Audit and Metrics Tools

JDeveloper's new static code analysis tools help you write better code. The new audit tools help detect coding convention violations, as well as other common coding problems, while the new metrics tools help measure and report on code complexity. Both tools are fully configurable and customizable to work with company or team-specific coding standards.

With these tools you can:

• View and report coding convention violations, common pitfalls, and Javadoc violations

• Measure code size and complexity attributes

• Define and customize audit and metric profiles

• Use the popFrame feature to retest previous calls after you recompile

HotSwap Debugging

The HotSwap feature, an enhancement to the Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA) in Java 2 SDK v1.4, has been implemented in JDeveloper's default Java virtual machine, OJVM4. While debugging in JDeveloper, you can use HotSwap to fix errors and substitute corrected class definitions, without stopping and restarting your application. When the debugger is paused, you can recompile classes. When the debugger resumes, the new class definition will be used.