Does generation of Java Code Coverage report require attaching Jacoco agent to application?

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I’m using 7.9.1 SonarQube = 4.2 SonarScanner CLI

I’m interested in generating coverage report for my java files and I see that SonarScanner requires XML report generated by JaCoCo for which a jacocoagent should be attached to my source application.

Is there a work around for this wherein the above process is abstracted somehow or is there a configuration withing SonarScanner that would do the job?

Also, what would be the solution for coverage information of .NET application? do we have to rely on OpenCover/dotCover?

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there is no workaround for JaCoCo, but the process can be quite seamless if you use maven or gradle plugins - we have a small guide on how to do it here [Coverage & Test Data] Importing JaCoCo coverage report in XML format

I am not so familiar with .NET, I let somebody else answer.

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Hi Danush,

Yes, exactly, we rely on OpenCover or dotCover. You can find the test coverage docs here: Test coverage overview

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Thanks Blenessy for the link. I worked with maven plugin to generate the coverage report before moving to CLI for a more general purpose solution supporting other languages as well.

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Hi Zaharia,

Thanks for the confirmation. Could you help me with other robust coverage tool for .NET applications that would also support visualization?

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Hi Danush,

Currently we support, also with visualization, Visual Studio Code Coverage, dotCover and OpenCover. All of them are robust and widely used from what I can tell.