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Specs & Reqs

Environment prerequisites, plus system specifications and requirements

Prerequisites

Diffblue Cover requires that the system environment (hardware, operating system, network connectivity, Java installation) as well as the project environment (build tooling, dependencies, presence of artifacts, existing unit tests) meet the minimum requirements as outlined below. Diffblue Cover will perform an environment check before analysis begins to ensure that the requirements are met.
Cover CLI provides a --preflight option (see Preflight checks) which can be used to check the status of the prerequisites without performing the project analysis. This option can also be run without a license key.

Cover Plugin & Cover CLI

  • 16 GB RAM, 5 GB minimum available disk space, 4 CPU cores
  • 8GB Java heap allocated
  • TCP connection *
  • Windows 11 Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise, Ubuntu 18.04, RHEL 7.7, macOS 10.15
  • The latest or n-1 64-bit sub-version of Java 8 (8u361 & 8u351), Java 11 (11.0.18 & 11.0.17) or Java 17 (17.0.6 & 17.0.5)
  • For Maven projects: Maven version 3.2.5+
  • For Gradle projects: Gradle version 4.9+ (must be compatible with your version of Java).
  • For Ant projects: access to the complete Ant classpath
  • JUnit 4.7 - 4.13, JUnit 5.0 - 5.10.0, or TestNG 6.0.1 - 7.8.
  • For Java 8 projects: Mockito 1.9.5 - 4.11.0
  • For Java 11 projects: Mockito 2.22.0 - 5.4.0
  • For Java 17 projects: Mockito 4.1.0 - 5.4.0
  • All necessary tooling to build the project
  • The project must compile and run with no failing unit tests
  • Access to a dependency repository to download transient dependencies
  • Access to the Diffblue licensing server for remote license check
* Cover requires the use of an analysis service that communicates with Cover Plugin and Cover CLI via TCP connections on localhost. In particular, Cover must be able to start up the analysis service and open a bi-directional TCP connection between the frontend and the service.

Cover Plugin

  • IntelliJ Community or Ultimate version 2023.2 and 2023.1
  • One instance of the Diffblue Cover Plugin for IntelliJ, per project
  • A minimum of 4GB memory allocated to IntelliJ

Cover Reports

Client workstation:
  • Diffblue Cover CLI
  • JaCoCo 0.8.2+
  • The latest version of Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 or higher
  • Network connectivity between the user's workstation and the Cover Reports server
Server hosting Cover Reports:
  • Docker Engine 20.10.17
  • Docker Compose v2.10.2
  • Network connectivity between the server and client workstations
  • Internet connection if using Docker Hub for install

Spring

Spring and Spring Boot versions are required to be compatible with your version of Java, as well as each other. Diffblue Cover supports the following:
  • Java 8 Projects: Spring Boot 1.3.3 to 2.7.x, Spring Core 4.1.1 to 5.3.x
  • Java 11 Projects: Spring Boot 2.1.0 to 2.7.x, Spring Core 5.1.0 to 5.3.x
  • Java 17 Projects: Spring Boot 2.4.0 to 3.1.x, Spring Core 5.3.1 to 6.0.x

Dependencies

Dependencies required for running tests should be in the project configuration. Additional libraries may also be necessary depending on the project under test.
Dependency
When
Version
Surefire Plugin (org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin)
When using Maven and junit-jupiter-engine
3.0.0-M7
JUnit (junit:junit or org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine)
Unless using TestNG, Spring, or Spring Boot
4.7+
JUnit Launcher ( org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher)
When using junit-jupiter-engine, unless using Maven, Spring or Spring Boot
1+
TestNG (org.testng:testng)
Unless using JUnit, Spring, or Spring Boot
6 or 7
Spring Boot Test ( org.springframework:spring-boot-test)
When using Spring Boot ( org.springframework:spring-boot)
2+, matching version
Spring Test (org.springframework:spring-test)
When using Spring ( org.springframework:spring-core) unless using Spring Boot
4.1.1+, matching version
Mockito (org.mockito:mockito-core)
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4.1.0+ for Java 17
2.22.0+ for Java 11
1.9.5+ for Java 8
Other dependencies listed below may be needed, if they are transitive dependencies of your project. If one of these dependencies is required but missing, tests will be generated for some classes but not others. A message will appear in the console output indicating a missing dependency.
Dependency
Version
Java Servlet API ( javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api or jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api)
4+, matching version
JSR107 API and SPI (javax.cache:cache-api)
0.2+, matching version
Spring Boot Starter Test ( org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test)
2+, matching version
Spring Security Config ( org.springframework.security:spring-security-config)
4.2.1+, matching version
Spring Web MVC ( org.springframework:spring-webmvc)
5+, matching version

Spring projects and Hamcrest

Either:
  • Use the spring-boot-starter-test dependency to add Hamcrest.
  • Add org.hamcrest:hamcrest. The version of Hamcrest needs to match the relevant version of spring-boot-test. For example, if the user has spring-boot-test:2.4.6, they should look at the dependency list: Maven Repository: org.springframework.boot spring-boot-starter-test 2.4.6. This shows that the matching version is Hamcrest 2.2 (you may have to scroll).

System Specifications & Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

OS
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
Windows 11 Pro
✅
✅
Windows 10 Enterprise
✅
✅
Ubuntu 18.04
✅
✅
RHEL 7.7
✅
✅
macOS 10.15
✅
✅

Supported IntelliJ Versions

Cover Plugin for IntelliJ supports the latest and the previous versions of IntelliJ.
IntelliJ
Cover Plugin
IntelliJ Community 2023.2
✅
IntelliJ Ultimate 2023.2
✅
IntelliJ Community 2023.1
✅
IntelliJ Ultimate 2023.1
✅

Supported Java Versions

Java Version
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
Open JDK
✅
✅
Oracle JDK 8 (version 161+)
✅
✅
Java 8 (8u361 & 8u351)
✅
✅
Java 11 (11.0.18 & 11.0.17 - note that Java 11.0.7 is NOT supported)
✅
✅
Java 17 (17.0.6 & 17.0.5)
✅
✅
Note that only 64 bit versions of Java are supported.

Supported Jakarta EE Versions

Jakarta
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
Java EE 8/Jakarta EE 8 Dependency Injection *
✅
✅
Jakarta EE 9 Dependency Injection *
✅
✅
* Note that Diffblue Cover does not use Jakarta EE application context for tests, all injected dependencies will be mocked.

Supported Spring Versions

Spring *
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
Java 8 Projects: Spring Boot 1.3.3 to 2.7.x, Spring Core 4.1.1 to 5.3.x
✅
✅
Java 11 Projects: Spring Boot 2.1.0 to 2.7.x, Spring Core 5.1.0 to 5.3.x
✅
✅
Java 17 Projects: Spring Boot 2.4.0 to 3.1.x, Spring Core 5.3.1 to 6.0.x
✅
✅
Spring and Spring Boot versions are required to be compatible with your version of Java, as well as each other.

Supported Build Tools

Text
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
✅
✅
Maven 3.2.5+
✅
✅

Supported Test Frameworks

Framework
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
JUnit 4 - 4.7 to 4.13
✅
✅
JUnit Jupiter 5 - 5.0 to 5.10.0
✅
✅
TestNG 6.0.1 to 7.8.0
✅
✅

JUnit 4

Diffblue Cover supports JUnit 4, from JUnit 4.7 to JUnit 4.13. In the CLI, you can force the usage of JUnit 4 by passing the --testing-framework=junit-4 option. In the plugin, you can select JUnit 4 as a testing framework in the settings dialog.

JUnit Jupiter 5

Diffblue Cover supports JUnit Jupiter, from JUnit Jupiter 5.0 to JUnit Jupiter 5.10.0. In the CLI, you can force the usage of JUnit 5 by passing the --testing-framework=junit-5 option. In the plugin, you can select JUnit 5 as a testing framework in the settings dialog.
You may need some specific set-up for your build system to work properly with JUnit 5, in particular if you wish to use Diffblue Cover's built-in test validation. See Building a Gradle project or Building a Maven project for details.

TestNG 6 and 7

Diffblue Cover supports TestNG versions 6 and 7. In the CLI, you can force the usage of TestNG by passing the --testing-framework=testng option. In the plugin, you can select TestNG as a testing framework in the settings dialog.

Supported Mock Frameworks

Framework
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
Mockito 1.9.5 - 4.11.0 for Java 8
✅
✅
Mockito 2.22.0 - 5.4.0 for Java 11
✅
✅
Mockito 4.1.0 - 5.4.0 for Java 17
✅
✅

Supported JaCoCo Versions

JaCoCo
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
JaCoCo 0.8.2 +
✅
✅

Coverage Measurement

Tool
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
Externally via JaCoCo, SonarQube etc.
✅
✅

Creating Tests - Scope

Level
Cover CLI
Cover Plugin
Per method
✅
✅
Per class
✅
✅
Per package *
✅
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Per module **
✅
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Exclude methods from analysis
✅
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* For Cover Plugin, this feature is not available in the Community Edition.
** For Cover Plugin, this feature is only available in the Enterprise Edition.
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