sonar-scanner with java project

Question

I have java project (non -gradle ) and want to test sonarQube. So, I install sonar-scanner for mac (https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/analysis/scan/sonarscanner/) How do I use it to scan my Java project?

my project structure is: src->main-java->com->mycompany>packageName1->[java files] src->main-java->com->mycompany>packageName2 ->[java files]

This is what I have tried

sonar-scanner -Dsonar.projectKey=WT-QA-API-IS -Dsonar.java.binaries=. -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarqube.mycompany.com -Dsonar.login= xxxx -Dexclusions=bin

It does not scan the java files in the sub-folders

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

For doing sonar analysis of a Java Project, you need to provide the compiled .class files, not the java files in sonar.java.binaries.

Compiled .class files are generally present in target/ folder. You can either give the relative path like /target/classes/* or **/*

Sample example:

sonar-scanner -Dsonar.projectKey=WT-QA-API-IS -Dsonar.java.binaries=**/* -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarqube.mycompany.com -Dsonar.login= xxxx -Dsonar.exclusions=bin

More details you can find here in JAVA| SonarQube Docs