Plugin documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

GoalReport?Description
findbugs:checkNoFail the build if Findbugs finds an error. An XML report is put out by default in the target directory with the errors.
findbugs:findbugsYesGenerates a FindBugs Report when the site plugin is run. The HTML report is generated for site commands only. The optional report formats are generated for both the site commands.
findbugs:guiNoLaunch the Findbugs GUI. It will use all the parameters in the POM fle. FindBugs 1.3.2 GUI does not have a load option.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven2.0.5
JDK1.5
MemoryNo minimum requirement.
Disk SpaceNo minimum requirement.

Usage

You could run 'mvn -up' to get the latest version of this plugin, or specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo<groupId>
          <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin<artifactId>
          <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT<version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo<groupId>
        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin<artifactId>
        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT<version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
  <!-- To use the report goals in your POM or parent POM -->
  <reporting>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo<groupId>
        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin<artifactId>
        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT<version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </reporting>
  ...
</project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"