Static Analysis tool recommendation for Java?

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sergeb picture sergeb · Sep 19, 2008 · Viewed 52.3k times · Source

Being vaguely familiar with the Java world I was googling for a static analysis tool that would also was intelligent enough to fix the issues it finds. I ran at CodePro tool but, again, I'm new to the Java community and don't know the vendors.

What tool can you recommend based on the criteria above?

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Eduard Wirch picture Eduard Wirch · Sep 19, 2008

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