SpotBugs Gradle plugin v6 (#1929)

Author: nedtwigg

gradle/java-setup.gradle

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
 apply plugin: 'com.github.spotbugs'
 spotbugs {
 	ignoreFailures = false 	// bug free or it doesn't ship!
-	reportLevel = 'medium'	// low|medium|high (low = sensitive to even minor mistakes)
+	// LOW|MEDIUM|DEFAULT|HIGH (low = sensitive to even minor mistakes).
+	reportLevel = com.github.spotbugs.snom.Confidence.valueOf('MEDIUM')
 	omitVisitors = [
 		// https://spotbugs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/detectors.html#constructorthrow
 		'ConstructorThrow',

lib-extra/build.gradle

@@ -91,5 +91,8 @@ p2deps {
 }
 
 // we'll hold the core lib to a high standard
-spotbugs { reportLevel = 'low' } // low|medium|high (low = sensitive to even minor mistakes)
+spotbugs {
+	// LOW|MEDIUM|DEFAULT|HIGH (low = sensitive to even minor mistakes).
+	reportLevel = com.github.spotbugs.snom.Confidence.valueOf('LOW')
+}
 

lib/build.gradle

@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 // we'll hold the core lib to a high standard
-spotbugs { reportLevel = 'low' } // low|medium|high (low = sensitive to even minor mistakes)
+spotbugs {
+	// LOW|MEDIUM|DEFAULT|HIGH (low = sensitive to even minor mistakes).
+	reportLevel = com.github.spotbugs.snom.Confidence.valueOf('LOW')
+}
 
 apply from: rootProject.file('gradle/special-tests.gradle')
 tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {

settings.gradle

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ plugins {
 	// https://github.com/gradle-nexus/publish-plugin/releases
 	id 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin' version '1.3.0' apply false
 	// https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs-gradle-plugin/releases
-	id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '5.2.3' apply false
+	id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.0.1' apply false
 	// https://github.com/diffplug/spotless-changelog/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
 	id 'com.diffplug.spotless-changelog' version '3.0.2' apply false
 	// https://github.com/diffplug/goomph/blob/main/CHANGES.md

testlib/build.gradle

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 // we'll hold the testlib to a low standard (prize brevity)
-spotbugs { reportLevel = 'high' } // low|medium|high (low = sensitive to even minor mistakes)
+spotbugs {
+	// LOW|MEDIUM|DEFAULT|HIGH (low = sensitive to even minor mistakes).
+	reportLevel = com.github.spotbugs.snom.Confidence.valueOf('HIGH')
+}
 
 apply from: rootProject.file('gradle/special-tests.gradle')
 tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {