3 files changed, 55 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/Main.java b/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/Main.java
index 8ee7ccb..d596cc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/Main.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public final class Main {
       log("Work directory: " + runner.getWorkDir().getCanonicalPath());
       runner.execute();
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      throw new RunnerException(e);
     } finally {
       printStats(startTime);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/Runner.java b/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/Runner.java
index 5928c8f..1b7c9a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/Runner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/Runner.java
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ public final class Runner {
    */
   public static final String VERBOSE = "sonar.verbose";
 
+  /**
+   * Array of prefixes of versions of Sonar without support of this runner.
+   */
+  private static final String[] unsupportedVersions = { "1", "2.0", "2.1", "2.2", "2.3", "2.4", "2.5" };
+
+  /**
+   * Array of all mandatory properties required to execute runner.
+   */
+  private static final String[] MANDATORY_PROPERTIES = { "sonar.projectKey", "sonar.projectName", "sonar.projectVersion", "sources" };
+
   private File projectDir;
   private File workDir;
   private Properties properties;
@@ -62,11 +72,20 @@ public final class Runner {
   }
 
   public void execute() {
+    checkMandatoryProperties();
     Bootstrapper bootstrapper = new Bootstrapper("SonarRunner/" + getRunnerVersion(), getServerURl(), getWorkDir());
     checkSonarVersion(bootstrapper);
     delegateExecution(createClassLoader(bootstrapper));
   }
 
+  void checkMandatoryProperties() {
+    for (String mandatoryProperty : MANDATORY_PROPERTIES) {
+      if (!properties.containsKey(mandatoryProperty)) {
+        throw new RunnerException("You must define mandatory property: " + mandatoryProperty);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   public String getServerURl() {
     return properties.getProperty("sonar.host.url", "http://localhost:9000");
   }
@@ -131,8 +150,6 @@ public final class Runner {
         getClass().getClassLoader());
   }
 
-  private static final String[] unsupportedVersions = { "1", "2.0", "2.1", "2.2", "2.3", "2.4", "2.5" };
-
   static boolean isUnsupportedVersion(String version) {
     for (String unsupportedVersion : unsupportedVersions) {
       if (isVersion(version, unsupportedVersion)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/RunnerException.java b/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/RunnerException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb44490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sonar/runner/RunnerException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Sonar Standalone Runner
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 SonarSource
+ * dev@sonar.codehaus.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02
+ */
+package org.sonar.runner;
+
+/**
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public class RunnerException extends RuntimeException {
+
+  public RunnerException(String message) {
+    super(message);
+  }
+
+  public RunnerException(Throwable cause) {
+    super(cause);
+  }
+
+}