Java Code Coverage in Visual Studio Code

Question

I am using VSC for my Java project with maven help. I would like to use a Code Coverage tool but I lost the directions in the many possibilities you have.
My goals are:

• run the Code Coverage goal with Maven;
• Display the test coverage in VSC with a plugin like Coverage Gutter

Which Code Code coverage tool to use?
Can someone show me the right Maven plugin and the way to configure VSC?

Thanks,
S.

Answer 1

For now, I don't think there is a way to show coverage inline for java code. This is not really an answer to your question but it may help. You can run tests (maybe create a task in vscode) then watch code coverage report in the browser. For gradle it is:

./gradlew test jacocoTestReport

And then check the report at build/TestCoverageReport/test/html/index.html

You can do that also easily with maven.