SonarQube can't run without sonar.cppcheck.reportPath

[jtpereyda]

Running a project without a cppcheck file is impossible, as the plugin will throw an error.

It would be helpful if the plugin could fail silently and allow other checkers to run if there is no cppcheck.reportPath property.

This is especially helpful in a situation with one install and multiple projects.

[jtpereyda]

It looks like the relevant methods are:

• getCppcheckReportFile in sonar-cppcheck/src/test/java/org/sonarqube/cppcheck/CppcheckConfigurationTest.java and
• analyse in sonar-cppcheck/src/main/java/org/sonarqube/cppcheck/CppcheckSensor.java

We could have getCppcheckReportFile throw a custom exception for this case, and have analyse catch it and fail quiet if no setting is defined.

[MattSom]

I am trying to solve a problem not the same as this, but similar. I was thinking about to write a script launcher, which triggers the necessary plugin runs (cppcheck for obvious reasons), which also writes cppcheck.reportPath property into the file, if it is missing.
This way I wouldn't have to run cppcheck and later other plugins manually for every project before scanning.

Of course, if you want an analysis without cppcheck this idea is not a solution, I know.

[jtpereyda]

@MattSom Well that sounds great, I'd encourage you to go for it!

[CSV-Tom]

It's possible to solve the problem next time? :-)