Custom rule test failed after updating sonar-java

[Michael (Michael Gumowski)]

Hello @tlg,

Between version 6.0 and 6.8 we completely reworked the way we verify tests. It is probably what causes the issue. In your case, you are probably now missing the bytecode corresponding to eclipse swt library, which would be required by the engine to correctly resolve the type.

This answer from Quentin is probably going to help you:

Setting up custom sonar rule for Annotations

I guess that you are facing such problem in unit tests? My guess is that you are missing test sources external binaries. See this part of the tutorial: How to test sources requiring external binaries (Note: clicking on the link does not always bring you to the correct category). Basically, you have to add the dependency you are using in your tests in there. Also, make sure that the maven changes are loaded before running the tests. Last note: also make sure you are correctly setting the class …

Cheers,
Michael