For Java, the primary tool in this domain is FindBugs (findbugs.sourceforge.net). This is a free, open-source tool that is very easy to use either standalone or integrated with other tools.

Java vs. C++, What’s the Difference? Java is greatly influenced by C++. C and C++ are where Java gets its syntax. But Java was designed to be fully object-oriented, unlike C++.

News Java and C++ Lose Tops Spots in TIOBE Index for the First Time By John K. Waters November 5, 2020 For the first time since 2001, when TIOBE Software began publishing the results of its monthly ...

If there are two programmers who are equally good, but one knows Java and the other knows C++, Google would hire both. Really. But, does Google prefer, on the margin, C++ over Java? Not really.