APSLint Utility

After you created an application package, you can determine whether the package conforms to the APS using a command-line utility called APSlint. The utility also enables you to check whether the application package can attain a certain APS certification level. For information on certification levels and requirements a package must satisfy to attain a specific level, refer to the APS: Application Certification Criteria document located on the official APS site.

APSlint utility validates the following:

Application package file format;
Application package physical structure;
Application package metadata file.

As a result, the utility outputs the following data:

Errors indicating why a package fails to conform to the APS;
Errors indicating requirements that a package must satisfy to attain a certain certification level;
Total number of errors. If 0 errors occur, the package is successfully validated.

The APSlint utility can be downloaded from the APS Standard web site (Windows and Linux/Unix versions are available).