Test-Driven Java Development - Second Edition

JaCoCo

Java Code Coverage (JaCoCo) is a well-known tool for measuring test coverage. To use it in our project, we need to add a few lines to our Gradle configuration file, that is, build.gradle:

1. Add the Gradle plugin for JaCoCo:

apply plugin: 'jacoco'

2. To see the JaCoCo results, run the following from your command prompt:

gradle test jacocoTestReport

3. The same Gradle tasks can be run from the Gradle Tasks IDEA Tool Window.
4. The end result is stored in the build/reports/jacoco/test/html directory. It's an HTML file that can be opened in any browser:

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