java - Maven Findbugs plugin - How to run findbug on the test classes - Stack Overflow

java - Maven Findbugs plugin - How to run findbug on the test classes - Stack Overflow

In the configuration of the findbugs-maven-plugin, you need to explicitely set the includeTests element to true for FindBugs to analyze the test classes:

<plugin>    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>    <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>    <version>3.0.1</version>    <configuration>      <!-- rest of configuration -->      <includeTests>true</includeTests>    </configuration>  </plugin>

Also, the plugin should be bound to the verify phase so that FindBugs is executed after compilation of source and test classes.

For the maven-pmd-plugin, it is actually the same: the element includeTests must be set to true in the plugin configuration.

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