Hi!

> If you look inside the build configuration, you will see make targets
> for findbugs.  All you have to do is put findbugs in the correct
> directory, then do a 'make findbugs'

  ^-- Findbugs is an excellent tool for Java bytecode static analysis.
However, Java source code analysers are great addition, too. We
successfully combine findbugs and checkstyle (checkstyle.sf.net); the
JChord seems to be promissing - read "distinctive enough" - but it
seems to be far from useful deployment yet.

Btw, how findbugs is used, when Android does not have java bytecode,
only sourcecode? :-)

> I was more interested in scanning tools for C and C++ as there does
> not seem to be a FOSS alternative.

  ^-- Well, the root cause is that it is _much_ easier to analyse Java
code than C code - only macros and preproprocesor options [working on
textual level] make any semantic analysis impossible. Anyhow, we find
'flawfinder' tool to be useful for C code.

Please, share your experience with similar tools.

J.

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