analyzeR: A SonarQube plugin for analyzing object-oriented R Packages

Pranav Chandramouli; Zadia Codabux; Melina Vidoni

doi:10.1016/j.softx.2022.101113

analyzeR: A SonarQube plugin for analyzing object-oriented R Packages

Pranav Chandramouli
, Zadia Codabux
, Melina Vidoni^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Automated Static Analysis Tools (ASATs) analyze source-code to capture defects and ensure higher quality. SonarQube is a renown ASAT that supports mainstream programming languages. However, R programming is not included. R is an increasingly popular multi-paradigm and package-based programming environment for scientific programming. Nevertheless, R's Object-Oriented (OO) functionalities are implemented through three different systems: S3, S4, and R6, and seldom used by developers. We present analyzeR, an advanced SonarQube plugin to examine R packages built in any of the current OO models. It implements widely-used, commonly-accepted OO metrics and displays the results using SonarQube's graphical interface for increased usability, implementing an array of metrics.

Original language	English
Article number	101113
Journal	SoftwareX
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2022.101113
Publication status	Published - Jul 2022

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