There are many reports and plugins now that generate reports against the code.
I'd like to see an entire framework built around the concept of Standardized Reporting. The components of this framework... maven-reporting-datapoint This would provide an API that various reporting plugins (checkstyle / pmd / findbugs / etc...) can utilize to issue a very generic datapoint DataPoint.report(Project project, File sourceFile, long line, int severity, String type, String message); This API in turn logs the information into a data store (derby / hsqldb / xmlstore) with a timestamp of its occurance. This library would also provide an abstract standard report generator to produce a report that is consistent for all plugins. maven-datapoint-report-plugin This would provide a report similar to JXR and Cobertura that lists the source files, complete with hits against each file from all reports that use the datapoint API. Inline messages and highlighting can be used to show the line and all problems associated with that line from each datapoint generator. This information should be produced on a per-module and aggregated perspective. A historical graph can be shown from this datapoint information for that module / project / file. (sparkline) What needs to be done is identify the reporting types, and attempt to define as few 'standard reports' views as possible. The needs of JDepend is different than PMD or even Cobertura. Heck, a standard report format might just be a pipe dream, but the rest of the datapoint proposal should still have merit. If this is a good idea, I think we should encourage the appropriate hooks into maven 2.1 for this functionality, and then work on this as a seperate concept. Wild dreaming ideas. Implement a standard Maven SCM Annotate method so that datapoints in the code can even be associated to the developer that created that line, producing historical charts for each developer too! - Joakim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
