coverage validator feature list

Coverage Validator has many useful features not found in other code coverage analysis tools.

Code Coverage

Number of lines per file
Number of lines visited per file
Visit count per line
Visit count per file
Percentage of lines visited in each file
Coverage statistics updated as the application executes
Ability to sort the data for display
Colour coded display for at-a-glance detection of files that have not been visited
Source code display with line highlighting for editing source code and/or examining source code in situ with the statistics
View coverage statistics in real time, as they change whilst your application executes

Data Views

Coverage view. Shows coverage statistics on a file by file basis
Functions view. Shows coverage statistics on a class-by-class, file-by-file, directory layout, function-by-function, and functions-by-line-count basis
File and line view. Shows coverage statistics on a file by file basis with the ability to drill down to each line and the source code for the line
Diagnostic messages. For detecting unforseen errors in the instrumentation. If things are not behaving as you expect, the answer may be here

Data searches

Automatic Merging

Support for executing from the command line, allowing automated code coverage for all your regression tests. The command line also provides control over the HTML and XML export functions.
Support for session merging, so that multiple sessions can be merged to form an overall coverage score. This is vital for regression test support.
Interactive session merging. You can merge sessions using the user interface and view the results immediately.
Automatic session merging. As well as the command line and interactive merging, coverage results can be automatically merged into a dedicated session.

Data export

Startup

Start by injecting into running process
Start by launching a process and injecting into that process at startup
Start by waiting for a process to start and injecting into that process at startup
Link to service binary to use Coverage Validator with your NT Service

Instrumentation

Instrumentation is fast, a few seconds, not tens of minutes.
Runs at nearly full speed of non-instrumented application, not 2 or 10 times slower.

No need to rebuild

No need to rebuild or relink your application. Simply requires PDB and/or MAP files for each module (DLL/EXE) in the application.
Minimal compile and link to use Coverage Validator with NT services. This is required to because the windows security model does not allow process handles to be opened on service processes by processes other than the service.

Compatibility

Miscellaneous

Very configurable, almost all options are configurable by the user. Includes an option to reset to the default settings.

Operating Systems