Java Coverage Validator - Overview

Java Coverage Validator provides automatic source code coverage analysis of applications as they run. There is no need to recompile or relink your application. Java Coverage Validator works with information provided by the Java Virtual Machine Debugger Interface. Java Coverage Validator allows you to perform coverage analysis on your entire application. This makes Java Coverage Validator an excellent tool for use in unit testing, where you need to check that all possible code paths have been taken.

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You can use Java Coverage Validator in the following way:

• Specify an executable to start, and Java Coverage Validator will attach to that executable.

Java Coverage Validator does not require your program to be recompiled or relinked.

Java Coverage Validator does not cause significant drops in performance. Java Coverage Validator causes a target program to run marginally slower than normal.