Code coverage metrics

Branch coverage

Branch coverage (or 'decision coverage') is a code coverage metric that measures which possible branches in flow control structures are followed. Clover does this by recording if the boolean expression in the control structure evaluated to both true and false during execution.

Statement coverage

Statement coverage is a code coverage metric that measures which statements in a body of code have been executed through a test run, and which statements have not.

Method coverage

Method coverage is a code coverage metric that measures whether a method was entered at all during execution.

Total Coverage Percentage (Coverage %, TPC)

The Total Coverage Percentage is calculated as follows:

TPC = (BT + BF + SC + MC)/(2*B + S + M) * 100%
 
where
 
BT - branches that evaluated to "true" at least once
BF - branches that evaluated to "false" at least once
SC - statements covered
MC - methods entered
 
B - total number of branches
S - total number of statements
M - total number of methods

Code complexity metrics

Average Method Complexity (Avg Method Cmp)

The average method complexity of code in the given context. In case of:

classes: Average Method Complexity = sum of Method Complexity of all class' methods / number of methods in a class
packages: Average Method Complexity = sum of Method Complexity of all package's methods / number of methods in a package
project: Average Method Complexity = sum of Method Complexity of all project's methods / number of methods in a project

Complexity (Cmp, Total Cmp)

Cyclomatic complexity of code in the given context.

Method Complexity

Cyclomatic complexity of a single method. It's calculated as follows:

empty method complexity == 1
simple statement complexity == 0
switch block complexity == number of case statements
try catch block complexity == number of catch statements
ternary expression complexity == 1
boolean expression complexity == number of && or || in expression

Complexity Density (Cmp Density)

Complexity Density is the average number of paths in your code per statement in given context (method, class, package). It's calculated as follows:

Cmp Density = Complexity / number of statements

LOC

Lines Of Code (including comment lines).

NCLOC

Non-Commented Lines Of Code. Lines of code that contain comments are not counted in this metric, leaving only the actual functioning code itself.

Clover currently does not calculate NCLOC for Groovy code (CLOV-1805).

Examples

// # of statements, # of branches, Method Cyclomatic Complexity

// 0, 0, 1
void A() {}

// 1, 0, 1
void A() { a(); }

// 1 ,0 ,1
void A() { a = (6 < 7); }

// 3, 0, 1
void A() { a(); b(); c(); }

// 3, 2, 2
void A() { if (a()) b(); else c(); }

// 2, 2, 3
void A() { if (a() || b()) c(); }

// 2, 0, 1
void A() { if (1 + 2 == 4) c(); }

// 2, 2, 2
void A() { for (; a(); ) b(); }

// 2, 2, 3
void A() { for (; a() || b(); ) c(); }

// 2, 0, 1
void A() { for (; 1 + 2 == 4; ) c(); }

// 2, 2, 2
void A() { while (a()) b(); }

// 2, 2, 3
void A() { while (a() || b()) c(); }

// 2, 0, 1
void A() { while (1 + 2 == 4) c(); }

// 3, 0, 2
void A() { switch (a()) { case 1: b();} }

// 5, 0, 3
void A() { switch (a()) { case 1: b(); case 2: c();} }
        
// 1, 2, 2
void A() { a() ? 1 : 2; }

// 1, 2, 3
void A() { a() || b()? 1 : 2; }

// 1, 6, 4
void A() { a() ? b() ? c()? 1 : 2 : 3 : 4; }

Clover 4.1 : About Clover code metrics