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29-January-2022 - 6.42.0-SNAPSHOT

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 6.42.0-SNAPSHOT.

This is a minor release.

New and noteworthy

Fixed Issues

  • java-bestpractices
    • #3209: [java] UnusedPrivateMethod false positive with static method and cast expression
    • #3468: [java] UnusedPrivateMethod false positive when outer class calls private static method on inner class
  • java-performance
    • #3492: [java] UselessStringValueOf: False positive when there is no initial String to append to

API Changes

External Contributions

  • #3631: [java] Fixed False positive for UselessStringValueOf when there is no initial String to append to - John Armgardt
  • #3683: [java] Fixed 3468 UnusedPrivateMethod false positive when outer class calls private static method on inner class - John Armgardt
  • #3688: [java] Bump log4j to 2.16.0 - Sergey Nuyanzin