How to get started writing a code coverage tool? [closed]

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Looking for books or other references that discuss actually how to write a code coverage tool in Java; some of the various techniques or tricks - source vs. byte code instrumentation.

This is for a scripting language that generates Java byte code under the hood."

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You can also get the source from a Open Source code coverage tool and learn from it.

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Thxm, Mc! http://asm.objectweb.org/ is another one. Excellent documentation on byte code instrumentation, but nothing "directly" aimed at writing a coverage tool - just some hints or ideas.

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You might also want to use something like BCEL to analyse which lines of source actually exist in the byte-code. You don't want to report that things like blank lines and comments haven't been covered.