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diff --git a/devel/java-findbugs/pkg-descr b/devel/java-findbugs/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2bd63b00c564 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/java-findbugs/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +FindBugs looks for bugs in Java programs. It is based on the concept of bug +patterns. A bug pattern is a code idiom that is often an error. Bug patterns +arise for a variety of reasons: + +* Difficult language features +* Misunderstood API methods +* Misunderstood invariants when code is modified during maintenance +* Garden variety mistakes: typos, use of the wrong boolean operator + +FindBugs uses static analysis to inspect Java bytecode for occurrences of +bug patterns. + +WWW: http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/ |