| --- |
| layout: posts |
| title: Checking your Java errors with Error Prone. |
| --- |
| |
| We recently open-sourced our support for [Error Prone](http://errorprone.info). |
| [Error Prone](http://errorprone.info) checks for common mistakes in Java code |
| that will not be caught by the compiler. |
| |
| We turned [Error Prone](http://errorprone.info) on by default but you can |
| easily turn it off by using the Javac option `--extra_checks:off`. To do so, |
| simply specify `--javacopt='-extra_checks:off'` to the list of Bazel's options. |
| You can also tune the checks error-prone will perform by using the |
| [`-Xep:` flags](http://errorprone.info/docs/flags). |
| |
| See the [documentation of Error Prone](http://errorprone.info/docs/installation) for more |
| on Error Prone. |
