Java - I don't know what packages to configure

Problem

The SeaLights build scan needs the prefix of the packages to focus the scan only on your code and not include third-party code.
Sometimes you don't know what the package prefix is.

Solution

The Sealights build scanner can show you a list of prefixes in the Java artifacts from your application. You do so by using the following command:

java -jar sl-build-scanner.jar -modules <path/to/jars/for/analysis>

If you do not provide a path to the command it will analyze the files from the current working directory.

In the screenshot below, you'll see an illustration of the result from the modules command. for this specific artifact analyzed the relevant packages are highlighted.
The packages included parameter (-pi or -packagesincluded) used for the scan command of this artifact will be: "*com.kuhniverse.*"

Additional parameters

Additional options are available for this command:

java -jar sl-build-scanner.jar -modules <path/to/jars/for/analysis> [-r] [-modulePathLength <arg>]

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

r

Recursive search all folders under the workspace path

modulePathLength

Print modules with the length provided as a parameter (default value is 2).
For example, two significant names will appear as io.sealights.* and single will appear as io.*

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