JEE Analyzer - 1.2 - Release Notes

1.2.26

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
38165	Fixed false positives for the rule (8104): "Avoid missing release of SQL connection after an effective lifetime (JEE)".
32928	Fixed the incorrect resolution of generic methods type. Links will now be updated/resolved to correct symbols.
32600	Fixed false violations for rule (7446): "Avoid double checked locking for JSE 4.x and previous version".
28903	Documentation updated for rule (7964): "Avoid directly instantiating a Class used as a managed bean".
40343	Fixed a crash due to apostrophes used in a project name.
40780	Fixed an access violation seen while processing an XML configuration file.
39753	Fixed false positives for the rule (8108): "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime".
40777	Fixed false positives for the rule (8104): "Avoid missing release of SQL connection after an effective lifetime (JEE)".
33674	Fixed false positives for the rule (8104): "Avoid missing release of SQL connection after an effective lifetime (JEE)".
38101	Fixed Spring Batch Job objects being invalidly created in JEE.
40976	Fixed an access violation seen while processing an XML configuration file.
33238	Fixed the cause of syntax warnings for some cases of nested type arguments.

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Generic Method Type	Generic Method	Type of generic methods are being resolved.

Other Updates

Details
Added support for variable access in try-with-resource.
Fixed an unknown exception observed in JEE due to a usage of Java Type Parameter.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
7446	FALSE	Fixed false violations for rule "Avoid double checked locking for JSE 4.x and previous version" have been fixed.
7964	FALSE	Updated the documentation for the rule "Avoid directly instantiating a Class used as a managed bean" with correct scope.
8108	FALSE	Removed false violations for the rule: "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime".
8104	FALSE	Removed false violations for the rule: "Avoid missing release of SQL connection after an effective lifetime (JEE)".

1.2.25

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
37255	Fixed an issue that caused unresolved type warnings when Jar files contain .class or .java files.
37371	Fixed an access violation seen in some cases of Switch Statements or Expressions.
39033	Fixed an exception seen while parsing some Annotation parameters.
38594	Fixed an exception encountered while processing some "Type Arguments" in Lambda Expressions.
38175	Fixed the incomplete resolution of Lambda parameters. New links will now be created for these resolved symbols.
33723	Fixed a false positive for the rule (8108): "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime".
35133	Fixed false positive for the rule (8104): "Avoid missing release of SQL connection after an effective lifetime (JEE)".
35134	Fixed an issue that caused a missing violation for the rule (8108): "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime".
37273	Fixed missing links to overloaded implementation methods. Some incorrect links may be removed by the improved method resolution.
23991	Fixed some syntax errors in generated JSP files, which were observed in the Metrics Assistant log.
29468	Fixed syntax errors which were observed in the Metrics Assistant log.
24048	Fixed the missing links to implementation methods.

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Java Parameter	Java Lambda Expression	New links from Lambdas to previously unresolved types may be observed.
Java Method	Java Method	Missing links to overloaded implementation methods are now created.

Other Updates

Details
Fixed multiple exceptions seen while analyzing a CAST application.
Fixed duplicated internal set definitions used for quality rule scopes.
This fix enables the separation of the analysis task from the saving task.
Fixed an access violation seen for a Lambda inferred type.
Fixed false violation for rule 7728: "Avoid thread creation for application running on application server".
Fix to use full name for extracted files.
Fixed duplicated internal set definitions used for quality rule scopes.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
8108	FALSE	Fixed cases of false positives and a missing violation for the rule: "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime".
8104	FALSE	Fixed false positives for the rule: "Avoid missing release of SQL connection after an effective lifetime (JEE)". Rule name, description, rationale and reference have been updated. Threshold has been increased.
7442	FALSE	Rule name has been updated to "Avoid to use keyword 'this' within Constructor in multi-thread environment" (added quote marks around the word "this").
7728	FALSE	Fixed false violations for the rule "Avoid thread creation for application running on application server", caused by the presence of Servlets without EJBs. The documentation on the rule output and total population have also been updated.

1.2.24

Note

This release also includes the latest bug fixes from JEE 1.3.x

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
32789	Fixed an exception that prevented saving of analysis results.
36326	Fixed an issue with exceptions seen during plugin management.
36132	Documentation updated for the rule (7254): "Declare as Static all methods not using instance members".
22202	Fixed the wrong RelyOn Link from Lambda Expression.
37448	Fixed a missing call to method Lamdba.
32248	Fixed an issues related to stabilization of results for multiple run.
32587	Fixed the missing link from JPA Entity to referenced table.
32146	Fixed an issue related to warnings. No warnings should be rasied when there is a relavent jar configurred.

Other Updates

Details
TLD files provided by the Environment Profile were incorrectly considered as Internal objects. These have now been marked External.
Support for "AMT saving - an optimized mode" is added.
Fixed an invalid link type between JEE objects and SQL synonyms.
Fixed an exception that prevented saving of analysis results.
Fixed the false links from Java Lambda Expression.
Fixed the syntax error.
Normalized the signature of method for the extensibility.
Fixed the missing link from JPA Entity to referenced table.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
7254	FALSE	Rule Description and References are updated to reflect that Spring Bean methods are excluded for the rule (7254): "Declare as Static all methods not using instance members".

1.2.23

Note

This release upgrades Log4j inside JEE's Environment Profile to version 2.17.1

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
33165	Fixed an unknown exception due to an issue with the stacking context.
34548	Fixed an exception encountered while processing JSP files with circular includes.
31527	Fixed syntax errors seen in cases of annotations used within Fully Qualified Names and Method Headers.
33533	Fixed the cause of the unexpected warning. No impact on the analysis results due to the warning.
30690	Fixed false positives for the Quality Rule "Avoid using incompatible mutation".

Other Updates

Details
The version of Log4j used in the JEE Environment Profile has been updated to 2.17.1.
Fixed an issue with some Deprecated APIs from the Environment Profile for Java not being correctly marked. The issue occurred only where methods had the Deprecated annotation along with additional parameters like 'since' or 'forRemoval'. There may be additional violations seen for rules affected by the use of this annotation.
A fix is provided which enables the separation of the analysis task from the saving task.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
7254	FALSE	Fixed false positives on Lombok UtilityClass annotated classes, and, methods with the Bean annotation for the rule "Declare as Static all methods not using instance members". The rule has now been moved to the JEE Analyzer. In some cases, previously missing violations may be added.
8216	FALSE	Fixed false positives for the Quality Rule "Avoid using incompatible mutation"
8220	FALSE	Due to a fix done for methods marked with the Deprecated annotation and having parameters like 'since' or 'forRemoval', more violations may be seen for the rule "Avoid using deprecated method, constructor, field, type or package"

1.2.22

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
31774	Fixed exception preventing Java code from being analyzed
32641	Fixed false positives for the QR "Avoid testing floating point numbers for equality"
32602	Fixed an issue with Extensions being registered but not being found

Other Updates

Details
Fixed a syntax error seen while parsing XHTML files.
Fixed syntax issues seen while parsing JSP files.
Fixed an invalid link created between static methods that caused random violations for the QRs: "Avoid unreferenced Methods" and "Avoid declaring throwing an exception and not throwing it".
Fixed an migration procedure, returning null values in non-JEE analysis.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
8096	FALSE	Fixed false positives for the QR: "Avoid testing floating point numbers for equality".

1.2.21

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
24367	Fixed false positives for the QR: "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime".
31296	A fix was made for an exception encountered while parsing a thrown exception.
24386	Fixed false violations for the rule: "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime".
25160	Fixed a JEE052 syntax issue observed while parsing some quoted strings in JSP.
28463	Fixed false positives for the rule: "Close database resources ASAP".
29188	Fixed false positives for the rule: "Avoid thread creation for application running on application server".
30768	Fixed false positives for the rule: "All types of a serializable Class must be serializable".
30927	Fixed an exception that occurred due to incorrectly initialized Type Arguments.
25160	Fixed a JEE052 syntax issue observed while parsing some standard actions in JSP.
26445	Fixed a lexer error that caused a syntax warning in Metric Assistant.
27108	Fixed many false positives on private methods for the Quality Rules: 4670, 4672 and 4674.
30075	Fixed unexpected added and deleted J2EE XML objects during analyses of the same code base.
23305	Fixed false positives for the rule: "Close database resources ASAP".

Other Updates

Details
This fix stabilizes the order of XML files processed in the Analyzer. After this release, the unexpected addition and removal of some XML files even with the same code base would no longer occur.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
4670	FALSE	Removed false violations on private methods for Quality Rule: "Public Methods must have JavaDoc comments".
7728	FALSE	Removed false positives on non-EJB applications for the Rule: "Avoid thread creation for application running on application server". Scope has been reduced to consider only possible EJB applications.
4672	FALSE	Removed false violations on private methods for Quality Rule: "Public Methods must have appropriate JavaDoc @param tags".
4674	FALSE	Removed false violations on private methods for Quality Rule: "Public Methods must have appropriate JavaDoc @return tags".
8108	FALSE	Removed false positives for the rule: "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime".
7650	FALSE	Removed false positives for the rule: "All types of a serializable Class must be serializable".
8104	FALSE	Removed false positives for the rule: "Close database resources ASAP".

1.2.20

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
28504	Fixed a crash observed during processing of some Type Arguments
29464	Fixed a crash due to a missing reference
28256	Fixed false positives for the QR "Avoid directly instantiating a Class used as a managed bean"
30398	Fixed issues with unstable links to getters/setters of Spring Beans
18974	Fixed an incorrect Java syntax warning seen for an escape character
27811	Fixed false positives for the QR "Persistent classes should Implement hashCode() and equals()"
28567	Fixed to add the missing position information for Entity Properties
24838	Updated rule remediation and violation samples for QR "Avoid directly instantiating a Class used as a managed bean"

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Setter or Constructor of a Spring Bean	Spring Bean	The Call Links to Spring Bean setters and Constructors is stabilized in this release. Before this fix, getters were sometimes the callees in these Call Links.

Other Updates

Details
The extraction of Java files having long paths relative to the LISA/LTSA folder paths was fixed
The extraction of XML files with long relative paths was stabilized in this release
The GUID duplicate warnings for some Java Generic Methods were fixed.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
7964	FALSE	Fixed false positives and violations having incorrect bookmarks for the Quality Rule "Avoid directly instantiating a Class used as a managed bean". Also updated the violation and remediation samples in the rule documentation
7504	FALSE	Removed false violations for the Quality Rule "Persistent classes should Implement hashCode() and equals()"
7488	FALSE	For the Quality Rule "Use lazy fetching for collection", fixed incorrect bookmarks for Entities whose source was not being displayed correctly in the Dashboard

1.2.19

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
19338	Fixed missing link between Java Method & JPA Entity
24032	Fixed missing useSelect links from getters to JPA entities
25973	Fixed a false violation for "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime"
26826	Fixed GUID duplicate found warning for WSDL files when they are shared between different projects. The Discoverer creates duplicate sources (now considered shared) for Multi-Module (hierarchy) projects
26771	Fixed issues with shared source code between projects. The Discoverer duplicates projects (One project with .project and pom.xml description) considered shared
16516	Fixed issue with external tag libraries analysis that caused MA warnings
28904	Fixed scope for rule 'Ensure to override both equals() and hashCode()'
20947	Fixed syntax warnings in the case of inter dependencies between Analysis Units when some are JDK 1.4 and the others are newer
26195	Fixed false positives for rule "Avoid using '==' and '!=' to compare objects"

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
JPA Entity	Java Method	useSelect links are now created for getters to JPA entities

Other Updates

Details
The resolution mechanism has been made more stable for classes when multiple matches are found in source classpaths or dependency source classpaths.
When WSDL files are shared between projects, GUID duplicate warnings were being generated for them. Now, JEE recognizes and handles these cases without warnings.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
7434	FALSE	Fixed scope to include classes that override equals/hashcode instead of all classes
7202	FALSE	Fixed false positives in some cases that compare primitive types

1.2.18

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
20361	Fix for error 'Could not open the main CAST Script file' during Java Analysis.
22781	Fix for the missing links between JPA Named Query & method/field because of incorrect naming of the JPA Named Queries when a field was used for the name parameter in @NamedQuery annotation. Expected increase in Use links and replacement of JPA Named query objects.
27582	Fix for performance of snapshot computation for certain applications.

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Java Method	JPA Named Query	Fixed missing 'Use' links.
Java Field	JPA Named Query	Fixed missing 'Use' links.

Other Updates

Details
Fix prevents syntax warnings when an Analysis Unit uses a class from a jar compiled with older JDK ( i.e. JDK 4 ).

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
8102	FALSE	Updated the wording from "hardcoded" to "hard-coded" for the rule 'Avoid hard-coded network resource names (JEE)'.

1.2.17

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
27111	Improvement of the fix JFAMILY-1954
25438	False positives for the rule: "Avoid classes overriding only equals() or only hashCode()
19741	False positives for the rule: Avoid calls between JSP Pages
22518	Java files that are not analyzed due to syntax error are skipped
26855	Fixed an Unknown Exception
23086	JAVA045 unable to read file
26181	CASTIL files containing special characters are not generated
26744	Fixed the access violation during analysis

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Class Field associated to bean property, Getters and Setters	Spring Bean property	Added missing relyonLinks between the Spring Bean inherited property and its associated class methods and field
Spring Bean configuration file	Spring Bean configuration file	Improved includeLinks between Spring Bean configuration files

Other Updates

Details
Missing links between Spring Beans and class methods
Missing Spring objects and false includeLinks have been corrected in Spring XML configuration

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
4700	FALSE	Deactivated the QR: Avoid using 'Throwable.printStackTrace()' within a try catch block
7388	FALSE	False violation removed for the QR: "Avoid artifacts having recursive call" violating XML file as object which is neither source object nor having recursive call
7434	FALSE	False positives removed for the QR: "Avoid classes overriding only equals() or only hashCode()

1.2.16

Note

JEE 1.2.16 has dependency on CAST AIP Internal Extension 0.9.0 LTS (the installation of internal platform 0.9.0 will be automatic).

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
17102	Fix for GUID issue with objects from environment profile vs classpath. See also 22290
21953	Fix for GUID changing between snapshots due to random jar usage. See also 22290
22290	Fix for GUID changing between snapshots for AUs with mixed Java versions
22290	Method GUID has been updated to use Short Names instead of Fully Qualified Names in parameters

Other Updates

Details
GUID implementation now uses Short Names instead of Fully Qualified Names for Method Parameters

1.2.15

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
16953	Fix for added/deleted JPA entity objects that were causing modified AEP due to an unstable link
25984	Performance improved for JEE analysis which appeared stuck during the creation of Hibernate 4.3.6 annotation objects
26002	Improved performance of JEE analysis during resolution of Generic Type Parameters
20065	Fixed missing UseDelete, UseInsert and UseSelect link between Java Methods and JPA Entities
21598	Scope and its description have been updated for rule 4610 : Avoid using anonymous Classes
22967	False positives fixed for rule : Avoid hardcoded network resource names (JEE)
26202	False positives for Rule "Check usage of '==' and '!=' on objects" has been fixed

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
JPA Entity	Java Method	Missing 'Use Insert', 'Use Delete' and 'Use Select' links has been fixed. An increment in these types of links might be expected.

Other Updates

Details
The warning Unclosed comment (EOF found while searching for '–%>') has been removed from the JEE analysis
Syntax warning observed for '{' embedded in a quoted string during JSP file parsing has been fixed

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
4610	FALSE	Scope and its description have been updated for the rule: Avoid using anonymous Classes
8102	FALSE	Fixed false positives and improved bookmarks for the rule: Avoid hardcoded network resource names (JEE)
7202	FALSE	False positives for Rule "Check usage of '==' and '!=' on objects" has been removed

1.2.14

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
24663	Fix for invalid parsing errors due to presence of attributes without values in nodes in a JSP file. The change may result in more JSP objects along with links associated with them.
25724	Fix for an event invocation for extensions depending on JEE. The fix may result in more configuration file objects and links associated to them.

1.2.13

Note

JEE Analyzer 1.2.13 is now in LTS (Long Term Support).

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
17296	False positives for "Avoid directly instantiating a Class used as a managed bean" fixed.
19373	False positives for rule "All types of a serializable Class must be serializable" fixed
24508	Missing violations for the rule "Avoid testing floating point numbers for equality" fixed
25038	Support for @PersistenceContext annotation for rule "Provide accessors to Private Fields"
23232	Missing link from Java Method to Stored Procedure objects when called using full name fixed

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Java Annotation Type	Java Interface	Missing INHERIT links from Java Annotation Type to java.lang.annotation.Annotation abstract Java Interface are fixed
Java Method	Stored Procedure	Missing RELYON links from Java Method to Stored Procedure objects when called using full name fixed
Java Method	Java Lambda Expression	Some bad ACCESS-EXEC links between Java methods and lambdas have been removed

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
4602	FALSE	False violation in case where an inner class access a field from the base class of an outer class is fixed
7964	FALSE	False positives for "Avoid directly instantiating a Class used as a managed bean" fixed.
7650	FALSE	False positives for rule "All types of a serializable Class must be serializable" fixed
8096	FALSE	Missing violations for the rule "Avoid testing floating point numbers for equality" fixed
4576	FALSE	Support for @PersistenceContext annotation for rule "Provide accessors to Private Fields"

1.2.12-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
20318	Same objects are identified as entry and end points
23908	Fixed false positives for the QR "Avoid unsecured EJB remote method"
19594	Fixed false Positive in rule "Provide Accessors to Private Fields" due to @Inject annotations.
24502	Improved Performance - Improved performance for QR "Avoid using Fields (non static final) from other Classes". Also, fixed some missing violations.
24177	Improved stability - fixed analyzer crash due to illegal memory access.
24401	Improved Stability - Fix for JEE analysis failing with the error: jeecmd.xml"' exited with code -1073740791”.
24758	Improved Stability - Fix for JEE analysis jeecmd.exe process crash.
23080	Improved Performance - Analysis run time improved compared to 1.2.8-funcrel.
23801	Improved stability - Fixed exception access violation while parsing the spring bean with empty <value> node.
24077	Fixed false Positive in rule "Provide Accessors to Private Fields" due to @Autowired annotations.
24199	Improved Stability - Fix for JEE analysis failing with the error: jeecmd.xml"' exited with code -1073740791”.
20351	Sample and Remediation added for QR 'Avoid using fields (non static final) from other classes'.
22621	Remove duplicate XML group
23488	An issue with inheritance information for generic classes was fixed. Links from Java Method to Implementation method are more stable.

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Java Method	Java Class	Added bookmark links(ACCESS Read) between Java Method to Java Class

Other Updates

Details
Added bookmark links(ACCESS Read) between Java Method to Java Class
Fixed decompilation issure which caused some valid interface objects and links to be removed.
Improved Logs - Fix for missing information messages for parsing Java files during the analysis.
Fixed a regression in Access Exec Links. This fix may result in some GUID changes which will show up as added/removed objects.
Improved Stability - Fix for JEE analysis failing with the error: jeecmd.xml"' exited with code -1073740791”.
Some missing links between JSP Bean Property and JSP added.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
4602	FALSE	Avoid using Fields (non static final) from other Classes
8016	FALSE	Avoid unsecured EJB remote method
4576	TRUE	Provide Accessors to Private Fields - The rule is moved to JEE. Added support for @Inject, @Autowired and @Resource. Fixed false violations due to the presence of anonymous classes.
7202	FALSE	Missing violations fixed for QR `Check usage of '==' and '!=' on objects`

Transaction Improvements

Type	Framework
Removed TCC End Point "Standard End Point - Java - Thread"	Java
Removed `java.lang.Process%` from the Generic Set "Standard Entry Point - Java - thread (GS)". This change may reduce the number of entry points and transactions	Java

1.2.11-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
23338	Violation for the rule - Avoid using Fields (non static final) from other Classes.
21494	Warning: JAVA151: unable to decompile class file causes deleted javax.servlet.Servlet object
20309	Issue in Java analysis failed with warning: Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
23150	Wrong link created from Java Lambda expression to Java abstract method. The number of links may decrease. See Link Improvement on links between Java Lambdas and Abstract Methods.
21620	Link from Java instantiated Method to Java Method is missing The number of links may increase. See Link Improvements.
22368	Error in JEE Analysis - The process jee.1.2.7-funcrel\jeecmd.exe \jeecmd.xml exited with code - 1073740940

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Java Lambdas	Java Objects	For Java Lambdas within Lambdas, updates have been made to create missing links for objects in such expressions. This may increase the total number of links.
Java Lambdas	Abstract Methods	For links between Java Lambdas and Abstract Methods: lambda resolution has been improved preventing incorrect links between lambdas and abstract methods. The number of such links may decrease.

Other Updates

Details
Fixed exceptions due to the errors encountered during Jar decompilation.
Redundant locked instances, which use to block the analysis, are no longer created
Improved Analyzer's string processing.
Fixed bad requests to AMT for the QR "Avoid unused import" in JSP file.
Job execution JEE055: 'jsp:param action', 'value attribute': empty value is illegal: The message now displays the line and column number of the tag in the JSP file currently being analyzed, and, asks to set a value.
Time taken by various steps during analysis is now displayed in the Analyzer log.
The Analyzer will generate a summary of few log messages, this helps to see the list of unresolved symbols, missing source files and missing classpaths, during an analysis.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
4602	FALSE	Avoid using Fields (non static final) from other Classes: The rule has been moved to the Analyzer. False violations for the usage of fields from external classes have been fixed and violations now have more accurate bookmarks.
7220	FALSE	Rule "Avoid unused imports": The performance of this rule has been improved in the case of JSP files.

Performance Improvements

Summary
Improved Inference Engine performance for Struts2

1.2.10-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
22421	JEE analysis Log Exception warning during Inference engine resolution
22556	Missing links to implementation methods using @Autowire causing deleted Transactional Functions
22446	Missing link to java classes from .jsp or .jspf files
21388	Warning: Job execution JEE052: Syntax not recognized: \n/*
19652	No java files analyzed due to error message during analysis by enabling debug mode
22107	Missing link from calling java method to implementation methods (interface programming)
21688	LOMBOK support issue : False positive for the rule "All types of a serializable Class must be serializable" rule
21370	False violations triggered post upgrade for rule - Persistent classes should Implement hashCode() and equals()
21592	Incorrect violations are populating for the QR Avoid unused Imports The false violations have been fixed in this release.

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Java Method	implementation Java Method	Link improvements Missing links from calling Java Method to implementation Java Method have been fixed.

Other Updates

Details
J2EE part - Environment profile is not retained post upgrade to HF08 from HF05: Environment profile is now retained for AIP 8.3.19 and newer.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
7912	FALSE	Rule Avoid un-referenced Data Members: The rule now counts member references if lombok annotations Getter, Setter or Data are used. False positives due to lombok annotations have been fixed
4572	FALSE	Rule 'Avoid declaring Final Instance Variables that are not dynamically initialized': Rule implementation considers final instance variables as initialized if lombok annotations Data or RequiredArgsConstructor are used. False positives due to lombok have been reduced.
7504	FALSE	Rule "Persistent classes should Implement hashCode() and equals()": False positives due to super class implementation of equals() or hashCode(), with or without lombok annotations Data or EqualsAndHashCode, have been fixed.
4576	FALSE	Rule "Provide accessors to Private Fields" : The rule has been moved to JEE Analyzer and now takes into account lombok annotations Getter, Setter and Data. The number of false positives has been reduced.
7910	FALSE	Rule "Never exit a finally block with a return, break, continue, or throw": A false positive for this rule has been fixed.
7220	FALSE	Rule "Avoid Unused Imports": False positives for this rule have been fixed.
8108	FALSE	Rule "Avoid missing release of stream connection after an effective lifetime": A false positive for this rule has been fixed.

New Support

Summary	Details
Updates Lombok annotation support	Upgrade Annotations from Lombok v1.18.12 are now resolved by JEE Analyzer. Improved the support of Lombok annotations for few Quality Rules and the same will continue for more Quality Rules in future releases.

1.2.9-funcrel

Note

JEE 1.2.9-funcrel has been withdrawn and replaced by JEE 1.2.10-funcrel.

1.2.8-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
19535	Java044: Syntax not recognized warnings coming from jar files due to incorrect decompilation
21642	Violation deleted in current run for rule - Avoid improper processing of the execution status of data handling operations
21886	Java analysis crashed with warning: Log the exception information
19251	Java analysis failed with warning Database BCP operation dbbcp_done failed on table castapp_local.IN_LINKS
20376	Call link should be implemented in entry point "%Java-thread"
19937	Wrong Use Links between JPA Entities No more 'use' links between JPA/HIB entities, better bookmarks for violations related to QR ID 7492 and most, if not all, transactions will appear to be modified.
13425	Inference Engine crash during JEE analysis leads to missing links

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Class files	Java source	Incorrect links between objects from Java source vs Class files are fixed.
JAVA artifacts	Lombok annotations	A regression that caused missing links to Lombok annotations is fixed.
JPA/HIB entities	JPA/HIB entities	In previous releases, 'Use' links existed between JPA/HIB entities based on the usage of one entity inside the other. These links were generated only for the following QR: 'Avoid Hibernate and JPA Entities using many-to-many association', which polluted the transactions. To improve the transactions, these links are now removed and the QR is rewritten. This update results in better bookmarks for the violations related to the aforementioned QR. Most of the transactions will appear as modified, due to the huge impact of the update.

Other Updates

Details
Remove BOM of generated JSP java files: The Byte Order Mark ( BOM ) from the files generated from JSP files is optional, hence removed. Syntax error warnings from JDT, due to BOM is no longer emitted.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
8112	FALSE	Rule "Avoid improper processing of the execution status of data handling operations": Missing violations for java.sql.PreparedStatement is now displayed when a snapshot is taken.
8110	FALSE	Rule "Use dedicated stored procedures when multiple data accesses are needed (ASCPEM-PRF-10)": False positives for this rule have been fixed.
7492	FALSE	Rule "Avoid Hibernate and JPA Entities using many-to-many association" : Name of the rule has been changed from "Avoid many-to-many association" to "Avoid Hibernate and JPA Entities using many-to-many association". The bookmarks for the violations of this QR is also improved. The documentation has also been updated and the rule has been recoded.
7220	FALSE	Rule "Avoid Unused Imports": A regression in the creation of links to Lombok annotations was fixed. False positives as a result of this were fixed.

New Support

Summary

Details

Java 12 and Java 13 Support

The changes introduced with Java 12 and Java 13 can be broadly categorized into two parts, from the analyzer's perspective. API changes: The changes in the API of the classes shipped with the runtime of Java 12 and Java 13. These changes are added in the current release to create objects and links to them. Language Features: All the language features introduced in Java 12 and Java 13 (pattern matching in switch expressions and text block) are preview features (which means, during the standardization of these features, they might be changed or even removed in future Java versions). The current release of the analyzer (1.2.8-funcrel) does not support the language features of Java 12 and Java 13.

Performance Improvements

Summary
Stability and Performance Improvements: The exception safety of the analyzer is improved. Performance of JSP analysis parts is improved Performance of Java analysis with imports and type parameters is improved.

1.2.7-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
19889	JFAMILY-1533 from 1.0.x to 1.2.x -False positive for QR- Collection must be the same between getter and setter
17510	Permanent Fix: Java analyzer creating false violation in Dashboard "Close the outermost stream ASAP"
20074	Violation for rule "Close the outermost stream ASAP was detected in previous analysis but not in current analysis
19803	False Positives for "Close database resources ASAP"
17842	Missing links between Java Methods
18056	Permanent Fix - Can't find links between java methods
16612	Missing link between java methods in the same analysis unit
18968	Wrong link is created from Java method to JPA entity property though there is no call in source
18934	Wrong link is created from Java method to JPA entity property though there is no call in source
16186	Missing link from Controller to service class method
15926	Java devirtualization: Missing links from caller to the right implementation methods, one false link to a wrong implementation method
20838	Java analysis crashed with the warning: "Log the exception information"
20292	Java analysis failed - Log the exception information: Unknown Exception...
20239	Java analysis is failing with warning Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
20292	Java analysis failed - Log the exception information: Unknown Exception...
20239	Java analysis is failing with warning Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
19417	Warning: Log exception information : Causing 99% of the code unanalyzed
20186	Java analysis failed with warning : Log the exception information: Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
20001	Java analysis crash with warning: Log the exception information: Unknown Exception...
19226	Analysis crashes with the message Log the exception information: Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION

Link Improvements

Callee Type	Caller Type	Details
Java methods	Java methods	Fixed missing Access exec links between java methods due to generated Lombok methods using @Getter annotation. Fixed some incorrect FIRE links when there is no inheritance between the abstract method and the implementation method. Fixed some incorrect USE links from Java methods to JPA entity properties. Changed direction of RELY ON link between JPA Entity and Java Field objects.
Java Methods	Java Methods	Updated resolution for links to unresolved methods: Before this release, when creating links between methods, the analyzer attempts to find exact matches for the methods. From this release onwards, if no exact match is found, the analyzer uses heuristics to filter and detect partial matches, and then creates links for all such matches. This makes the analyzer more resistant from one analysis to another when adding missing code or jars.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
8220	FALSE	Rule: Avoid using deprecated method, constructor, field, type or package: Few Java types(Classes/interfaces) extracted from jars were being erroneously marked as deprecated. This happened due to a bug during the processing of 'synthetic' methods. Now, these types will no longer be marked as deprecated and a lot of false positives for the rule are removed.
8108	FALSE	Rule: Close the outermost stream ASAP: A violation which was missing in the previous versions is now detected correctly.
8104	FALSE	Rule: Close database resources ASAP: False positives for the rule have been corrected.
7498	FALSE	Rule: Collection must be the same between getter and setter: False violations reported related to wrong direction links between JPA Entity property and Java Field.

Performance Improvements

Summary
Significant performance improvement (from hours to minutes) during the "Generating JSP implementation classes" phase when an application has >5000 JSP pages.

1.2.6-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
12676	False violation rule: "Use declarative transaction"
17868	Java analysis, Performance issue while resolving parametrization link
15678	False positive for Rule "Avoid Web Server pages having a very low Comment/Code ratio"
14949	Cannot resolve 'rs' as package or type in package 'javax.ws' from package
18034	Missing links between Java methods
19507	False positive for rule "Persistent classes should Implement hashCode() and equals()" in case of use of Lombok annotations - @Data

Other Updates

Details
Java Analysis failed with the error "Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION".
Fixe for GPF when analyzed <App> on jpa.
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION issue fixed.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
4602	FALSE	Fixes for false positives on the Rule "Avoid using Fields (non static final) from other classes": Violations reported on fields in outer or inner classes but used in outer classes.

Performance Improvements

Summary
For moderate to large applications (having roughly more than 1000 Jars and/or 1000 XML configuration files), both JEE Analyzer's memory usage and XML configuration file/Jar file processing have been improved.

1.2.5-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
16799	False positive for rules 7362: Avoid action mappings validator turned off & 7372: Enable Struts Validator plugin
16645	The warning "JEE067: Issue occured while computing URL path" need to be better documented as it's not providing any paths so is not indicative of what is happening Should it even be occurring.
15334	Warning "JEE055: 'jsp:useBean action', 'type attribute' : invalid java type name 'java.util.HashMap[]' " need to be better documented.
18904	Java Analysis crashed with warning Unknown Exception.
18808	Java analysis warning: Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
18234	Various Syntax Error Warning seen in Java Analysis Log resulting in files not analyzed.
17706	Wrong & Missing links due to the limitation on duplicate classes
17574	Link not correctly created between two java methods of same analysis unit.
17038	Classes from rt.jar Env Profile are not analyzed (unresolved references coming from rt.jar when it is used in the context of rt.jar.header.xml).
17337	Classes from rt.jar Env Profile are not analyzed (unresolved references coming from rt.jar when it is used in the context of rt.jar.header.xml).
18551	No objects named webMethod and webService as JAVA ANNOTATION TYPE are being analysed in 8.3.12
12879	Lombok Annotation Usage : Throwing False Positive for Rule - Persistent classes should Implement hashCode() and equals()
15596	The warning JEE088: "The uri '/dspTaglib' could not be resolved within the file web.xml or among the jar files deployed with your application" Should not be reported when occurs in the JavaScript part of the JSP file

New Support

Summary	Details
Support of Spring 5	Support for Spring framework version 5.x is added. JEE Analyzer -1.2.5-funcrel now supports reactive programming and functional programming (lambdas) in Spring Framework.

Performance Improvements

Summary
Performance of JEE analyzer has been improved. Sample applications show reduction in JEE analysis duration approximately by 38%.

1.2.4-funcrel

Note

1.2.4-funcrel is no longer available and must not be used. This is because of an issue with the new environment profile for Spring5, which caused an error while upgrading the extension.

1.2.3-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
15488	Standard End Point - Java - Java.io needs has been updated
14506	Incorrect violation for the rule- Avoid table and column names that are too long
15188	Java Analysis log warning "Syntax not recognized" for package org.omg
15258	Java Analysis log warning "Syntax not recognized" for package org.omg
17665	Analysis is failing with "Log the exception information" warning in the analysis log
17931	Analysis failed during "Resolving parametrization links" with the warning: Log the exception information: Unknown Exception...
17758	Java Analysis failing with fatal Error when analyzing Open source JDK

Other Updates

Details
Rule 8214 "Expired or Released Resource should not be used" Name has been updated by removing 'CWE-672'
Rule 7714 "Do not use auto-wiring" is not displayed in the AED dashboard with JEE 1.0.15 extension

1.2.2-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
17062	JEE Analysis- Log the exception information: Unknown Exception
16329	Onboarding: Wrong link between java method and Java Lambda Expression
15109	Warning: Java-Lexer: Invalid String literal
17255	No Java files analysed due to exception in JEE analysis
16633	TCC "Standard Entry Point - Java - org.apache.camel" creates both classes and method Entry points
17526	Java files not getting analyzed after re-run
17640	Log the exception information: Unknown Exception

Other Updates

Details
A change has been implemented to introduce a connectivity layer compatible with PostgreSQL 10 and 11
Port of JFAMILY-1162 from 1.0.x to 1.2.y - Exception raised in JEE analyzer while creating an AMT object in JSP Scanner
Port from 1.0.x to 1.2.x - JFAMILY-1102 - EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reported as a simple Warning - analysis KO indeed

1.2.1-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
16354	Analysis in JEE 1.0.13 is getting stuck, same analysis is finishing in 8.2.10
16251	"Cannot resolve a Struts Result from strings returned by method"
14832	False positives in rule Avoid Unused Imports and Missing links
15904	Avoid unreferenced methods violation due to missing link
17046	JEE analysis is stuck, running in infinite loop
17032	JEE analysis is stuck, running in infinite loop.
17019	JEE analysis is stuck, running in infinite loop.
16760	JEE analysis is stuck, running in infinite loop

New Support

Summary	Details
Improve Chinese support	Unable to read file when there are chinese characters in the code

1.2.0-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
15113	JEE052: Syntax not recognized: \n--%>
16137	Standard End Point - Java - javax.jms-supposed to have some objects-not coming-because of incorrect definition
16580	JAVA044: Syntax not recognized warnings

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
4592	FALSE	False positive is coming for the rule "Avoid hiding static Methods" for a createUI object
7498	FALSE	False positive for QR- Collection must be the same between getter and setter

1.2.0-beta1

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
15567	Log the exception information: Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
15496	TCC shows OutputStram instead of OutputStream
15904	JEE analysis warning -Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
15578	Run methods are not identified by Standard Entry Point

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
8096	FALSE	Wrong book mark shown for the violation Avoid testing floating point numbers

1.2.0-alpha3

Other Updates

Details
J2EE: Unable to process JSP analysis 'CCE_2b80894c' (An exception occurred)
ALL environment profiles, including customs keep disappearing
No longer create EFile for html and js files.

Rules

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
8214	FALSE	False positive is coming for rule: Expired or Released Resource should not be used
2232	FALSE	False Violation for QR 'Pages should use error handling page' when webdefault.xml is included in analysis
8104	FALSE	False positive is coming for the rule "Close database resources ASAP"

1.2.0-alpha2

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
15079	When using double semicolon, which is acceptable by the java compiler, J2EE analyzer throws a 'Syntax not recognized' warning and file is not analyzed.
13740	Error - The process '"C:\...\com.castsoftware.jee.1.0.7\jeecmd.exe" "I:\....\LISA\XXX\jeecmd.xml"' exited with code -1073741819

Other Updates

Details
JFAMILY-929
Warning Message without proper explanation - JEE055: %WARNING_MESSAGEJEE001: %

New Support

Summary	Details
Support of JAVA 10 and JAVA 11	Partial support has been added for analyzing applications built with Java 10 and Java 11.

1.2.0-alpha1

New Support

Summary	Details
Support of JAVA 9	Partial support has been added for analyzing applications built with Java 9.