6.0.0 - January 15, 2009
Enhanced Code Audit view 59 additional audit rules (1187 total) Added new Web Services category 51 new Security audit rules (209 total) Added new Threads & Synchronization category Enhancements to various audit rules Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility New Mock Object support New Struts code generation option New Spring code generation option
5.6.0 - September 30, 2008
Support for Application Developer 7.5 and Eclipse 3.5M1 Enhanced CodePro AnalytiX Server Enhanced Code Audit Maven Plugin and Ant Task Enhanced Metrics Maven Plugin and Ant Task Enhanced Code Coverage Maven Plugin and Ant Task Enhanced Code Audit view 80 additional audit rules (1128 total) 68 new Security audit rules (158 total) Added new Configuration File category Added new Language Semantics category Added new Struts category Added new Authentication rules Added new EJB rules Added new Tainted User Input rules Enhancements to various audit rules New PMD & FindBugz configuration file conversion Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility New EJB3 code generation option
5.5.0 - June 26, 2008
Support for Eclipse 3.4 Enhanced CodePro AnalytiX Server Added Metrics to Dashboard Added Drilldown to Dashboard Enhanced Code Audit Maven Plugin and Ant Task Enhanced Metrics Maven Plugin and Ant Task Enhanced Code Coverage Maven Plugin and Ant Task Enhanced Code Audit view 87 additional audit rules (1048 total) 44 new Security audit rules (90 total) Added new API Usage category Added new Authentication category Added new EJB category Added new File Usage category Added new Serialization Security category Added new Servlet Security category Added new Tainted User Input category (e.g., SQL Injection, etc.) Enhancements to various audit rules Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility New JUnit 4 code generation option
5.3.0 - March 21, 2008
Enhanced CodePro AnalytiX Server New CodePro Metrics Maven Plugin metrics-plugin:metric metrics-plugin:metricsReport New instantiations.metrics Ant Task report New CodePro Code Coverage Maven Plugin coverage-plugin:instrument coverage-plugin:report coverage-plugin:clean New instantiations.coverage Ant Task instr merge report New instantiations.copy-test-results Ant Task New instantiations.dashboard Ant Task application Enhanced Code Audit view 6 additional audit rules (961 total) Enhancements to various audit rules Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Improved test code generation Improved Java5 support
5.2.0 - November 6, 2007
CodePro AnalytiX Server New CodePro Audit Maven Plugin audit-plugin:audit audit-plugin:auditReport audit-plugin:seriesReport New instantiations.audit Ant Task mailAuthors report seriesReport Support for Eclipse 3.4 Added option to import preferences from a URL Enhanced Code Audit view 6 additional audit rules (955 total) Enhancements to various audit rules Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Improved test code generation Improved Java5 support
5.1.0 - June 29, 2007
CodePro AnalytiX Rational Edition Support for Eclipse 3.3 Enhanced Code Audit view Hyperlink to violation details in reports 46 additional audit rules (949 total) Added new Spring category Many new Struts rules Many new Hibernate rules Enhancements to various audit rules Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Improved test code generation
5.0.0 - April 2, 2007
Support for Eclipse 3.2.2 and 3.3M6 Enhanced Code Audit view New date-based audit filtering Audit files that changed since a specific date Audit lines of code that changed since a specific date Exclude legacy code created prior to a specific date Specify a fixed date or floating date (e.g., -n days) 82 additional audit rules (903 total) Added new Struts category Added new Hibernate category Added new JSF category Many new Security rules and new Security audit rule set Enhancements to various audit rules New Similar Code Analysis tool Find duplicated code that can be refactored Detect copied code with possible renaming errors Identify code that looks similar Enhanced JUnit Test Case Editor Start/stop auto test execution New Refresh Tests button New Duplicate Selected Row (test) button Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Improved test code generation
4.6.0 - February 7, 2007
Support for Application Developer 7.0 and Eclipse 3.3M5 Enhanced JUnit Test Case Editor Show pass/fail bar graphs in editor Performance and usability enhancements Enhanced Code Audit view 10 additional audit rules (821 total) Enhancements to various audit rules Spelling and XML rules available in Eclipse 3.2 & 3.3 Integration with TPTP & Application Developer 7.0 Code Review function All CodePro rules available as Code Review rules View CodePro audit violations in Code Review view All Application Developer Code Review rules available within CodePro Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Improved test code generation
4.5.0 - November 8, 2006
Support for Eclipse 3.3M3 New JUnit Test Case Editor Edit JUnit Test Cases in tabular format Easily add new test cases Easily add new assertions across multiple tests Dynamically show test failures Preferences to control layout FAQ Enhanced Code Coverage facility Added capturing of execution count data Added code coverage ruler Enhanced report generation Enhanced Code Audit view Enhancements to various audit rules Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Improved test code generation
4.4.0 - May 22, 2006
Support for Eclipse 3.1.2 and 3.2 Integrated Java Mail to allow sending reports via e-mail Enhanced Code Audit view Send reports via e-mail Enhanced the codepro.audit Ant task Enhancements to various audit rules 46 additional audit rules (811 total) Dramatically reduced memory usage by 75-90% Option to highlight new or modified rules Enhanced Metrics facility Send reports via e-mail Enhanced Code Coverage facility Send reports via e-mail Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Improved test code generation Enhanced Dependency Analysis view Send reports via e-mail
4.3.0 - November 29, 2005
Support for Eclipse 3.1.1 and 3.2M3 Enhanced Code Audit view Added new management reporting functions New Audit Explorer view New Audit Series Editor New Audit Series Report Added the ability to audit JSP files Enhanced the codepro.audit Ant task Enhancements to various audit rules 62 additional audit rules (765 total) Added a new J2EE / JSP category Added a new J2EE / Portlets category Added a new J2EE / Servlets category Added a new Logging / JCL category Added a new Manifest Files category Added many new Security audit rules Added Generate Report command Added Sort By Author option to Audit view Added option to add Author to reports Enhanced Code Coverage facility Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Improved the Test Case Outline view Improved test code generation
4.2.0 - July 11, 2005
Support for Eclipse 3.1 final release Enhanced Code Audit view Added support for automatic violation correction Automatically fix dozens of violations Can be disabled globally and at the audit rule set level Added a resolution summary section to the HTML report Enhanced the codepro.audit Ant task Enhancements to various audit rules 5 additional audit rules (703 total) Added an option to import an audit rule set as the default Enhanced Code Coverage facility New Full Featured coverage option New Code Coverage property sheet New Instrument Code and Uninstrument Code commands Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Improved the Test Case Outline view Improved test code generation
4.1.0 - May 20, 2005
Ready for Rational Software certified! Improved CodePro startup performance Enhanced Code Audit view Added import/export support for audit result sets Enhancements to various audit rules 27 additional audit rules (698 total) Added a new JDBC Usage category Added a new JUnit Usage category Added a new log4j category Enhanced JUnit Test Case Generation facility Provide better feedback using Eclipse jobs framework Improved test code generation Enhanced Metrics facility Added import/export support for metric result sets Enhanced various metrics Added various tracing options to Debug Log preferences
4.0.1 - March 1, 2005
New EclipsePro Audit & EclipsePro Test Products Enhanced Code Audit view Added annotation support for audit violations Enhancements to various audit rules Enhanced naming convention audit rules 26 additional audit rules (671 total) Enhanced Code Coverage facility Enhanced Javadoc Repair tool Enhanced @author and @version checking for types
4.0.0 - February 1, 2005
New CodePro AnalytiX & CodePro PlusPak Products New JUnit Test Case Generation facility New Generate Test Case command New Test Case Outline View New JUnit preferences Specify Targets used Specify Location of test cases Generate Test Methods Generate Other Methods Control Execution Use Test Fixtures Auto Update test cases Supports Design by Contract Use Factory Classes Generate Test Suites New Code Coverage facility New Code Coverage view New Code Coverage launch configuration New Code Coverage preferences Control Appearance of Code Coverage view New Code Coverage reports Enhanced Code Audit view Enhancements to various audit rules 26 additional audit rules (645 total)
3.1.0 - December 20, 2004
Support for Application Developer 6.0 and Eclipse 3.1 M4 Enhanced Code Audit view Enhancements to various audit rules 115 additional audit rules (619 total) Hide/Show Explanation Pane in Audit View Toggle between long and short rule names Added a new Eclipse Plugin Development audit rule category Integration with Application Developer 6.0 Code Review function All CodePro audit rule sets available as Code Review sets All CodePro rules available as Code Review rules View CodePro audit violations in Code Review view All Application Developer Code Review rules available within CodePro Enhanced Javadoc Repair tool Major improvement to memory management and performance Added Valid Javadoc tags preferences for fields, methods and types
3.0.0 - September 21, 2004
Support for Application Developer 5.1.2 and Eclipse 3.0 final release New Activation Wizard for easy product activations and evaluations New Team Task facility for creating global task items New Team Task view New Team Task Editor New Team Task preferences Enhanced Code Audit view Major improvement to memory management and performance Enhancements to various audit rules 86 additional audit rules (504 total) New "Effective Java" predefined audit rule set New "Potential Errors and Refactorings" predefined audit rule set Added a new Dead Code audit rule category Added a new Security audit rule category Added a new SWT & JFace audit rule category Added examples to most audit rule descriptions Control the default audit settings for each projects Specify resource inclusion lists Specify resource exclusion lists Specify the default audit rule set Enhanced dynamic audit Specify inclusion and exclusion patterns Added multi-select to dynamic audit Browse button Enhanced audit preferences New audit rule set specific note page for each audit rule Enhanced audit rule search tool to search notes Control the maximum number of result sets Include subpackages in the analysis New option to control the granularity of Javadoc audit resolutions Enhanced reporting options Added new Audit Rule Set Report option Added new CSV Summary Report Added a new Audit Reports preference page New option to control default report file names Additional resolutions to fix more audit violations (60% coverage) Added a severity filter to the audit view Added line numbers to the audit view Enhanced Metrics facility Major improvement to memory management and performance Added Average Lines of Code Per Method metric Control the maximum number of result sets Include subpackages in the analysis Enhanced reporting options Added new Include metrics for sub-scopes option Options to control the XML reports (sub-scopes, types and details) Enhanced Javadoc Repair tool Allow @see tags in non-Javadoc comments New Required special tag option New preference to control File > Save behavior Javadoc audit rules now override Javadoc preferences New option to override Javadoc preferences with audit rule preferences New option to respect audit rule disable directives Enhanced the Collaboration Server console window Added a user list show last access time Added a scrolling list of transactions Added preference to control Java History view Added View Log and Clear Log items to the CodePro menu Added a Preferences cascade menu to the CodePro menu
2.3.2 - January 27, 2004
Support for Eclipse 3.0 M5 & M6 Enhanced Code Audit view Enhancements to various audit rules 35 additional audit rules (418 total) Added 5 new portability audit rules Added 9 new threads & synchronization audit rules Additional resolutions to fix more audit violations (60% coverage) Report output now properly UTF-8 encoded Enhanced Dependency Analysis view
2.3.1 - November 11, 2003
Support for Eclipse 3.0 M3 & M4 Enhanced Metrics facility Added many new metrics (54 total) Added new basics metrics Added new complexity metrics Added new dependency metrics Added new Halstead metrics Enhanced Metrics view Added drill down in the metrics view Added scope changing "Go Into" command Added "Go To File" command Added "Disable Metric" command Ability to configure metrics from Metrics view Enhanced the Metrics preference page Added metric groups Added metric rule sets Added a "Find Metric" button Added thresholds and trigger points Added metric description page Added "Compute Metrics Using" command Enhanced HTML report Enhanced Code Audit view Enhancements to various audit rules 11 additional audit rules (383 total) Added 5 new property file audit rules Added 5 new XML audit rules Additional resolutions to fix more audit violations (63% coverage) Enhanced audit rule framework to handle non Java files Added Audit rule set Copy command Enhanced Collaboration Tools Added new commit broadcast facility Added a DTD for creating pattern files
2.3.0 - August 12, 2003
Support for WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.1 Support for WebSphere Studio Site Developer 5.1 Support for WebSphere Device Developer 5.0 & 5.5 WebSphere Studio Express, version 5.0 & 5.1 Support for SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio 2.0 New Collaboration Tools New inter-workspace messaging feature New messages view New message editor New global task scheduling feature New centralized workspace administration features Remote workspace preference configuration Remote workspace project configuration New collaboration administration tools User management view Group management view New collaboration configuration wizard New Eclipse-based Collaboration Server New Solutions (nested projects) support New Solution Editor New Solution Wizard New Load Solution command New Dependency Analysis view Analyze project, package and type dependencies Examine cycles and closures Generate detailed dependency reports Generate various dependency metrics New Spell Checking tools - available only under Application Developer 5.0 & 5.1 New Check Spelling command New Spell Check Comments audit rule New Spell Check Identifiers audit rule New Spell Check String Literals audit rule Enhanced Code Audit view Enhancements to various audit rules 8 additional audit rules (372 total) Added a new Audit Rule Wizard to simplify the task of creating new audit rules Added Maximum Violation Count preferences Added new "Refresh" option for violation sets Additional resolutions to fix more audit violations (60% coverage) Added ability to fix multiple violations at once Added ability to stop an audit calculation in progress Enhanced HTML report Enhanced Metrics view Enhanced HTML report Enhanced Task Scheduler Added Load Projects Task Enhanced Javadoc Repair tool New Tags preference page for specifying custom Javadoc tags Enhanced Java Field Wizard New setter argument prefix and suffix fields Enhanced Java Pattern Wizard Enhanced pattern language to support external functions (call outs)
2.2.0 - April 29, 2003
Support for Eclipse 2.1 Enhanced Code Audit view Enhancements to various audit rules 124 additional Code Audit rules (364 total) 61 new EJB audit rules 13 new Internationalization rules Added support for Quick Fix facility Added "Fix Violation" command to correct violations (52% coverage) Enhanced "Explain" command to show recommendations (100% coverage) Added Quick Fix editor integration under Eclipse 2.1 Enhanced audit rule sets Added pre-defined audit rule set based on "The Elements of Java Style" Added ability to lock audit rule sets to prevent modification Added ability to hide and show audit rule sets Added "Headless" audit support Added Audit Ant Task Enhanced the Audit preference page Added a "Find Rule" button to the Audit preference Enhanced various reporting options Enhanced reports to show recommendations (100% coverage) Added XML output format Add docs for adding new audit rules Enhanced Metrics view Added XML output format Added Metrics Ant Task Enhanced Java Pattern Wizard Enhanced pattern language to support table widgets Added Session Facade pattern Added Transfer Object pattern Added Transfer Object Assembler pattern Enhanced Applet pattern Enhanced Factory Method pattern Enhanced Flyweight pattern Enhanced JUnit Test Case pattern Enhanced State pattern Enhanced Template Method pattern Enhanced Task Scheduler Added Audit Code Task Added Compute Metrics Task Enhanced Workbench Action Task Enhanced Update Working Set Task Enhanced Update/Commit Working Set Task Enhanced Export Sets Added Audit Export Set Added Metrics Export Set Enhanced VA Java perspective Added "Treat types as compilation units" option to Browser preferences Added support for Eclipse 2.1 layout options Enhanced CVS Synchronize commands Added headless ANT support for several CodePro ANT tasks
2.1.0 - February 25, 2003
Split CodePro Studio into three new products CodePro Advisor - "Best Practice" quality and analytical tools CodePro Agility - "Best Practice" pattern and productivity tools CodePro Build - "Best Practice" build, deployment and automation tools Support for Eclipse 2.1 RC1 Enhanced Java Pattern Wizard Added Builder pattern Added Chain of Responsibility pattern Added Facade pattern Added Factory Method pattern Added Flyweight pattern Added Interpreter pattern Added Iterator pattern Added Mediator pattern Added Memento pattern Added Prototype pattern Added Template Method pattern Enhanced Composite pattern Enhanced Code Audit view New support for locally disabling audit rules Added "Create Task" command to Audit View Re-categorized several audit rules Enhancements to various audit rules 28 additional Code Audit rules (240 total) Enhanced Javadoc Repair tool New option to allow @see tags to replace full Javadoc Enhanced Task Quick Filters The alt key will cause the resource filter to show tasks for the current project The alt key will cause the problem filter to show only task items The severity filter will now filter task priorities as well
2.0.0 - December 10, 2002
Support for WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.0 Support for Eclipse 2.0.1, 2.0.2 and 2.1 M3 Re-organized various context menus under a common CodePro menu New color enhanced perspectives and views - available only under Eclipse 2.0 & Application Developer 5.0 Java+ Perspective Java Browsing+ Perspective Resource+ Perspective Package Explorer+ View Projects+ View Packages+ View Types+ View Members+ View Navigator+ View Enhanced Java Pattern Wizard Added Data Access Object pattern Added Front Controller pattern Added Service Locator pattern Added State pattern Added Strategy pattern Enhanced Type Safe Enumeration pattern Enhanced Code Audit view - available only under Eclipse 2.0 & Application Developer 5.0 49 additional Code Audit rules (212 total) Enhanced many Code Audit rules Ability to easily create multiple Audit Rule Preference Sets New Audit Rule Set import and export dialogs Ability to configure audit rules from Audit view New "Explain" command in Audit view New "Export Violations" command in Audit view for generating reports Added additional formats to the "Copy to Clipboard" command Enhanced to be invoked from the Resource Navigator view Enhanced to be schedulable via a Workbench Action task Enhanced Javadoc Repair tool - available only under Eclipse 2.0 & Application Developer 5.0 New option to transpose Original and Modified panes Enhanced to be invoked from the Resource Navigator view Enhanced to be schedulable via a Workbench Action task Enhanced Metrics view New "Explain" command in Metrics view New "Export Results" command in Metrics view for generating reports Added additional formats to the "Copy to Clipboard" command Enhanced to be invoked from the Resource Navigator view Enhanced to be schedulable via a Workbench Action task New Explore command New Auto Organize Imports On Save feature New CVS Tag By Date command Additional Export Set types RAR File Additional Ant Enhancements codepro.getClasspath codepro.preprocessor codepro.exportRARToFile
1.2.0 - September 3, 2002
CodePro Studio "Best Practices Release" Support for Application Developer 5.0 Beta New Java Pattern Wizard Abstract Factory Adapter Bridge Command Composite Decorator Implement Interface Observer Proxy Servlet - available only under Eclipse Singleton Type Safe Enumeration Visitor New Javadoc Repair tool - available only under Eclipse 2.0 & Application Developer 5.0 New Java Applet Wizard New Java GUI Application Wizard (compatible with VCE Bridge) New JUnit enhancements Enhanced JUnit Test Case Wizard Enhanced JUnit Test Suite Wizard New CodePro evaluation features New Welcome Page New CodePro menu with quick access to CodePro features New CodePro Studio options on Windows Start Menu Enhanced Code Audit view - available only under Eclipse 2.0 & Application Developer 5.0 New Formatting audit rules Severity level indicators for each audit rule Updated Evaluation Guide New CodePro splash screen
1.1.3 - July 3, 2002
Support for Eclipse 2.0 build F3, GM1-GM6 and R2.0 New Workspace Administration features New Export Preferences wizard New Import Preferences wizard Enhanced Code Audit view - available only under Eclipse 2.0 & Application Developer 5.0 Additional Code Audit rules Descriptions supplied for all audit rules
1.1.2 - June 4, 2002
New Evaluation Guide Support for Eclipse 2.0 build F1 and F2 Enhanced Code Audit view - available only under Eclipse 2.0 & Application Developer 5.0 Additional Code Audit rules New Interactive Audit mode Enhanced Metrics view Additional metrics New percentage detail graphs added to various metrics New Memory Monitor view New Auto-Save All Editors option - available only under Eclipse 2.0 & Application Developer 5.0
1.1.1 - May 7, 2002
Support for Eclipse 2.0 build M5 New Quality Assurance features New Code Audit view - available only under Eclipse 2.0 & Application Developer 5.0 New Metrics view New Exit Workbench task New Workbench Action task Added a top level "Task" menu for frequently used tasks New "Automatically connect to Rational ClearCase" startup option New Export Sets available in export wizard under Application Developer App Client JAR File EAR File EJB JAR File FTP WAR File Enhanced Export Sets to support Ant variables File System JAR File Zip File Numerous Ant Enhancements under Application Developer ExportAppClientToJarFile ExportEARToEarFile ExportEJBToJarFile ExportToFTP ExportWARToWarFile
1.1.0 - March 25, 2002
Ready for WebSphere Studio certified! Support for Eclipse 2.0 build 20020321 Support for Application Developer 4.0.3 Enhanced task scheduler Added support for shutdown tasks Added support for launch tasks Enhanced CVS Synchronization commands New CVS Synchronization tasks Catch Up Working Set Catch Up & Release Working Set Enhanced Java Method Wizard Enhanced Java Field Wizard Enhanced standard task view Added auto-show on compilation errors Numerous Ant Enhancements InitEclipseProperties InitExportProperties ExportSet ExportToFileSystem ExportToJarFile ExportToZipFile
1.0.7 - February 25, 2002
Support for Eclipse 2.0 build 20020214 New CVS Synchronization commands Catch Up Working Set Catch Up & Release Working Set Enhanced modified element views Modified Types Modified Members New Java History view New Auto Format On Save feature Working Set creation under Application Developer Added working set filters to VA Java perspective Enhanced standard task view Resource quick filter Java quick filter Severity quick filter
1.0.6 - February 11, 2002
Support for Eclipse 2.0 build 20020125 Support for Application Developer 4.0.2 New Export Sets available in export wizard File System JAR File Zip File New Export Set tasks New modified element views Modified Types Modified Members Enhanced Templates Added option to specify the program used to view log files
1.0.5 - January 11, 2002
Enhanced Java Method Wizard automatically add import statements for types and strip package names from generated code Enhanced Java Field Wizard Improved auto generated comments for getter/setter methods Added option to specify parameter name for setter method Use Java preferences for code generation when creating getter/setter methods All options on field accessor wizard page are persistent between sessions Added option to generate "@see" comments for field getter/setter methods Enhanced VA Java perspective Added "Add from Local History" menu to Packages view members pane Enhanced Packages members pane to track changes in the editor immediately
1.0.4 - December 21, 2001
Support for Eclipse 2.0 build 20011219 New Java Method Wizard New Java Field Wizard Enhanced VA Java perspective Added "Show Resources" filter to Projects view Added "Delete" menu to Packages view members pane
1.0.3 - December 14, 2001
Support for Eclipse 2.0 build 20011206 Single-click editor access available for all perspectives Enhanced VA Java perspective Added Working Set filters under Eclipse 2.0 Member list now shows inner classes in a tree Outline view added Added "Refactoring" menu by default under Eclipse 2.0 Types now show version info
1.0.2 - December 4, 2001
New Ant Build task New "Pin Editor" toolbar button and menu Auto-pinning of dirty editors Improved support for all Java editors (including the Application Developer EJB editor) Enhanced VA Java perspective
1.0.1 - November 21, 2001
Initial support for Eclipse 2.0 (build 20011107)
1.0.0 - November 13, 2001
Initial GA release