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<chapter id="sonar_runner_plugin">
    <title>The Sonar Runner Plugin</title>
    <note>
        <para>
            The Sonar runner plugin is currently <link linkend="feature_lifecycle">incubating</link>. Please be aware that the DSL and other configuration may change in later Gradle versions.
        </para>
    </note>
    <para>The Sonar Runner plugin provides integration with <ulink url="http://www.sonarsource.org">Sonar</ulink>,
        a web-based platform for monitoring code quality. It is based on the <ulink url="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/SONAR/Analyzing+with+Sonar+Runner">Sonar Runner</ulink>,
        a Sonar client component that analyzes source code and build outputs, and stores all collected information in the Sonar database.
        Compared to using the standalone Sonar Runner, the Sonar Runner plugin offers the following benefits:
    </para>
    <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
            <term>Automatic provisioning of Sonar Runner</term>
            <listitem>
                <para>The ability to execute the Sonar Runner via a regular Gradle task makes it available anywhere Gradle is available
                    (developer build, CI server, etc.), without the need to download, setup, and maintain a Sonar Runner installation.</para>
            </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
            <term>Dynamic configuration from Gradle build scripts</term>
            <listitem>
                <para>All of Gradle's scripting features can be leveraged to configure Sonar Runner as needed.</para>
            </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
            <term>Extensive configuration defaults</term>
            <listitem>
                <para>Gradle already has much of the information needed for Sonar Runner to successfully analyze a project. By preconfiguring
                    the Sonar Runner based on that information, the need for manual configuration is reduced significantly.</para>
            </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <section>
        <title>Plugin Status and Compatibility</title>
        <para>
            The Sonar Runner plugin is the successor to the <link linkend="sonar_plugin">Sonar Plugin</link>. It is currently
            <link linkend="sec:incubating_state">incubating</link>. The plugin is based on Sonar Runner 2.0, which makes it compatible
            with Sonar 2.11 and higher. Unlike the Sonar plugin, the Sonar Runner plugin works fine with Sonar 3.4 and higher.
        </para>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Getting Started</title>
        <para>To get started, apply the Sonar Runner plugin to the project to be analyzed.</para>
        <sample id="quickstart" dir="sonarRunner/quickstart" title="Applying the Sonar Runner plugin">
            <sourcefile file="build.gradle" snippet="apply-plugin"/>
        </sample>
        <para>
            Assuming a local Sonar server with out-of-the-box settings is up and running, no further mandatory configuration is required.
            Execute <userinput>gradle sonarRunner</userinput> and wait until the build has completed, then open the web page indicated
            at the bottom of the Sonar Runner output. You should now be able to browse the analysis results.
        </para>
        <para>
            Before executing the <literal>sonarRunner</literal> task, all tasks producing output to be analysed by Sonar need to be executed.
            Typically, these are compile tasks, test tasks, and code coverage tasks. To meet these needs, the plugins adds a task dependency
            from <literal>sonarRunner</literal> on <literal>test</literal> if the <literal>java</literal> plugin is applied. Further task dependencies can be
            added as needed.
        </para>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Configuring the Sonar Runner</title>
        <para>The Sonar Runner plugin adds a <apilink class="org.gradle.api.sonar.runner.SonarRunner" /> extension to the project,
            which allows to configure the Sonar Runner via key/value pairs known as <firstterm>Sonar properties</firstterm>. A typical base line configuration
            includes connection settings for the Sonar server and database.
        </para>
        <sample id="quickstart" dir="sonarRunner/quickstart" title="Configuring Sonar connection settings">
            <sourcefile file="build.gradle" snippet="connection-settings"/>
        </sample>
        <para>
            For a complete list of standard Sonar properties, consult the <ulink url="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/SONAR/Analysis+Parameters">Sonar documentation</ulink>.
            If you happen to use additional Sonar plugins, consult their documentation.
        </para>
        <para>
            Alternatively, Sonar properties can be set from the command line. See <xref linkend="sec:sonar_command_line_parameters" /> for more information.
        </para>
        <para>
            The Sonar Runner plugin leverages information contained in Gradle's object model to provide smart defaults for many of the standard Sonar properties.
            The defaults are summarized in the tables below. Notice that additional defaults are provided for projects that have the <literal>java-base</literal>
            or <literal>java</literal> plugin applied. For some properties (notably server and database connection settings), determining a suitable default
            is left to the Sonar Runner.
        </para>
        <table>
            <title>Gradle defaults for standard Sonar properties</title>
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <td>Property</td>
                    <td>Gradle default</td>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.projectKey</td>
                <td>"$project.group:$project.name" (for root project of analysed hierarchy; left to Sonar Runner otherwise)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.projectName</td>
                <td>project.name</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.projectDescription</td>
                <td>project.description</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.projectVersion</td>
                <td>project.version</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.projectBaseDir</td>
                <td>project.projectDir</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.working.directory</td>
                <td>"$project.buildDir/sonar"</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.dynamicAnalysis</td>
                <td>"reuseReports"</td>
            </tr>
        </table>
        <table>
            <title>Additional defaults when <literal>java-base</literal> plugin is applied</title>
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <td>Property</td>
                    <td>Gradle default</td>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.java.source</td>
                <td>project.sourceCompatibility</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.java.target</td>
                <td>project.targetCompatibility</td>
            </tr>
        </table>
        <table>
            <title>Additional defaults when <literal>java</literal> plugin is applied</title>
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <td>Property</td>
                    <td>Gradle default</td>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.sources</td>
                <td>sourceSets.main.allSource.srcDirs (filtered to only include existing directories)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.tests</td>
                <td>sourceSets.test.allSource.srcDirs (filtered to only include existing directories)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.binaries</td>
                <td>sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath (filtered to only include directories)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.libraries</td>
                <td>sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath (filtering to only include files; <literal>rt.jar</literal> added if necessary)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.surefire.reportsPath</td>
                <td>test.testResultsDir (if the directory exists)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>sonar.junit.reportsPath</td>
                <td>test.testResultsDir (if the directory exists)</td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Analyzing Multi-Project Builds</title>
        <para>The Sonar Runner is capable of analyzing whole project hierarchies at once. This yields a hierarchical view in the
            Sonar web interface, with aggregated metrics and the ability to drill down into subprojects. Analyzing a project hierarchy
            also takes less time than analyzing each project separately.
        </para>
        <para>
            To analyze a project hierarchy, apply the Sonar Runner plugin to the root project of the hierarchy.
            Typically (but not necessarily) this will be the root project of the Gradle build. Information pertaining to the
            analysis as a whole, like server and database connections settings, have to be configured in the <literal>sonarRunner</literal>
            block of this project. Any Sonar properties set on the command line also apply to this project.
        </para>
        <sample id="multiProject" dir="sonarRunner/multiProject" title="Global configuration settings">
            <sourcefile file="build.gradle" snippet="global-configuration-settings"/>
        </sample>
        <para>
            Configuration shared between subprojects can be configured in a <literal>subprojects</literal> block.
        </para>
        <sample id="multiProject" dir="sonarRunner/multiProject" title="Shared configuration settings">
            <sourcefile file="build.gradle" snippet="shared-configuration-settings"/>
        </sample>
        <para>
            Project-specific information is configured in the <literal>sonarRunner</literal> block
            of the corresponding project.
        </para>
        <sample id="multiProject" dir="sonarRunner/multiProject" title="Individual configuration settings">
            <sourcefile file="build.gradle" snippet="individual-configuration-settings"/>
        </sample>
        <para>
            The skip Sonar analysis for a particular subproject, set <literal>sonarRunner.skipProject</literal>.
        </para>
        <sample id="multiProject" dir="sonarRunner/multiProject" title="Skipping analysis of a project">
            <sourcefile file="build.gradle" snippet="skip-project"/>
        </sample>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Analyzing Custom Source Sets</title>
        <para>By default, the Sonar Runner plugin passes on the project's <literal>main</literal> source set as production sources, and the
             project's <literal>test</literal> source set as test sources. This works regardless of the project's source directory layout.
             Additional source sets can be added as needed.
        </para>
        <sample id="advanced" dir="sonarRunner/advanced" title="Analyzing custom source sets">
            <sourcefile file="build.gradle" snippet="source-sets"/>
        </sample>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Analyzing languages other than Java</title>
        <para>
            To analyze code written in a language other than Java, install the corresponding
            <ulink url="http://www.sonarsource.com/products/plugins/languages/">Sonar plugin</ulink>, and set
            <literal>sonar.project.language</literal> accordingly:
        </para>
        <sample id="advanced" dir="sonarRunner/advanced" title="Analyzing languages other than Java">
            <sourcefile file="build.gradle" snippet="languages" />
        </sample>
        <para>
            As of Sonar 3.4, only one language per project can be analyzed. It is, however, possible to analyze a different language
            for each project in a multi-project build.
        </para>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>More on configuring Sonar properties</title>
        <para>
            Let's take a closer look at the <literal>sonarRunner.sonarProperties {}</literal> block. As we have already seen in the examples,
            the <literal>property()</literal> method allows to set new properties or override existing ones. Furthermore, all properties that have
            been configured up to this point, including all properties preconfigured by Gradle, are available via the <literal>properties</literal>
            accessor.
        <para>
        </para>
            Entries in the <literal>properties</literal> map can be read and written with the usual Groovy syntax. To facilitate their manipulation,
            values still have their "idiomatic" type (<classname>File</classname>, <classname>List</classname>, etc.). After the sonarProperties block
            has been evaluated, values are converted to Strings as follows: Collection values are (recursively) converted to comma-separated Strings,
            and all other values are converted by calling their <literal>toString()</literal> method.
        </para>
        <para>
            Because the <literal>sonarProperties</literal> block is evaluated lazily, properties of Gradle's object model can be safely referenced
            from within the block, without having to fear that they have not yet been set.
        </para>
    </section>

    <section id="sec:sonar_command_line_parameters">
        <title>Setting Sonar Properties from the Command Line</title>
        <para>
            Sonar Properties can also be set from the command line, by setting a system property named exactly like the Sonar property in question.
            This can be useful when dealing with sensitive information (e.g. credentials), environment information, or for ad-hoc configuration.
        </para>
        <programlisting>
            gradle sonarRunner -Dsonar.host.url=http://sonar.mycompany.com -Dsonar.jdbc.password=myPassword -Dsonar.verbose=true
        </programlisting>
        <note>
            <para>
                While certainly useful at times, we do recommend to keep the bulk of the configuration in a (versioned) build script, readily
                available to everyone.
            </para>
        </note>
        <para>A Sonar property value set via a system property overrides any value set in a build script (for the same property). When
            analyzing a project hierarchy, values set via system properties apply to the root project of the analyzed hierarchy.
        </para>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Executing Sonar Runner in a separate process</title>
        <para>
            Depending on project size, the Sonar Runner may require a lot of memory. For this and other (mainly isolation) reasons,
            it is desirable to execute the Sonar Runner in a separate process. This feature will be provided once Sonar Runner 2.1
            has been released and adopted by the Sonar Runner plugin. Until then, the Sonar Runner is executed in the
            main Gradle process. See <xref linkend="sec:gradle_configuration_properties"/> for how to manage memory settings for that process.
        </para>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Tasks</title>
        <para>The Sonar Runner plugin adds the following tasks to the project.</para>
        <table>
            <title>Sonar Runner plugin - tasks</title>
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <td>Task name</td>
                    <td>Depends on</td>
                    <td>Type</td>
                    <td>Description</td>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tr>
                <td><literal>sonarRunner</literal></td>
                <td>-</td>
                <td><apilink class="org.gradle.api.sonar.runner.SonarRunner"/></td>
                <td>Analyzes a project hierarchy and stores the results in the Sonar database.</td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </section>
</chapter>
