Warnings

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One way to get notifications of architectural violations is via the IDE "problems" viewer (list of compiler errors and warnings).

What you see in this view is determined by the severity levels defined in the configuration. The default values are (aggressively):

• Warn for pre-existing violations and
• Error for new violations

The problems list is by definition "bottom-up". This can be useful in its own right where there are a small number of violations. However, where there are lots of e.g. pre-existing violations, a long flat list is of limited use when it comes to seeing the "big picture".

This is where the Diagrams Viewer and Violation Breakout Viewer come in. These provide a "top-down" view, starting with the visual diagrams.

Important:

• Setting severity Error for new (or pre-existing) means that the build will break, making it impossible for (new) violations to accidentally enter the code-line. This only makes sense if all developers share the same settings!