Glossary

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
Component	An component is a piece of software regardless of the granularity of this piece	Maven projects, Maven modules, Packages, Classes
Project	TODO	Project Tomcat on Nemo
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 rule violation	This is a violation of a coding rule in a particular piece of software. A piece of software can of course contain several violations on the same coding rule.	Line 4 of file "DummyClass" : Don't import java.lang package
Coding rules profile	A coding rules profile is a given coding rules set	Sonar way on Nemo
Plugin	A plugin is a set of extensions that put together brings a new functionality to Sonar	PL/SQL plugin, Clover plugin
Coding rules extension	TODO
Analysis phase	TODO
Collect phase	TODO
Injection phase	TODO
Quantitative measure	A quantitative measure is a measure that indicates the size of something in a project	# of lines of code, # of classes, ...
Qualitative measure	A qualitative measure is a measure that gives some indication on the quality of the project	Cyclomatic complexity per method, RCI, ...