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* . Add a port of FindBugs:Greg Lewis2011-03-131-0/+75
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/