2022-07-02

Update to Diffblue Cover's handing of NullPointerExceptions

Diffblue Cover now handles NullPointerExceptions despite try / catch blocks.

(Try blocks contains a set of statements where an exception can occur. A catch block will be used to handle any exceptions that occur as a result of the try block. A try block is always followed by a catch block and there can be multiple catch blocks.)

This update means more tests and greater coverage!

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Enhancements

• Cover now detects class loading issues (R005/R006) early and logs them in a more succinct and readable way. [Ref: TG-17351]

• Cover now handles NullPointerExceptions found in catch blocks the same as ones which are thrown. [Ref: TG-15203]

• Cover now has an improved log message for MethodGroup failure reasons. [Ref: TG-17422]

Resolved Issues

• Resolved an issue which, in some circumstances, caused Cover to not write a Spring test when mockito-inline is included in the project's dependencies. [Ref: TG-17282]

Known Issues

• CLI: The command dcover clean --failing does not work on Gradle projects. This command is now deprecated and dcover validate should be used instead. [Ref: TG-11707]

• For multi-module projects, --coverage-reports needs to be run in the sub-modules, not from root module with --working-directory. [Ref: TG-16876]