I've been experimenting with Animal Sniffer in NET as a basic check that the code does not try to use method etc which are not present in the target Java version. [For example, java.net.IDN requires Java 1.6+]
Although the plugin is not fool-proof, it should help to check basic errors and allow developers to check code even if they don't have the requisite Java version installed. My question is - should it be included in Commons Parent? And if so, should it be enabled by default? There are various ways of including it: - inline. It can then be suppressed by defining animal.sniffer.skip - as a profile which is enabled by default, potentially disabled manually or by use of a resource file - as a profile which is disabled by default, but enabled manually of by use of a resource file The profile options would work a bit like Jacoc/Cobertura, but could be enabled by default rather than disabled by default. WDYT? I would favour a profile, enabled by default, as this does not add to the size of the main body of pom. Note: the build helper plugin can be used to automatically convert from the maven.compiler.target syntax (e.g. 1.6) to the Animal Sniffer signature syntax (e.g. java16) so there is no need to maintain a separate variable. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
