Velocity Template Language (VTL) support

VTL-specific features and guidance

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Velocity is a Java-based template engine. It permits web page designers to reference methods defined in Java code.

<summary>Language Info for Velocity Template Language (VTL)</summary>
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        <li class="list-group-item">Since PMD 5.1.0</li>
        <li class="list-group-item">Implementation: <a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-velocity/7.0.0-SNAPSHOT/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/velocity/VmLanguageModule.html#"><code>VmLanguageModule</code></a></li>
        <li class="list-group-item">Id: velocity</li>
        <li class="list-group-item">PMD: ✔️</li>
        <li class="list-group-item">CPD: ✔️</li>
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Note: The language id of the Velocity module was in PMD 6 just “vm”. In PMD 7, this has been changed to “velocity”. Also the package name of the classes has been changed from vm to “velocity”.

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