LOC in Java

[jdaues]

Can UE count the number of lines of code in a Java file?
(not # of lines in the file, # of lines of code)

[pietzcker]

What's the difference? Just empty lines or also lines that contain only comments? Or...?

[jdaues]

yes, something like that...don't count empty lines, comments.
One way to count LOC is to count semi-colons, but that is a bit simplistic.

[jorrasdk]

Sure, a precise definition of how to count LOC is needed as explained in the Wikipedia article Source lines of code.

If you have a good understanding of your coding standards you could perhaps code a script to count LOC for your projects, but why not use a tool made for this exact purpose ? You might even be able to integrate such a tool with UE as a User Tool.

I have no experience with tools for counting LOC - but these came out on top in a google search:

• CLOC - Count lines of code (cloc.sourceforge.net)
• loc-counter.dev.java.net