[Cobertura-devel] Support for earlier JDK's

[Niklas B. <nik...@gm...>]

Just another vote for JDK 1.3.1 support. I'm working in a project
where we want to measure and merge coverage data for our unit and
function tests.

Our unit tests work in JDK 1.4, so we have no problem with those. The
problem is the function tests, as they require the use of a simulator
or the actual target hardware. We're running a custom JVM for a
realtime operating system, and so far it only supports JDK 1.3.1.
There are plans to introduce 1.4 support in the future, but we will
still have to maintain old releases for quite some time.

Officially, we're measuring coverage using a tool from Rational called
TestRT, but it's an absolute nightmare to setup and use. For instance,
HTML reports are static snapshots that can only be generated manually
by pushing a button in the horrible sloth of a GUI app -- I wouldn't
wish this rubbish on my worst enemy. (And to top things off they're
charging us an arm and a leg for it.)

Cobertura is already the superior tool because of its ease-of-use and
pretty presentation format, but with JDK 1.3.x support it would be the
absolute killer!

/Niklas