Features

Standard SonarQube features can be found here. This section only describes the specific parts of the OpenEdge plugin.

Syntax highlight of DF files and ABL code

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Syntax tree from DF files, and lint rules

Such as tables defined with too many indexes (threshold being a custom parameter)

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DF lint rules customization

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Generic metrics, such as number of procedures, include files, GUI components, classes:

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OpenEdge metrics, such as number of shared variables, temp-tables and datasets:

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Code duplication detection, taking into account formatting differences, keyword abbreviations, comments and so on:

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Code coverage

Keep track of every line of code, make sure that new code is tested!

🆕 Code coverage is also dispatched in include files

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Cross-reference (XREF) files parsing, and issues reporting:

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Generation of Abstract Syntax Tree from OpenEdge procedures and classes

• Execution of rules on AST:
• Ability to execute custom rules on AST, and report issues in SonarQube
• Transaction scopes in procedures and classes

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Compilation warnings displayed as issues