Agitar Software's Agitator

An eWeek Excellence Awards finalist, Agitator intelligently exercises Java code and provides feedback to developers on code behaviors (www.agitar.com/products)

Artho Software's Jlint

Open-source command-line tool set detects both actual and possible errors, ranging from simple operator precedence issues to more complex race conditions and deadlocks (jlint.sourceforge.net or www.artho.com/jlint)

Compuware's DevPartner Java Edition

Performance and resource use are the primary focus of this visually oriented analysis workbench (www.compuware.com/products/devpartner/java.htm)

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