RE: Should findbugs fail if run over zero class files

I think it's a good idea. If somebody doesn't care about having 0
classes to analyze, they can always check the specific non-zero exit
code and continue the build without failure.

That sounds IMO better than finding out (probably too late) findbugs
wasn't analyzing anything.

Horaci

-----Original Message-----
From: findbugs-discuss-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:findbugs-discuss-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Pugh
Sent: 29 July 2007 11:47
To: findbugs-discuss@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [FB-Discuss] Should findbugs fail if run over zero class files

I've encountered a number of cases where someone had a mucked up  
build process, and was pointing findbugs at a empty directory of  
class files.

Should FindBugs fail (e.g., not even generate an XML file, but just  
return with an non-zero exit code) if it can't find any class files  
to analyze?

        Bill 
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