Running code review lets you analyze your code by applying a specified
set of rules to a code base. The rules can be applied to one project, a single
source file, or the entire workspace, depending on the nature of the rule.
Optionally, you can configure the code review (for details, see "Configuring
code review") to only show a specific set of findings. After you decide the
scope of the review, you run the code review by clicking the Review icon,
. You can run a code review
from the Code Review view itself or from the pop-up menu of the Package Explorer
view or Java™ Navigator view.
All the files in the code base must be compilable when you run the
review on them. For more information about recommended prerequisites for running
a code review, see the "Prerequisites to run a code review" Help topic.
To run a code review:
- Open the Code Review view (for details, see
"Opening the Code Review view").
- In the Code Review view, specify what code
base to run the review on:
- Click the down arrow next to the Review icon
to see the list of code bases.
- From the list, click Review Workspace to
review the entire workspace or Projects to choose a
project from the list of projects in the workspace.
Once you select a code base from the Review menu, the code review
begins to run. You can track its status by checking the progress bar in the
lower-right corner of the view. The findings appear dynamically in the Code
Review view as the review runs.
During the code review, the
Review icon,

, changes to the
Stop
Review icon,

. Click the
Stop Review icon,

, to stop a code review in process.