Can I use the Lightbend Fortify plugin for my Java code?

Can I use the Lightbend Fortify plugin for my Java code?

The simple answer is no. However the good news is that you do not need the plugin for that, as Fortify scans Java more natively (see chapter 4 on “Translating Java Code”). 

If you are utilizing our Fortify security plugin to generate Fortify analysis files (.nst) and nothing is being generated then please make sure you are running it against Scala code. If you only see "...Compiling ### Java sources..." and no "...Compiling ### Scala sources..." then this is an indicator that you are only compiling Java.

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