Possible to clear data before a regression run?

[AshMcConnell]

Hi Folks,

Is it possible to clear the jacoco execution data before a regression test run using this plugin? I want start with a clean slate without having to restart the server. Is that possible?

Thanks for your help!

[mattcj]

This functionality is not currently exposed through the plugin. Looks like something nice to add though. In the interim if you have the jacoco agent exposed via JMX you could manually clear it when needed via the reset() method. http://eclemma.org/jacoco/trunk/doc/api/org/jacoco/agent/rt/IAgent.html

[AshMcConnell]

Thanks for the quick response.

I'm doing this as part of an automated regression run. I was thinking about using the plugin with resetAfterFetch at the start of the regression run in order to clear the data. The file isn't that big and I have a quick connection between the boxes (and a regression run that takes a few hours). Would that work instead of the JMX route?

Thanks!
Ash

[mattcj]

That sounds like an excellent idea. Let me know if it works out for you. I'll likely still add the reset feature, but not quite sure how soon I'll get the time.