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 <h1>Mission</h1>

 <p class="intro">
   JaCoCo should become the standard backend technology for code coverage
   analysis in Java VM based environments. The focus is providing a lightweight,
   flexible and well documented library for integration with various build and
   development tools.
 </p>

 <p>
   There are several open source coverage technologies for Java available. While
   implementing the Eclipse plug-in <a href="http://www.eclemma.org/">EclEmma</a>
   the observation was that none of them are really designed for integration.
   Most of them are specifically fit to a particular tool (Ant tasks, command line, IDE
   plug-in) and do not offer a documented API that allows embedding in different
   contexts. One of the best and widely used available open source tools is
   <a href="http://emma.sourceforge.net/">EMMA</a>. While EclEmma is based on it
   the EMMA library is not actively maintained any more by the original author.
   Due to the lack of regression tests maintenance and feature additions will
   become very difficult.
 </p>

 <p>
   JaCoCo should become the standard backend technology for code coverage
   analysis in Java VM based environments. The focus is providing a lightweight,
   flexible and well documented library for integration with various build and
   development tools. <a href="ant.html">Ant tasks</a> are provided as reference
   usage scenarios. Other tools like a ready to use
   <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</a> plug-in (future version of
   <a href="http://www.eclemma.org/">EclEmma</a>) or a
   <a href="http://maven.apache.org/">Maven</a> plug-in might follow.
 </p>

 <h2>Product Definition</h2>

 <h3>Features</h3>
 <ul>
   <li>Statement (C0) and branch (C1) coverage analysis.</li>
   <li>Based on Java byte code and therefore works also without source files.</li>
   <li>Simple integration through <a href="agent.html">Java agent</a> based
       on-the-fly instrumentation. Other integration scenarios like custom class
       loaders are possible through the API.</li>
   <li>Framework agnostic: Smoothly integrates with Java VM based applications
       like plain Java programs, OSGi frameworks, web containers or EJB servers.</li>
   <li>Support for different
       <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_JVM_languages">JVM languages</a>.</li>
   <li>Several report formats (HTML, XML, CSV).</li>
   <li>Remote protocol to request execution data dumps from the coverage agent at
       any point in time.</li>
   <li>Several <a href="ant.html">Ant task</a> to collect and manage execution
       data and create structured coverage reports.</li>
   <li>Planned: Better reporting of Exception within blocks.</li>
 </ul>

 <h3>Non-Functional Characteristics</h3>
 <ul>
   <li>Simple usage and integration with existing build scripts and tools.</li>
   <li>Good performance with minimal runtime overhead especially for large scale
       projects.</li>
   <li>Lightweight implementation with minimal dependencies on external libraries
       and system resources.</li>
   <li>Fully documented API (<a href="api/index.html">JavaDoc</a>) including
       descriptions of the basic concepts.</li>
   <li>Regression <a href="../test/index.html">tests</a> with full functional
       test <a href="../coverage/index.html">coverage</a> based on
       <a href="http://junit.org/">JUnit</a> test cases.</li>
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	<h1>Mission</h1>

	<p class="intro">
	JaCoCo should become the standard backend technology for code coverage
	analysis in Java VM based environments. The focus is providing a lightweight,
	flexible and well documented library for integration with various build and
	development tools.
	</p>

	<p>
	There are several open source coverage technologies for Java available. While
	implementing the Eclipse plug-in <a href="http://www.eclemma.org/">EclEmma</a>
	the observation was that none of them are really designed for integration.
	Most of them are specifically fit to a particular tool (Ant tasks, command line, IDE
	plug-in) and do not offer a documented API that allows embedding in different
	contexts. One of the best and widely used available open source tools is
	<a href="http://emma.sourceforge.net/">EMMA</a>. While EclEmma is based on it
	the EMMA library is not actively maintained any more by the original author.
	Due to the lack of regression tests maintenance and feature additions will
	become very difficult.
	</p>

	<p>
	JaCoCo should become the standard backend technology for code coverage
	analysis in Java VM based environments. The focus is providing a lightweight,
	flexible and well documented library for integration with various build and
	development tools. <a href="ant.html">Ant tasks</a> are provided as reference
	usage scenarios. Other tools like a ready to use
	<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</a> plug-in (future version of
	<a href="http://www.eclemma.org/">EclEmma</a>) or a
	<a href="http://maven.apache.org/">Maven</a> plug-in might follow.
	</p>

	<h2>Product Definition</h2>

	<h3>Features</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Statement (C0) and branch (C1) coverage analysis.</li>
	<li>Based on Java byte code and therefore works also without source files.</li>
	<li>Simple integration through <a href="agent.html">Java agent</a> based
	on-the-fly instrumentation. Other integration scenarios like custom class
	loaders are possible through the API.</li>
	<li>Framework agnostic: Smoothly integrates with Java VM based applications
	like plain Java programs, OSGi frameworks, web containers or EJB servers.</li>
	<li>Support for different
	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_JVM_languages">JVM languages</a>.</li>
	<li>Several report formats (HTML, XML, CSV).</li>
	<li>Remote protocol to request execution data dumps from the coverage agent at
	any point in time.</li>
	<li>Several <a href="ant.html">Ant task</a> to collect and manage execution
	data and create structured coverage reports.</li>
	<li>Planned: Better reporting of Exception within blocks.</li>
	</ul>

	<h3>Non-Functional Characteristics</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Simple usage and integration with existing build scripts and tools.</li>
	<li>Good performance with minimal runtime overhead especially for large scale
	projects.</li>
	<li>Lightweight implementation with minimal dependencies on external libraries
	and system resources.</li>
	<li>Fully documented API (<a href="api/index.html">JavaDoc</a>) including
	descriptions of the basic concepts.</li>
	<li>Regression <a href="../test/index.html">tests</a> with full functional
	test <a href="../coverage/index.html">coverage</a> based on
	<a href="http://junit.org/">JUnit</a> test cases.</li>
	</ul>

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