Maven Jacoco Configuration - Exclude classes/packages from report not working

MavenConfigurationJacocoJacoco Maven-Plugin

Maven Problem Overview


I have a maven multi-module project and I'm using jacoco-maven for code coverage reports. Some classes should not be reported, as they're Spring configuration and I'm not interested in them.

I have declared the maven-jacoco plugin as follow:

<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.7.2.201409121644</version>
<configuration>
	<outputDirectory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco-ut</outputDirectory>
	<exclude>some.package.*</exclude>
	<exclude>**/*Config.*</exclude>
	<exclude>**/*Dev.*</exclude>
	<exclude>some/package/SomeClass.java</exclude>
</configuration>
<executions>
	<execution>
		<goals>
			<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
		</goals>
	</execution>
	<execution>
		<id>report</id>
		<phase>prepare-package</phase>
		<goals>
			<goal>report</goal>
		</goals>
	</execution>
	<execution>
		<id>post-unit-test</id>
		<phase>test</phase>
		<goals>
			<goal>report</goal>
		</goals>
	</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

The problem is that when I execute mvn clean verify jacoco still reports classes that should have been excluded as my xml configuration points out. How can I configure it properly?

Maven Solutions


Solution 1 - Maven

Your XML is slightly wrong, you need to add any class exclusions within an excludes parent field, so your above configuration should look like the following as per the Jacoco docs

<configuration>
    <excludes>
        <exclude>**/*Config.*</exclude>
        <exclude>**/*Dev.*</exclude>
    </excludes>
</configuration>

The values of the exclude fields should be class paths (not package names) of the compiled classes relative to the directory target/classes/ using the standard wildcard syntax

*	Match zero or more characters
**	Match zero or more directories
?	Match a single character

You may also exclude a package and all of its children/subpackages this way:

<exclude>some/package/**/*</exclude>

This will exclude every class in some.package, as well as any children. For example, some.package.child wouldn't be included in the reports either.

I have tested and my report goal reports on a reduced number of classes using the above.

If you are then pushing this report into Sonar, you will then need to tell Sonar to exclude these classes in the display which can be done in the Sonar settings

Settings > General Settings > Exclusions > Code Coverage

Sonar Docs explains it a bit more

Running your command above

mvn clean verify

Will show the classes have been excluded

No exclusions

[INFO] --- jacoco-maven-plugin:0.7.4.201502262128:report (post-test) @ ** ---
[INFO] Analyzed bundle '**' with 37 classes

With exclusions

[INFO] --- jacoco-maven-plugin:0.7.4.201502262128:report (post-test) @ ** ---
[INFO] Analyzed bundle '**' with 34 classes

Hope this helps

Solution 2 - Maven

Though Andrew already answered question with details , i am giving code how to exclude it in pom

           <plugin>
				<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
				<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>0.7.9</version>
				<configuration>
					<excludes>
						<exclude>**/*com/test/vaquar/khan/HealthChecker.class</exclude>
					</excludes>
				</configuration>
				<executions>
					<!-- prepare agent for measuring integration tests -->
					<execution>
						<id>jacoco-initialize</id>
						<goals>
							<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
						</goals>
					</execution>
					<execution>
						<id>jacoco-site</id>
						<phase>package</phase>
						<goals>
							<goal>report</goal>
						</goals>
					</execution>
				</executions>
			</plugin>

For Springboot application

<build>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			</plugin>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
			</plugin>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
				<artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			</plugin>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
				<artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			</plugin>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
				<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
				<configuration>
					<excludes>
					   <!-- Exclude class from test coverage -->
						<exclude>**/*com/khan/vaquar/Application.class</exclude>
						<!-- Exclude full package from test coverage -->
						<exclude>**/*com/khan/vaquar/config/**</exclude>
					</excludes>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>

Solution 3 - Maven

Another solution:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
    <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>0.7.5.201505241946</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>default-prepare-agent</id>
            <goals>
                <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
        <execution>
            <id>default-report</id>
            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>report</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
        <execution>
            <id>default-check</id>
            <goals>
                <goal>check</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <rules>
                    <rule implementation="org.jacoco.maven.RuleConfiguration">
					    <excludes>
					        <exclude>com.mypackage1</exclude
                            <exclude>com.mypackage2</exclude>
				        </excludes>
                        <element>PACKAGE</element>
                        <limits>
                            <limit implementation="org.jacoco.report.check.Limit">
                                <counter>COMPLEXITY</counter>
                                <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
                                <minimum>0.85</minimum>
                            </limit>
                        </limits>
                    </rule>
                </rules>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Please note that, we are using "<element>PACKAGE</element>" in the configuration which then helps us to exclude at package level.

Solution 4 - Maven

you can configure the coverage exclusion in the sonar properties, outside of the configuration of the jacoco plugin:

...
<properties>
    ....
    <sonar.exclusions>
        **/generated/**/*,
        **/model/**/*
    </sonar.exclusions>
    <sonar.test.exclusions>
        src/test/**/*
    </sonar.test.exclusions>
    ....
    <sonar.java.coveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.java.coveragePlugin>
    <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${project.basedir}/../target/jacoco.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
    <sonar.coverage.exclusions>
        **/generated/**/*,
        **/model/**/*
    </sonar.coverage.exclusions>
    <jacoco.version>0.7.5.201505241946</jacoco.version>
    ....
</properties>
....

and remember to remove the exclusion settings from the plugin

Solution 5 - Maven

Use sonar.coverage.exclusions property.

mvn clean install -Dsonar.coverage.exclusions=**/*ToBeExcluded.java

This should exclude the classes from coverage calculation.

Solution 6 - Maven

Some Examples from the SonarQube Docs: enter image description here

Solution 7 - Maven

https://github.com/jacoco/jacoco/issues/34

These are the different notations for classes we have:

  • VM Name: java/util/Map$Entry
  • Java Name: java.util.Map$Entry File
  • Name: java/util/Map$Entry.class

Agent Parameters, Ant tasks and Maven prepare-agent goal

  • includes: Java Name (VM Name also works)
  • excludes: Java Name (VM Name also works)
  • exclclassloader: Java Name

These specifications allow wildcards * and ?, where * wildcards any number of characters, even multiple nested folders.

Maven report goal

  • includes: File Name
  • excludes: File Name

These specs allow Ant Filespec like wildcards *, ** and ?, where * wildcards parts of a single path element only.

Solution 8 - Maven

Here is the working sample in pom.xml file.

	<plugin>
		<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
		<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
		<version>${jacoco.version}</version>


		<executions>
			<execution>
				<id>prepare-agent</id>
				<goals>
					<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
				</goals>
			</execution>
			<execution>
				<id>post-unit-test</id>
				<phase>test</phase>
				<goals>
					<goal>report</goal>
				</goals>

			</execution>

			<execution>
				<id>default-check</id>
				<goals>
					<goal>check</goal>
				</goals>

			</execution>
		</executions>
		<configuration>
			<dataFile>target/jacoco.exec</dataFile>
			<!-- Sets the output directory for the code coverage report. -->
			<outputDirectory>target/jacoco-ut</outputDirectory>
			<rules>
				<rule implementation="org.jacoco.maven.RuleConfiguration">
					<element>PACKAGE</element>
					<limits>
						<limit implementation="org.jacoco.report.check.Limit">
							<counter>COMPLEXITY</counter>
							<value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
							<minimum>0.00</minimum>
						</limit>
					</limits>
				</rule>
			</rules>
			<excludes>
				<exclude>com/pfj/fleet/dao/model/**/*</exclude>
			</excludes>
			<systemPropertyVariables>

				<jacoco-agent.destfile>target/jacoco.exec</jacoco-agent.destfile>
			</systemPropertyVariables>
		</configuration>
	</plugin>

Solution 9 - Maven

This Work Like a charm with Spring Boot 2.5.3 and Jacoco 0.8.4 ^_^

           <plugin>
				<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
				<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>0.8.4</version>
				<configuration>
					<destFile>${basedir}/target/coverage-reports/jacoco-unit.exec</destFile>
					<dataFile>${basedir}/target/coverage-reports/jacoco-unit.exec</dataFile>
					<output>file</output>
					<append>true</append>
					<excludes>
						<exclude>**/*com/example/Application.class</exclude>
						<exclude>**/*com/example/modal*/**</exclude>
						<exclude>**/*com/example/dto*/**</exclude>
						<exclude>**/*com/example/mapper*/**</exclude>
					</excludes>
				</configuration>
				<executions>
					<execution>
						<id>default-prepare-agent</id>
						<goals>
							<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
						</goals>
					</execution>
					<execution>
						<id>jacoco-report</id>
						<phase>test</phase>
						<goals>
							<goal>report</goal>
						</goals>
					</execution>
				</executions>
			</plugin>

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