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The aim of this glossary is to give a definition to all terms/concepts used in a particular domain of Sonar.

Term

Definition

Examples

Metric

A metric is a property of a piece of software

Lines of code, Cyclomatic complexity, Code coverage

Measure

A measure is the value of a metric at a given time

12'000 Lines Of Code, 234 units tests on december 24th

Entity

An entity is a piece of software regardless of the granularity of this piece

Maven projects, Maven modules, Packages, Classes

Snapshot

A snapshot is a measures set on a given entity at a given time

Measures set on Tomcat project on december 24th 

Coding rule

TODO

Don't import java.lang package

Coding rules profile

TODO

Sonar way

Coding rule violation

TODO

A violation of a coding rule in a particular piece of software

Plugin

TODO

PL/SQL plugin, Clover plugin

Coding rules extension

TODO

 

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