Description

This extension provides support for JEE.

What's new?

Please see the following pages for information about new features/changes, fixed bugs, changes that will impact results etc.:

Technology support

Language / Framework		Supported	Supported Versions
Java JDK			1.1 - 1.8
Presentation layer frameworks	Java Server Faces (JSF)		1.2 2.0, 2.1 This includes the support of the following third-party JSF libraries: Richfaces IceFaces MyFaces (Apache) PrimeFaces
	JSP		1.1, 1.2 2.0 JSPX documents (JSP in XML format) are not supported.
	Apache Struts		1.0, 1.1 (including Tiles 1.0 and STXX 1.0 - 1.2) 2.0 - 2.5
	Struts Validator		1.2, 1.3
	STXX		1.0, 1.1, 1.2
Persistence layer frameworks	Hibernate		2.x 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3-5.x
	JPA		1.0 2.0, 2.1
	EJB		2.0, 2.1 3.x (only @Stateless, @Stateful, @Local and @Remote annotations are supported)
Other frameworks	Spring IoC		1.2.x 2.x 3.x 4.x
	WSDL		1.1
	CDI		1.0, 1.1, 1.2
	Spring Batch		-

Function Point, Quality and Sizing support

This extension provides the following support:

• Function Points (transactions): a green tick indicates that OMG Function Point counting and Transaction Risk Index are supported
• Quality and Sizing: a green tick indicates that CAST can measure size and that a minimum set of Quality Rules exist

Function Points (transactions)	Quality and Sizing

CAST AIP compatibility

This extension is compatible with:

CAST AIP release	Supported
8.3.x
8.2.x
8.1.x
8.0.x
7.3.x

Supported DBMS servers

This extension is compatible with the following DBMS servers:

CAST AIP release	CSS2	Oracle	Microsoft
All supported releases

Prerequisites

An installation of any compatible release of CAST AIP (see table above)

Required third-party software

The following section lists any third-party software that may be required to successfully deliver source code and run an analysis with the JEE Analyzer extension:

Dependencies with other extensions

Some CAST AIP extensions require the presence of other CAST AIP extensions in order to function correctly. The JEE Analyzer extension requires that the following other CAST AIP extensions are also installed:

• Web services linker service (internal technical extension)

Download and installation instructions

Please see:

• http://doc.castsoftware.com/display/EXTEND/Download+an+extension
• http://doc.castsoftware.com/display/EXTEND/Install+an+extension

Application qualification information

Please see: JEE Analyzer - Application qualification specifics

Packaging, delivering and analyzing your source code

Please see: JEE Analyzer - Packaging, delivering and analyzing your source code and all child pages:

What analysis results can you expect?

Please see: JEE Analyzer - Analysis results

Current known limitations

Quality Rules

Avoid static field of type collection (7562)

When calculating a snapshot for applicationusing JSE 5.0, the Quality Rule "Avoid static field of type collection (7562)" does not list as "Very High Risk Objects" classes that are or inherit from a Generic collection. The Quality Rule lists only the non generic form of collections. For example static attributes of type java.util.Collection<E> will not be reported as a violation.

Persistence: Avoid table and column names that are too long (portability) (7706)

Situation:

• JEE application using the Java Persistence API (JPA), e.g. in the form of Hibernate.
• A table or column name is not specified in the annotations of the JPA entity.

Symptoms: The JPA entity is not listed as a "Very High Risk" object in the results.

No link bookmarks generated

When Java Methods are defined inside a JSP file, no link bookmarks are generated (bookmarks can be seen in CAST Enlighten or in the Dynamic Link Manager). Example of a Java Method defined in a JSP file:

<%@ page language="Java" %> 
<%! 
public void myMethod(String message)
{ System.out.println(message); } 
%>