Rules Repository

[Alexander von Zitzewitz]

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Hello !

Is it possible to create a new Rule Category like “Architecture”?  If I used that the rule never became visible. Moreover, is it possible to add the SonarJ rules to the default profiles or do user have to activate them manually?

Regards

Alexander

public class SonarJRulesRepository implements RulesRepository<Java> {    public final static Rule ARCH = new Rule(SonarJPlugin.KEY, "sonarj.architecture", "SonarJ Architecture Constraint", new RulesCategory("Maintainability"), RulePriority.MAJOR);    static    {        ARCH.setConfigKey("sonarj.architecture");        ARCH.setPluginName(SonarJPlugin.KEY);        ARCH.setDescription("Constraints are defined in the SonarJ architecture description");    }        public List<Rule> getInitialReferential()    {        return Arrays.asList(ARCH);    }    public Java getLanguage()    {        return Java.INSTANCE;    }    public List<RulesProfile> getProvidedProfiles()    {        return new ArrayList<RulesProfile>();    }    public List<Rule> parseReferential(String fileContent)    {        return new ArrayList<Rule>();    } }


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[Simon Brandhof]

Categories are hardcoded and can not be changed. They represent ISO 9126 classification.
We plan to develop a tag mechanism in order to add any custom categories to rules. For example we could imagine a rule with tags "architecture" and "sonarj". Unfortunatly I can't give you any release date.

It's possible to add some rules to default profiles. Implement the method getProvidedProfiles() and return profiles named "Sonar way" or "Sun checks". Have a look at FindbugsRulesRepository or CheckstyleRulesRepository classes.