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Target audience:

Users of the extension providing JEE analysis support.

Summary: This document provides information about the extension providing JEE analysis support.

Extension ID

com.castsoftware.jee

Prerequisites

Please see JEE - Required third-party software.

Description

This extension provides support for JEE.

What's new?

Please see the following pages for information about new features/changes, fixed bugs, changes that will impact results etc.:

Technology support

See Covered Technologies and also JEE - Technology support notes for additional information.

Function Point, Quality and Sizing support

This extension provides the following support:

  • Function Points (transactions): a green tick indicates that OMG Function Point counting and Transaction Risk Index are supported
  • Quality and Sizing: a green tick indicates that CAST can measure size and that a minimum set of Quality Rules exist
MeasurementSupported
Function Points (transactions)(tick)
Quality and Sizing(tick)

CAST AIP compatibility

This extension is compatible with:

CAST AIP releaseSupported
8.3.x(tick)
8.2.x(error)

Supported DBMS servers

This extension is compatible with the following DBMS servers:

DBMS serversSupported
CSS/PostgreSQL(tick) 
Oracle(tick) 
Microsoft(tick) 

Dependencies with other extensions

Some CAST AIP extensions require the presence of other CAST AIP extensions in order to function correctly. The JEE Analyzer extension requires that the following other CAST AIP extensions are also installed:

  • Web services linker service (internal technical extension)


Note that when using AIP Console to install the extension, any dependent extensions are automatically downloaded and installed for you. You do not need to do anything.

Download and installation instructions

Please see:

Note that a specific version of the JEE Analyzer extension is shipped with AIP Core. However, this release may not be the release you want to use, therefore you should check before beginning the analysis that the correct extension release is being used. You can see the list of shipped extensions for each release of AIP Core here: Technology coverage changes in CAST AIP 8.3.x.

Application qualification information

Please see: JEE - Application qualification specifics

Prepare and deliver the source code

Please see: JEE - Prepare and deliver the source code

Analysis configuration and execution

Please see: JEE - Analysis configuration and execution and all child pages:

What analysis results can you expect?

Please see: JEE - Analysis results

Structural rules

The vast majority of rules provided for the JEE Analyzer are embedded in CAST AIP - see JEE - Structural rules for more information. In addition, some rules are also provided with the extension:

1.3.12-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.12-funcrel
1.3.11-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.11-funcrel
1.3.10-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.10-funcrel
1.3.9-funcrelExtension removed.
1.3.8-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.8-funcrel
1.3.7-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.7-funcrel
1.3.6-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.6-funcrel
1.3.5-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.5-funcrel
1.3.4-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.4-funcrel
1.3.3-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.3-funcrel
1.3.2-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.2-funcrel
1.3.1-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.1-funcrel
1.3.0-funcrelhttps://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.0-funcrel
1.3.0-beta3https://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.0-beta3
1.3.0-beta2https://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=srs_jee&ref=||1.3.0-beta2

Current known limitations

See also JEE Analyzer - Technology support notes.

Quality Rules

Avoid static field of type collection (7562)

When calculating a snapshot for applicationusing JSE 5.0, the Quality Rule "Avoid static field of type collection (7562)" does not list as "Very High Risk Objects" classes that are or inherit from a Generic collection. The Quality Rule lists only the non generic form of collections. For example static attributes of type java.util.Collection<E> will not be reported as a violation.

Persistence: Avoid table and column names that are too long (portability) (7706)

Situation:

  • JEE application using the Java Persistence API (JPA), e.g. in the form of Hibernate.
  • A table or column name is not specified in the annotations of the JPA entity.

Symptoms: The JPA entity is not listed as a "Very High Risk" object in the results.

No link bookmarks generated

When Java Methods are defined inside a JSP file, no link bookmarks are generated (bookmarks can be seen in CAST Enlighten or in the Dynamic Link Manager). Example of a Java Method defined in a JSP file:

<%@ page language="Java" %> 
<%! 
public void myMethod(String message)
{ System.out.println(message); } 
%>