From 1d62a1f984094621c5450e727f671ec5d523c6ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gwilym Kuiper <gwilym@gearset.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 11:28:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add rule definition in codestyle.xml

---
 .../resources/category/apex/codestyle.xml     | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pmd-apex/src/main/resources/category/apex/codestyle.xml b/pmd-apex/src/main/resources/category/apex/codestyle.xml
index 262b6f9757..d5df6de277 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/src/main/resources/category/apex/codestyle.xml
+++ b/pmd-apex/src/main/resources/category/apex/codestyle.xml
@@ -365,4 +365,27 @@ while (true) {  // preferred approach
         </example>
     </rule>
 
+    <rule name="FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStart"
+          language="apex"
+          since="5.23.0"
+          message="Field declarations should be before method declarations in a class"
+          class="net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.rule.codestyle.FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartRule"
+          externalInfoUrl="${pmd.website.baseurl}/pmd_rules_apex_codestyle.html#fielddeclarationsshouldbeatstart">
+        <description>
+            Field declarations should appear before method declarations within a class.
+        </description>
+        <priority>3</priority>
+        <example>
+<![CDATA[
+class Foo {
+    public Integer someField; // good
+
+    public void someMethod() {
+    }
+
+    public Integer anotherField; // bad
+}
+]]>
+        </example>
+    </rule>
 </ruleset>