Java package cycle detection: how do I find the specific classes involved? [closed]

Answer 1

We use Sonar to detect package cycles. It draws a nice graph of the dependencies and shows which ones go in the wrong direction. You can even navigate to the source where the dependency is used.

See http://www.sonarsource.org/fight-back-design-erosion-by-breaking-cycles-with-sonar/

Answer 2

Highwheel detects class and package cycles and reports the source of the dependencies down to the class/method/field level indicating the type of the relationship (inheritance, composition, part of a method signature, etc.).

It also breaks large cycles down into their sub-elements which can be understood/tackled individually.

The output is HTML with embedded SVG content that requires a modern browser.

Answer 3

One tool which does this is the software tomograph. It is commercial and the UI sucks :o