One declaration maven scanner plugin with embedded server

[Karl-Philipp Richter]

Hi,
I'd like to propose a quite large, but presumably helpful feature: It'd be nice to have possbility to profit from the SonarCube analysis capabilities without the need to install/unpack/reference and start/stop an extra instance on the server, but instead let the maven scanner plugin take care about all that. It could automatically download, unpack and start a dedicated instance or run an embedded one in the test JVM. The analysis result could then be downloaded and the severity of issues be evaluated by the plugin which then fails the build or eventually prints warnings only.

-Kalle

[nicolas...@sonarsource.com]

Hi,

I think before even thinking of such a specific solution (which is quite convoluted to be fair), it would be nice to expose the use-case you're trying to address, and specific challenges it intends to solve.

Note that having the ability to benefit from powerful analyzers, as you code, without requiring a full SonarQube installation, is precisely the reason why SonarLint is born: https://www.sonarlint.org

Give SonarLint a try if not done yet. Then with both SonarLint and SonarQube in mind, feel free to share any unsolved challenge you're currently having.

Best regards,

Nicolas