--- title: Old Release Notes permalink: pmd_release_notes_old.html --- Previous versions of PMD can be downloaded here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/files/pmd/ ## 01-July-2017 - 5.8.1 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.8.1. This is a bug fixing release. ### Fixed Issues * java * [#471](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/471): \[java] Error while processing class when EnumMap is used in PMD 5.8.0 * [#477](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/477): \[core] NoClassDefFoundError under 5.8 * [#478](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/478): \[core] Processing issues dealing with anonymous classes ### API Changes * The `getGenericArgs()` method introduced to `TypeNode` in 5.8.0 was removed. You can access to generics' info through the `JavaTypeDefinition` object. * The `JavaTypeDefinitionBuilder` class introduced in 5.8.0 is not more. You can use factory methods available on `JavaTypeDefinition` ### External Contributions * [#472](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/472): \[java] fix error with raw types, bug #471 ## 24-June-2017 - 5.8.0 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.8.0. This is a minor release. ### New and noteworthy #### Java Type Resolution As part of Google Summer of Code 2017, [Bendegúz Nagy](https://github.com/WinterGrascph) has been working on completing type resolution for Java. His progress so far has allowed to properly resolve, in addition to previously supported statements: - References to `this` and `super`, even when qualified - References to fields, even when chained (ie: `this.myObject.aField`), and properly handling inheritance / shadowing Lambda parameter types where these are infered rather than explicit are still not supported. Expect future releases to do so. #### Metrics Framework As part of Google Summer of Code 2017, [Clément Fournier](https://github.com/oowekyala) has been working on a new metrics framework for object-oriented metrics. The basic groundwork has been done already and with this release, including a first rule based on the metrics framework as a proof-of-concept: The rule *CyclomaticComplexity*, currently in the temporary ruleset *java-metrics*, uses the Cyclomatic Complexity metric to find overly complex code. This rule will eventually replace the existing three *CyclomaticComplexity* rules that are currently defined in the *java-codesize* ruleset (see also [issue #445](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/445)). Since this work is still in progress, the metrics API (package `net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.oom`) is not finalized yet and is expected to change. #### Modified Rules * The Java rule `UnnecessaryFinalModifier` (ruleset java-unnecessary) now also reports on private methods marked as `final`. Being private, such methods can't be overriden, and therefore, the final keyword is redundant. * The Java rule `PreserveStackTrace` (ruleset java-design) has been relaxed to support the builder pattern on thrown exception. This change may introduce some false positives if using the exception in non-orthodox ways for things other than setting the root cause of the exception. Contact us if you find any such scenarios. * The ruleset java-junit now properly detects JUnit5, and rules are being adapted to the changes on it's API. This support is, however, still incomplete. Let us know of any uses we are still missing on the [issue tracker](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues) * The Java rule `EmptyTryBlock` (ruleset java-empty) now allows empty blocks when using try-with-resources. * The Java rule `EmptyCatchBlock` (ruleset java-empty) now exposes a new property called `allowExceptionNameRegex`. This allow to setup a regular expression for names of exceptions you wish to ignore for this rule. For instance, setting it to `^(ignored|expected)$` would ignore all empty catch blocks where the catched exception is named either `ignored` or `expected`. The default ignores no exceptions, being backwards compatible. #### Deprecated Rules * The three complexity rules `CyclomaticComplexity`, `StdCyclomaticComplexity`, `ModifiedCyclomaticComplexity` (ruleset java-codesize) have been deprecated. They will be eventually replaced by a new CyclomaticComplexity rule based on the metrics framework. See also [issue #445](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/445). ### Fixed Issues * General * [#380](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/380): \[core] NPE in RuleSet.hashCode * [#407](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/407): \[web] Release date is not properly formatted * [#429](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/429): \[core] Error when running PMD from folder with space * apex * [#427](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/427): \[apex] CPD error when parsing apex code from release 5.5.3 * cpp * [#431](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/431): \[cpp] CPD gives wrong duplication blocks for CPP code * java * [#414](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/414): \[java] Java 8 parsing problem with annotations for wildcards * [#415](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/415): \[java] Parsing Error when having an Annotated Inner class * [#417](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/417): \[java] Parsing Problem with Annotation for Array Member Types * java-design * [#397](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/397): \[java] ConstructorCallsOverridableMethodRule: false positive for method called from lambda expression * [#410](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/410): \[java] ImmutableField: False positive with lombok * [#422](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/422): \[java] PreserveStackTraceRule: false positive when using builder pattern * java-empty * [#413](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/413): \[java] EmptyCatchBlock don't fail when exception is named ignore / expected * [#432](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/432): \[java] EmptyTryBlock: false positive for empty try-with-resource * java-imports: * [#348](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/348): \[java] imports/UnusedImport rule not considering static inner classes of imports * java-junit * [#428](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/428): \[java] PMD requires public modifier on JUnit 5 test * [#465](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/465): \[java] NullPointerException in JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule * java-logging: * [#365](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/365): \[java] InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat does not handle inline incrementation of arguments * java-strictexceptions * [#350](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/350): \[java] Throwing Exception in method signature is fine if the method is overriding or implementing something * java-typeresolution * [#350](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/350): \[java] Throwing Exception in method signature is fine if the method is overriding or implementing something * java-unnecessary * [#421](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/421): \[java] UnnecessaryFinalModifier final in private method * jsp * [#311](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/311): \[jsp] Parse error on HTML boolean attribute ### External Contributions * [#406](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/406): \[java] False positive with lambda in java-design/ConstructorCallsOverridableMethod * [#409](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/409): \[java] Groundwork for the upcoming metrics framework * [#416](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/416): \[java] FIXED: Java 8 parsing problem with annotations for wildcards * [#418](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/418): \[java] Type resolution: super and this keywords * [#423](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/423): \[java] Add field access type resolution in non-generic cases * [#425](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/425): \[java] False positive with builder pattern in java-design/PreserveStackTrace * [#426](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/426): \[java] UnnecessaryFinalModifier final in private method * [#436](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/436): \[java] Metrics framework tests and various improvements * [#440](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/440): \[core] Created ruleset schema 3.0.0 (to use metrics) * [#443](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/443): \[java] Optimize typeresolution, by skipping package and import declarations in visit(ASTName) * [#444](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/444): \[java] [typeresolution]: add support for generic fields * [#451](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/451): \[java] Metrics framework: first metrics + first rule ## 20-Mai-2017 - 5.7.0 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.7.0. This is a minor release. ### New and noteworthy #### Modified Rules * The rule "FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass" of the java-design ruleset has a new property `ignoreInterfaceDeclarations`. Setting this property to `true` ignores interface declarations, that precede fields. Example usage: #### Renderers * Added the 'empty' renderer which will write nothing. Does not affect other behaviors, for example the command line PMD exit status will still indicate whether violations were found. ### Fixed Issues * General * [#377](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/377): \[core] Use maven wrapper and upgrade to maven 3.5.0 * [#376](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/376): \[core] Improve build time on travis * java * [#378](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/378): \[java] Parser Error for empty statements * java-coupling * [#1427](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1427/): \[java] Law of Demeter violations for the Builder pattern * java-design * [#345](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/345): \[java] FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass: Add ability to ignore interfaces * [#389](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/389): \[java] RuleSetCompatibility - not taking rename of UnusedModifier into account * java-junit * [#358](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/358): \[java] Mockito verify method is not taken into account in JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert rule * java-strings * [#334](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/334): \[java] \[doc] Add suggestion to use StringUtils#isBlank for InefficientEmptyStringCheck * jsp-basic * [#369](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/369): \[jsp] Wrong issue "JSP file should use UTF-8 encoding" ### API Changes * The method `net.sourceforge.pmd.util.StringUtil#htmlEncode(String)` is deprecated. `org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils#escapeHtml4(String)` should be used instead. ### External Contributions * [#368](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/368): \[vf] Adding proper AST support for negation expressions * [#372](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/372): \[core] Fix XSS in HTML renderer * [#374](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/374): \[java] Add property to ignore interfaces in FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClassRule * [#381](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/381): \[core] Fix broken link in the site's doc * [#382](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/382): \[java] Added documentation details on InefficientEmptyStringCheck * [#383](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/383): \[jsp] Fixed JspEncoding false positive * [#390](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/390): \[java] Remove trailing whitespaces in design.xml * [#391](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/391): \[apex] Fix documentation typo * [#392](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/392): \[java] False positive for Law Of Demeter (Builder pattern) * [#395](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/395): \[java] Mockito verify method is not taken into account in JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert rule ## 29-April-2017 - 5.6.1 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.6.1. This is a bug fixing release. ### Fixed Issues * General * [#363](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/363): \[core] Rule documentation pages are missing * [#364](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/364): \[core] Stream closed exception when running through maven * [#373](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/373): \[core] RuleSetFactory - add more helper methods ## 22-April-2017 - 5.6.0 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.6.0. The most significant changes are on analysis performance, support for Salesforce's Visualforce language a whole new **Apex Security Rule Set** and the new **Braces Rule Set for Apex**. We have added initial support for **incremental analysis**. The experimental feature allows PMD to cache analysis results between executions to speed up the analysis for all languages. New CLI flags and Ant options are available to configure it. Currently *the feature is disabled by default*, but this may change as it matures. Multithread performance has been enhanced by reducing thread-contention on a bunch of areas. This is still an area of work, as the speedup of running multithreaded analysis is still relatively small (4 threads produce less than a 50% speedup). Future releases will keep improving on this area. Once again, *Symbol Table* has been an area of great performance improvements. This time we were able to further improve it's performance by roughly 10% on all supported languages. In *Java* in particular, several more improvements were possible, improving *Symbol Table* performance by a whooping 80%, that's over 15X faster than PMD 5.5.1, when we first started working on it. Java developers will also appreciate the revamp of `CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable`, making it over 500X faster, and `PreserveStackTrace` which is now 7X faster. ### New and noteworthy #### Incremental Analysis PMD now supports incremental analysis. Analysis results can be cached and reused between runs. This allows PMD to skip files without violations that have remained unchanged. In future releases, we plan to extend this behavior to unchanged files with violations too. The cache is automatically invalidated if: * the used PMD version changes * the `auxclasspath` changed and any rules require type resolution * the configured rule set has changed This feature is *incubating* and is disabled by default. It's only enabled if you specifically configure a cache file. To configure the cache file from CLI, a new `-cache ` flag has been added. For Ant, a new `cacheLocation` attribute has been added. For instance: ```xml rulesets/java/design.xml java-basic ``` #### Visualforce Support Salesforce developers rejoice. To out growing Apex support we have added full Visualforce support. Both CPD and PD are available. So far only a security ruleset is available (`vf-security`). ##### Visualforce Security Rule Set ###### VfUnescapeEl The rule looks for Expression Language occurances printing unescaped values from the backend. These could lead to XSS attacks. ###### VfCsrf The rule looks for `` tags performing an action on page load, definish such `action` through Expression Language, as doing so is vulnerable to CSRF attacks. #### Apex Security Rule Set A new ruleset focused on security has been added, consisting of a wide range of rules to detect most common security problems. ##### ApexBadCrypto The rule makes sure you are using randomly generated IVs and keys for `Crypto` calls. Hard-wiring these values greatly compromises the security of encrypted data. For instance, it would report violations on code such as: ``` public class without sharing Foo { Blob hardCodedIV = Blob.valueOf('Hardcoded IV 123'); Blob hardCodedKey = Blob.valueOf('0000000000000000'); Blob data = Blob.valueOf('Data to be encrypted'); Blob encrypted = Crypto.encrypt('AES128', hardCodedKey, hardCodedIV, data); } ``` ##### ApexCRUDViolation The rule validates you are checking for access permissions before a SOQL/SOSL/DML operation. Since Apex runs in system mode not having proper permissions checks results in escalation of privilege and may produce runtime errors. This check forces you to handle such scenarios. For example, the following code is considered valid: ``` public class Foo { public Contact foo(String status, String ID) { Contact c = [SELECT Status__c FROM Contact WHERE Id=:ID]; // Make sure we can update the database before even trying if (!Schema.sObjectType.Contact.fields.Name.isUpdateable()) { return null; } c.Status__c = status; update c; return c; } } ``` ##### ApexCSRF Check to avoid making DML operations in Apex class constructor/init method. This prevents modification of the database just by accessing a page. For instance, the following code would be invalid: ``` public class Foo { public init() { insert data; } public Foo() { insert data; } } ``` ##### ApexDangerousMethods Checks against calling dangerous methods. For the time being, it reports: * Against `FinancialForce`'s `Configuration.disableTriggerCRUDSecurity()`. Disabling CRUD security opens the door to several attacks and requires manual validation, which is unreliable. * Calling `System.debug` passing sensitive data as parameter, which could lead to exposure of private data. ##### ApexInsecureEndpoint Checks against accessing endpoints under plain **http**. You should always use **https** for security. ##### ApexOpenRedirect Checks against redirects to user-controlled locations. This prevents attackers from redirecting users to phishing sites. For instance, the following code would be reported: ``` public class without sharing Foo { String unsafeLocation = ApexPage.getCurrentPage().getParameters.get('url_param'); PageReference page() { return new PageReference(unsafeLocation); } } ``` ##### ApexSharingViolations Detect classes declared without explicit sharing mode if DML methods are used. This forces the developer to take access restrictions into account before modifying objects. ##### ApexSOQLInjection Detects the usage of untrusted / unescaped variables in DML queries. For instance, it would report on: ``` public class Foo { public void test1(String t1) { Database.query('SELECT Id FROM Account' + t1); } } ``` ##### ApexSuggestUsingNamedCred Detects hardcoded credentials used in requests to an endpoint. You should refrain from hardcoding credentials: * They are hard to mantain by being mixed in application code * Particularly hard to update them when used from different classes * Granting a developer access to the codebase means granting knowledge of credentials, keeping a two-level access is not possible. * Using different credentials for different environments is troublesome and error-prone. Instead, you should use *Named Credentials* and a callout endpoint. For more information, you can check [this](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_callouts_named_credentials.htm) ##### ApexXSSFromEscapeFalse Reports on calls to `addError` with disabled escaping. The message passed to `addError` will be displayed directly to the user in the UI, making it prime ground for XSS attacks if unescaped. ##### ApexXSSFromURLParam Makes sure that all values obtained from URL parameters are properly escaped / sanitized to avoid XSS attacks. #### Apex Braces Rule Set The Braces Rule Set has been added and serves the same purpose as the Braces Rule Set from Java: It checks the use and placement of braces around if-statements, for-loops and so on. ##### IfStmtsMustUseBraces Avoid using if statements without using braces to surround the code block. If the code formatting or indentation is lost then it becomes difficult to separate the code being controlled from the rest. For instance, the following code shows the different. PMD would report on the not recommended approach: ``` if (foo) // not recommended x++; if (foo) { // preferred approach x++; } ``` ##### WhileLoopsMustUseBraces Avoid using 'while' statements without using braces to surround the code block. If the code formatting or indentation is lost then it becomes difficult to separate the code being controlled from the rest. For instance, the following code shows the different. PMD would report on the not recommended approach: ``` while (true) // not recommended x++; while (true) { // preferred approach x++; } ``` ##### IfElseStmtsMustUseBraces Avoid using if..else statements without using surrounding braces. If the code formatting or indentation is lost then it becomes difficult to separate the code being controlled from the rest. For instance, the following code shows the different. PMD would report on the not recommended approach: ``` // this is not recommended if (foo) x = x+1; else x = x-1; // preferred approach if (foo) { x = x+1; } else { x = x-1; } ``` ##### ForLoopsMustUseBraces Avoid using 'for' statements without using surrounding braces. If the code formatting or indentation is lost then it becomes difficult to separate the code being controlled from the rest. For instance, the following code shows the different. PMD would report on the not recommended approach: ``` for (int i = 0; i < 42; i++) // not recommended foo(); for (int i = 0; i < 42; i++) { // preferred approach foo(); } ``` #### New Rules ##### AccessorMethodGeneration (java-design) When accessing a private field / method from another class, the Java compiler will generate an accessor method with package-private visibility. This adds overhead, and to the dex method count on Android. This situation can be avoided by changing the visibility of the field / method from private to package-private. For instance, it would report violations on code such as: ``` public class OuterClass { private int counter; /* package */ int id; public class InnerClass { InnerClass() { OuterClass.this.counter++; // wrong, accessor method will be generated } public int getOuterClassId() { return OuterClass.this.id; // id is package-private, no accessor method needed } } } ``` This new rule is part of the `java-design` ruleset. #### Modified Rules * The Java rule `UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn` (ruleset java-design) now has a new property `statementOrderMatters`. It is enabled by default to stay backwards compatible. But if this property is set to `false`, this rule no longer requires the variable declaration and return statement to be on consecutive lines. Any variable that is used solely in a return statement will be reported. * The Java rule `UseLocaleWithCaseConversions` (ruleset java-design) has been modified, to detect calls to `toLowerCase` and to `toUpperCase` also within method call chains. This leads to more detected cases and potentially new false positives. See also [bugfix #1556](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1556/). * The Java rule `AvoidConstantsInterface` (ruleset java-design) has been removed. It is completely replaced by the rule `ConstantsInInterface`. * The Java rule `UnusedModifier` (ruleset java-unusedcode) has been moved to the ruleset java-unnecessary and has been renamed to `UnnecessaryModifier`. Additionally, it has been expanded to consider more redundant modifiers: * Annotations marked as `abstract`. * Nested annotations marked as `static`. * Nested annotations within another interface or annotation marked as `public`. * Classes, interfaces or annotations nested within an annotation marked as `public` or `static`. * Nested enums marked as `static`. * The Java rule `JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert` (ruleset java-junit) now accepts usage of `@Rule` `ExpectedException` to set expectations on exceptions, and are considered as valid assertions. #### CPD Suppression It is now possible to allow CPD suppression through comments in **Java**. You tell CPD to ignore the following code with a comment containin `CPD-OFF` and with `CPD-ON` you tell CPD to resume analysis. The old approach via `@SuppressWarnings` annotation is still supported, but is considered **deprecated**, since it is limited to locations where the `SuppressWarnings` annotation is allowed. See [PR #250](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/250). For example: ```java public Object someMethod(int x) throws Exception { // some unignored code // tell cpd to start ignoring code - CPD-OFF // mission critical code, manually loop unroll goDoSomethingAwesome(x + x / 2); goDoSomethingAwesome(x + x / 2); goDoSomethingAwesome(x + x / 2); goDoSomethingAwesome(x + x / 2); goDoSomethingAwesome(x + x / 2); goDoSomethingAwesome(x + x / 2); // resume CPD analysis - CPD-ON // further code will *not* be ignored } ``` #### CPD filelist command line option CPD now supports the command line option `--filelist`. With that, you can specify a file, which contains the names and paths of the files, that should be analyzed. This is similar to PMD's filelist option. You need to use this, if you have a large project with many files, and you hit the command line length limit. ### Fixed Issues * General * [#1511](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1511/): \[core] Inconsistent behavior of Rule.start/Rule.end * [#234](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/234): \[core] Zip file stream closes spuriously when loading rulesets * [#256](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/256): \[core] shortnames option is broken with relative paths * [#305](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/305): \[core] PMD not executing under git bash * [#324](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/324): \[core] Automated release - github release notes missing * [#337](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/337): \[core] Version 5.5.4 seems to hold file lock on rules JAR (affects Windows only) * apex-apexunit * [#1543](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1543/): \[apex] ApexUnitTestClassShouldHaveAsserts assumes APEX is case sensitive * apex-complexity * [#183](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/183): \[apex] NCSS Method length is incorrect when using method chaining * [#251](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/251): \[apex] NCSS Type length is incorrect when using method chaining * apex-security * [#264](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/264): \[apex] ApexXSSFromURLParamRule shouldn't enforce ESAPI usage. String.escapeHtml4 is sufficient. * [#315](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/315): \[apex] Documentation flaw on Apex Sharing Violations * java * [#185](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/185): \[java] CPD runs into NPE when analyzing Lucene * [#206](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/206): \[java] Parse error on annotation fields with generics * [#207](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/207): \[java] Parse error on method reference with generics * [#208](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/208): \[java] Parse error with local class with 2 or more annotations * [#213](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/213): \[java] CPD: OutOfMemory when analyzing Lucene * [#309](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/309): \[java] Parse error on method reference * [#1542](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1542/): \[java] CPD throws an NPE when parsing enums with -ignore-identifiers * [#1545](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1545/): \[java] Symbol Table fails to resolve inner classes * java-basic * [#232](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/232): \[java] SimplifiedTernary: Incorrect ternary operation can be simplified. * java-coupling * [#270](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/270): \[java] LoD false positive * java-design * [#933](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/933/): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn false positive for SuppressWarnings annotation * [#1448](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1448/): \[java] ImmutableField: Private field in inner class gives false positive with lambdas * [#1495](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1495/): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn with assert * [#1496](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1496/): \[java] New Rule: AccesorMethodGeneration - complements accessor class rule * [#1512](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1512/): \[java] Combine rules AvoidConstantsInInterface and ConstantsInInterface * [#1552](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1552/): \[java] MissingBreakInSwitch - False positive for continue * [#1556](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1556/): \[java] UseLocaleWithCaseConversions does not works with `ResultSet` (false negative) * [#177](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/177): \[java] SingularField with lambdas as final fields * [#216](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/216): \[java] \[doc] NonThreadSafeSingleton: Be more explicit as to why double checked locking is not recommended * [#219](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/219): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn: ClassCastException in switch case with local variable returned * [#240](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/240): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn: Enhance by checking usages * [#274](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/274): \[java] AccessorMethodGeneration: Method inside static inner class incorrectly reported * [#275](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/275): \[java] FinalFieldCouldBeStatic: Constant in @interface incorrectly reported as "could be made static" * [#282](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/282): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn false positive when cloning Maps * [#291](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/291): \[java] Improve quality of AccessorClassGeneration * [#310](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/310): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn enhancement is overly restrictive -- method order matters * [#352](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/352): \[java] AccessorClassGeneration throws ClassCastException when seeing array construction * java-imports * [#338](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/338): \[java] False positive on DontImportJavaLang when importing java.lang.ProcessBuilder * [#339](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/339): \[java] False positive on DontImportJavaLang when importing Java 7's java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles * [#1546](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1546/): \[java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedNameRule doesn't take into consideration conflict resolution * [#1547](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1547/): \[java] UnusedImportRule - False Positive for only usage in Javadoc - {@link ClassName#CONSTANT} * [#1555](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1555/): \[java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName: Really necessary fully qualified name * java-junit * [#285](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/285): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule should support @Rule as well as @Test(expected = ...) * [#330](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/330): \[java] NPE applying rule JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert * java-logging-java * [#1541](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1541/): \[java] InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat: False positive with placeholder and exception * [#1551](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1551/): \[java] InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat: fails with NPE * java-optimizations * [#215](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/215): \[java] RedundantFieldInitializer report for annotation field not explicitly marked as final * [#222](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/222): \[java] UseStringBufferForStringAppends: False Positive with ternary operator * java-strings * [#202](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/202): \[java] \[doc] ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse is not really an optimization * [#290](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/290): \[java] InefficientEmptyStringCheck misses String.trim().isEmpty() * java-unnecessary * [#199](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/199): \[java] UselessParentheses: Parentheses in return statement are incorrectly reported as useless * java-unusedcode * [#246](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/246): \[java] UnusedModifier doesn't check annotations * [#247](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/247): \[java] UnusedModifier doesn't check annotations inner classes * [#248](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/248): \[java] UnusedModifier doesn't check static keyword on nested enum declaration * [#257](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/257): \[java] UnusedLocalVariable false positive * XML * [#1518](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1518/): \[xml] Error while processing xml file with ".webapp" in the file or directory name * psql * [#1549](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1549/): \[plsql] Parse error for IS [NOT] NULL construct * javascript * [#201](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/201): \[javascript] template strings are not correctly parsed ### API Changes * `net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleSetFactory` is now immutable and its behavior cannot be changed anymore. It provides constructors to create new adjusted instances. This allows to avoid synchronization in RuleSetFactory. See [PR #131](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/131). * `net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleSet` is now immutable, too, and can only be created via `RuleSetFactory`. See [PR #145](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/145). * `net.sourceforge.pmd.cli.XPathCLI` has been removed. It's functionality is fully covered by the Designer. * `net.sourceforge.pmd.Report` now works with `ThreadSafeReportListener`s. Both `ReportListener` and `SynchronizedReportListener` are deprecated in favor of `net.sourceforge.pmd.ThreadSafeReportListener`. Therefore, the methods `getSynchronizedListeners()` and `addSynchronizedListeners(...)` have been replaced by `getListeners()` and `addListeners(...)`. See [PR #193](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/193). ### External Contributions * [#123](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/123): \[apex] Changing method names to lowercase so casing doesn't matter * [#129](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/129): \[plsql] Added correct parse of IS [NOT] NULL and multiline DML * [#137](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/137): \[apex] Adjusted remediation points * [#146](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/146): \[apex] Detection of missing Apex CRUD checks for SOQL/DML operations * [#147](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/147): \[apex] Adding XSS detection to return statements * [#148](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/148): \[apex] Improving detection of SOQL injection * [#149](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/149): \[apex] Whitelisting String.isEmpty and casting * [#152](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/152): \[java] fixes #1552 continue does not require break * [#154](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/154): \[java] Fix #1547: UnusedImports: Adjust regex to support underscores * [#158](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/158): \[apex] Reducing FPs in SOQL with VF getter methods * [#160](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/160): \[apex] Flagging of dangerous method call * [#163](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/163): \[apex] Flagging of System.debug * [#165](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/165): \[apex] Improving open redirect rule to avoid test classes/methods * [#167](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/167): \[apex] GC and thread safety changes * [#169](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/169): \[apex] Improving detection for DML with inline new object * [#170](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/170): \[core] Ant Task Formatter encoding issue with XMLRenderer * [#172](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/172): \[apex] Bug fix, detects both Apex fields and class members * [#175](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/175): \[apex] ApexXSSFromURLParam: Adding missing casting methods * [#176](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/176): \[apex] Bug fix for FP: open redirect for strings prefixed with / is safe * [#179](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/179): \[apex] Legacy test class declaration support * [#181](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/181): \[apex] Control flow based CRUD rule checking * [#184](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/184): \[apex] Improving open redirect detection for static fields & assignment operations * [#189](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/189): \[apex] Bug fix of SOQL concatenated vars detection * [#191](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/191): \[apex] Detection of sharing violation when Database. methods are used * [#192](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/192): \[apex] Dead code removal * [#200](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/200): \[javascript] Templatestring grammar fix * [#204](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/204): \[apex] Sharing violation SOQL detection bug fix * [#214](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/214): \[apex] Sharing violation improving reporting of the correct node, de-duping * [#217](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/217): \[core] Make it build on Windows * [#227](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/227): \[apex] Improving detection of getters * [#228](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/228): \[apex] Excluding count from CRUD/FLS checks * [#229](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/229): \[apex] Dynamic SOQL is safe against Integer, Boolean, Double * [#231](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/231): \[apex] CRUD/FLS rule - add support for fields * [#266](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/266): \[java] corrected invalid reporting of LoD violation * [#268](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/268): \[apex] Support safe escaping via String method * [#273](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/273): \[apex] Shade jackson on apex * [#279](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/279): \[vf] New Salesforce VisualForce language support * [#280](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/280): \[apex] Support for Aggregate Result in CRUD rules * [#281](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/281): \[apex] Add Braces Rule Set * [#283](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/283): \[vf] CSRF in VF controller pages * [#284](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/284): \[vf] Adding support for parsing EL in script tags * [#288](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/288): \[vf] Setting the tab size to 4 for VF * [#289](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/289): \[apex] Complex SOQL Crud check bug fixes * [#296](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/296): \[apex] Adding String.IsNotBlank to the whitelist to prevent False positives * [#297](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/297): \[core] CPD: Adding the --filelist option from pmd to cpd * [#303](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/303): \[java] InefficientEmptyStringCheckRule now reports String.trim().isEmpty() * [#307](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/307): \[java] Fix false positive with UseStringBufferForStringAppendsRule * [#308](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/308): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule supports @Rule annotated ExpectedExceptions * [#313](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/313): \[vf] Apex:iFrame not being detected - bug fix * [#314](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/314): \[vf] Bug fixes for incorrect Id detection and escaping * [#316](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/316): \[apex] Ignoring certain rules in Batch classes, Queueable, and install scripts * [#317](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/317): \[apex] Add support for safe ID assignment from URL param * [#326](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/326): \[vf] Quote detection improvement and method argument detection * [#327](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/327): \[apex] Fixed SOQL injection detection for escaped vars * [#331](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/331): \[java] JunitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule now handles AllocationExpression correctly * [#332](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/332): \[java] Future-proof DontImportJavaLangRule * [#340](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/340): \[vf] Multiple parser bug fixes * [#341](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/341): \[vf] JSON.parse(..) and NOT(..) are safely evaluated * [#343](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/343): \[apex] int,id,boolean,ternary operator condition are not injection in Soql * [#344](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/344): \[apex] ApexCRUDViolationRule: Bug fix for ClassCastException * [#351](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/351): \[vf] Fixing regression introduced by #341 ## 29-April-2017 - 5.5.7 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.5.7. This is a bug fixing release. ### Fixed Issues * General * [#364](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/364): \[core] Stream closed exception when running through maven ## 19-April-2017 - 5.5.6 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.5.6. This is a bug fixing release. ### Fixed Issues * General * [#324](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/324): \[core] Automated release - github release notes missing * [#337](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/337): \[core] Version 5.5.4 seems to hold file lock on rules JAR (affects Windows only) ## 27-March-2017 - 5.5.5 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.5.5. ### Fixed Issues * general: * [#305](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/305): \[core] PMD not executing under git bash * java: * [#309](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/309): \[java] Parse error on method reference * java-design * [#274](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/274): \[java] AccessorMethodGeneration: Method inside static inner class incorrectly reported * [#275](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/275): \[java] FinalFieldCouldBeStatic: Constant in @interface incorrectly reported as "could be made static" * [#282](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/282): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn false positive when cloning Maps * [#291](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/291): \[java] Improve quality of AccessorClassGeneration * java-junit: * [#285](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/285): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule should support @Rule as well as @Test(expected = ...) * java-optimizations: * [#222](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/222): \[java] UseStringBufferForStringAppends: False Positive with ternary operator * java-strings: * [#290](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/290): \[java] InefficientEmptyStringCheck misses String.trim().isEmpty() ### External Contributions * [#280](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/280): \[apex] Support for Aggregate Result in CRUD rules * [#289](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/289): \[apex] Complex SOQL Crud check bug fixes * [#296](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/296): \[apex] Adding String.IsNotBlank to the whitelist to prevent False positives * [#303](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/303): \[java] InefficientEmptyStringCheckRule now reports String.trim().isEmpty() * [#307](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/307): \[java] Fix false positive with UseStringBufferForStringAppendsRule * [#308](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/308): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule supports @Rule annotated ExpectedExceptions ## 25-Februar-2017 - 5.5.4 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.5.4 ### New and noteworthy #### New Rules ##### AccessorMethodGeneration (java-design) When accessing a private field / method from another class, the Java compiler will generate a accessor methods with package-private visibility. This adds overhead, and to the dex method count on Android. This situation can be avoided by changing the visibility of the field / method from private to package-private. For instance, it would report violations on code such as: ``` public class OuterClass { private int counter; /* package */ int id; public class InnerClass { InnerClass() { OuterClass.this.counter++; // wrong, accessor method will be generated } public int getOuterClassId() { return OuterClass.this.id; // id is package-private, no accessor method needed } } } ``` This new rule is part of the `java-design` ruleset. #### Modified Rules * The Java rule `UnusedModifier` (ruleset java-unusedcode) has been expanded to consider more redundant modifiers. * Annotations marked as `abstract`. * Nested annotations marked as `static`. * Nested annotations within another interface or annotation marked as `public`. * Classes, interfaces or annotations nested within an annotation marked as `public` or `static`. * Nested enums marked as `static`. * The Java rule `UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn` (ruleset java-design) no longer requires the variable declaration and return statement to be on consecutive lines. Any variable that is used solely in a return statement will be reported. ### Fixed Issues * General * [#234](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/234): \[core] Zip file stream closes spuriously when loading rulesets * [#256](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/256): \[core] shortnames option is broken with relative paths * apex-complexity * [#251](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/251): \[apex] NCSS Type length is incorrect when using method chaining * apex-security * [#264](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/264): \[apex] ApexXSSFromURLParamRule shouldn't enforce ESAPI usage. String.escapeHtml4 is sufficient. * java-basic * [#232](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/232): \[java] SimplifiedTernary: Incorrect ternary operation can be simplified. * java-coupling * [#270](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/270): \[java] LoD false positive * java-design * [#933](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/933/): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn false positive for SuppressWarnings annotation * [#1496](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1496/): \[java] New Rule: AccesorMethodGeneration - complements accessor class rule * [#216](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/216): \[java] \[doc] NonThreadSafeSingleton: Be more explicit as to why double checked locking is not recommended * [#219](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/219): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn: ClassCastException in switch case with local variable returned * [#240](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/240): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn: Enhance by checking usages * java-optimizations * [#215](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/215): \[java] RedundantFieldInitializer report for annotation field not explicitly marked as final * java-unusedcode * [#246](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/246): \[java] UnusedModifier doesn't check annotations * [#247](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/247): \[java] UnusedModifier doesn't check annotations inner classes * [#248](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/248): \[java] UnusedModifier doesn't check static keyword on nested enum declaration * [#257](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/257): \[java] UnusedLocalVariable false positive ### External Contributions * [#227](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/227): \[apex] Improving detection of getters * [#228](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/228): \[apex] Excluding count from CRUD/FLS checks * [#229](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/229): \[apex] Dynamic SOQL is safe against Integer, Boolean, Double * [#231](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/231): \[apex] CRUD/FLS rule - add support for fields * [#266](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/266): \[java] corrected invalid reporting of LoD violation * [#268](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/268): \[apex] Support safe escaping via String method * [#273](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/273): \[apex] Shade jackson on apex ## 28-January-2017 - 5.5.3 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.5.3 The most significant changes are on analysis performance and a whole new **Apex Security Rule Set**. Multithread performance has been enhanced by reducing thread-contention on a bunch of areas. This is still an area of work, as the speedup of running multithreaded analysis is still relatively small (4 threads produce less than a 50% speedup). Future releases will keep improving on this area. Once again, *Symbol Table* has been an area of great performance improvements. This time we were able to further improve it's performance by roughly 10% on all supported languages. In *Java* in particular, several more improvements were possible, improving *Symbol Table* performance by a whooping 30%, that's over 5X faster than PMD 5.5.1, when we first started working on it. Java developers will also appreciate the revamp of `CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable`, making it over 500X faster, and `PreserveStackTrace` which is now 7X faster. ### New and noteworthy #### Apex Security Rule Set A new ruleset focused on security has been added, consisting of a wide range of rules to detect most common security problems. ##### ApexBadCrypto The rule makes sure you are using randomly generated IVs and keys for `Crypto` calls. Hard-wiring these values greatly compromises the security of encrypted data. For instance, it would report violations on code such as: ``` public class without sharing Foo { Blob hardCodedIV = Blob.valueOf('Hardcoded IV 123'); Blob hardCodedKey = Blob.valueOf('0000000000000000'); Blob data = Blob.valueOf('Data to be encrypted'); Blob encrypted = Crypto.encrypt('AES128', hardCodedKey, hardCodedIV, data); } ``` ##### ApexCRUDViolation The rule validates you are checking for access permissions before a SOQL/SOSL/DML operation. Since Apex runs in system mode not having proper permissions checks results in escalation of privilege and may produce runtime errors. This check forces you to handle such scenarios. For example, the following code is considered valid: ``` public class Foo { public Contact foo(String status, String ID) { Contact c = [SELECT Status__c FROM Contact WHERE Id=:ID]; // Make sure we can update the database before even trying if (!Schema.sObjectType.Contact.fields.Name.isUpdateable()) { return null; } c.Status__c = status; update c; return c; } } ``` ##### ApexCSRF Check to avoid making DML operations in Apex class constructor/init method. This prevents modification of the database just by accessing a page. For instance, the following code would be invalid: ``` public class Foo { public init() { insert data; } public Foo() { insert data; } } ``` ##### ApexDangerousMethods Checks against calling dangerous methods. For the time being, it reports: * Against `FinancialForce`'s `Configuration.disableTriggerCRUDSecurity()`. Disabling CRUD security opens the door to several attacks and requires manual validation, which is unreliable. * Calling `System.debug` passing sensitive data as parameter, which could lead to exposure of private data. ##### ApexInsecureEndpoint Checks against accessing endpoints under plain **http**. You should always use **https** for security. ##### ApexOpenRedirect Checks against redirects to user-controlled locations. This prevents attackers from redirecting users to phishing sites. For instance, the following code would be reported: ``` public class without sharing Foo { String unsafeLocation = ApexPage.getCurrentPage().getParameters.get('url_param'); PageReference page() { return new PageReference(unsafeLocation); } } ``` ##### ApexSharingViolations Detect classes declared without explicit sharing mode if DML methods are used. This forces the developer to take access restrictions into account before modifying objects. ##### ApexSOQLInjection Detects the usage of untrusted / unescaped variables in DML queries. For instance, it would report on: ``` public class Foo { public void test1(String t1) { Database.query('SELECT Id FROM Account' + t1); } } ``` ##### ApexSuggestUsingNamedCred Detects hardcoded credentials used in requests to an endpoint. You should refrain from hardcoding credentials: * They are hard to mantain by being mixed in application code * Particularly hard to update them when used from different classes * Granting a developer access to the codebase means granting knowledge of credentials, keeping a two-level access is not possible. * Using different credentials for different environments is troublesome and error-prone. Instead, you should use *Named Credentials* and a callout endpoint. For more information, you can check [this](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_callouts_named_credentials.htm) ##### ApexXSSFromEscapeFalse Reports on calls to `addError` with disabled escaping. The message passed to `addError` will be displayed directly to the user in the UI, making it prime ground for XSS attacks if unescaped. ##### ApexXSSFromURLParam Makes sure that all values obtained from URL parameters are properly escaped / sanitized to avoid XSS attacks. #### Modified Rules The Java rule "UseLocaleWithCaseConversions" (ruleset java-design) has been modified, to detect calls to `toLowerCase` and to `toUpperCase` also within method call chains. This leads to more detected cases and potentially new false positives. See also [bugfix #1556](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1556/). ### Fixed Issues * General * [#1511](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1511/): \[core] Inconsistent behavior of Rule.start/Rule.end * apex-apexunit * [#1543](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1543/): \[apex] ApexUnitTestClassShouldHaveAsserts assumes APEX is case sensitive * apex-complexity * [#183](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/183): \[apex] NCSS Method length is incorrect when using method chaining * java * [#185](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/185): \[java] CPD runs into NPE when analyzing Lucene * [#206](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/206): \[java] Parse error on annotation fields with generics * [#207](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/207): \[java] Parse error on method reference with generics * [#208](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/208): \[java] Parse error with local class with 2 or more annotations * [#213](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/213): \[java] CPD: OutOfMemory when analyzing Lucene * [#1542](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1542/): \[java] CPD throws an NPE when parsing enums with -ignore-identifiers * [#1545](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1545/): \[java] Symbol Table fails to resolve inner classes * java-design * [#1448](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1448/): \[java] ImmutableField: Private field in inner class gives false positive with lambdas * [#1495](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1495/): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn with assert * [#1552](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1552/): \[java] MissingBreakInSwitch - False positive for continue * [#1556](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1556/): \[java] UseLocaleWithCaseConversions does not works with `ResultSet` (false negative) * [#177](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/177): \[java] SingularField with lambdas as final fields * java-imports * [#1546](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1546/): \[java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedNameRule doesn't take into consideration conflict resolution * [#1547](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1547/): \[java] UnusedImportRule - False Positive for only usage in Javadoc - {@link ClassName#CONSTANT} * [#1555](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1555/): \[java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName: Really necessary fully qualified name * java-logging-java * [#1541](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1541/): \[java] InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat: False positive with placeholder and exception * [#1551](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1551/): \[java] InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat: fails with NPE * java-unnecessary * [#199](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/199): \[java] UselessParentheses: Parentheses in return statement are incorrectly reported as useless * java-strings * [#202](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/202): \[java] \[doc] ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse is not really an optimization * XML * [#1518](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1518/): \[xml] Error while processing xml file with ".webapp" in the file or directory name * psql * [#1549](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1549/): \[plsql] Parse error for IS [NOT] NULL construct * javascript * [#201](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/201): \[javascript] template strings are not correctly parsed ### API Changes * `net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleSetFactory` is now immutable and its behavior cannot be changed anymore. It provides constructors to create new adjusted instances. This allows to avoid synchronization in RuleSetFactory. See [PR #131](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/131). ### External Contributions * [#123](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/123): \[apex] Changing method names to lowercase so casing doesn't matter * [#129](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/129): \[plsql] Added correct parse of IS [NOT] NULL and multiline DML * [#137](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/137): \[apex] Adjusted remediation points * [#146](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/146): \[apex] Detection of missing Apex CRUD checks for SOQL/DML operations * [#147](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/147): \[apex] Adding XSS detection to return statements * [#148](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/148): \[apex] Improving detection of SOQL injection * [#149](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/149): \[apex] Whitelisting String.isEmpty and casting * [#152](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/152): \[java] fixes #1552 continue does not require break * [#154](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/154): \[java] Fix #1547: UnusedImports: Adjust regex to support underscores * [#158](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/158): \[apex] Reducing FPs in SOQL with VF getter methods * [#160](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/160): \[apex] Flagging of dangerous method call * [#163](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/163): \[apex] Flagging of System.debug * [#165](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/165): \[apex] Improving open redirect rule to avoid test classes/methods * [#167](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/167): \[apex] GC and thread safety changes * [#169](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/169): \[apex] Improving detection for DML with inline new object * [#170](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/170): \[core] Ant Task Formatter encoding issue with XMLRenderer * [#172](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/172): \[apex] Bug fix, detects both Apex fields and class members * [#175](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/175): \[apex] ApexXSSFromURLParam: Adding missing casting methods * [#176](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/176): \[apex] Bug fix for FP: open redirect for strings prefixed with / is safe * [#179](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/179): \[apex] Legacy test class declaration support * [#181](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/181): \[apex] Control flow based CRUD rule checking * [#184](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/184): \[apex] Improving open redirect detection for static fields & assignment operations * [#189](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/189): \[apex] Bug fix of SOQL concatenated vars detection * [#191](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/191): \[apex] Detection of sharing violation when Database. methods are used * [#192](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/192): \[apex] Dead code removal * [#200](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/200): \[javascript] Templatestring grammar fix * [#204](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/204): \[apex] Sharing violation SOQL detection bug fix * [#214](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/214): \[apex] Sharing violation improving reporting of the correct node, de-duping ## 05-November-2016 - 5.5.2 **Summary:** * 1 new language for CPD: Groovy * 1 new rule: plsql-strictsyntax/MisplacedPragma * 12 pull requests * 17 bug fixes **New Supported Languages:** * CPD now supports Groovy. See [PR#107](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/107). **Feature Requests and Improvements:** * plsql * [#1539](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1539/): \[plsql] Create new rule for strict syntax checking: MisplacedPragma **New Rules:** * New Rules for plsql * plsql-strictsyntax: MisplacedPragma **Pull Requests:** * [#106](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/106): \[java] CPD: Keep constructor names under ignoreIdentifiers * [#107](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/107): \[groovy] Initial support for CPD Groovy * [#110](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/110): \[java] Fix parser error (issue 1530) * [#111](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/111): \[java] Fix BooleanInstantiationRule for Java 8 * [#112](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/112): \[java] Fix ClassCastException on CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable * [#113](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/113): \[java] Fix ClassCastException on SignatureDeclareThrowsException * [#114](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/114): \[core] Remove multihreading workaround for JRE5, as no PMD version supports running on JRE5 anymore * [#115](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/115): \[java] Simplify lambda parsing * [#116](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/116): \[core] \[java] Improve collection usage * [#117](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/117): \[java] Improve symboltable performance * [#118](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/118): \[java] Simplify VariableDeclaratorId parsing * [#119](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/119): \[plsql] Fix PMD issue 1531- endless loop followed by OOM while parsing (PL)SQL **Bugfixes:** * apex-apexunit * [#1521](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1521/): \[apex] ApexUnitTestClassShouldHaveAsserts: Parsing error on APEX class: expected one element but was: * Java * [#1530](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1530/): \[java] Parser exception on Java code * [#1490](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1490/): \[java] PMD Error while processing - NullPointerException * java-basic/BooleanInstantiation * [#1533](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1533/): \[java] BooleanInstantiation: ClassCastException with Annotation * java-comments * [#1522](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1522/): \[java] CommentRequired: false positive * java-design/SingularField * [#1494](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1494/): \[java] SingularField: lombok.Data false positive * java-imports/UnusedImports * [#1529](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1529/): \[java] UnusedImports: The created rule violation has no class name * java-logging-java * [#1500](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1500/) \[java] InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat: doesn't ignore exception param * [#1509](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1509/) \[java] InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat: NPE * java-typeresolution/CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable * [#1532](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1532/): \[java] CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable: Implemented Interface extends Cloneable * [#1534](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1534/): \[java] CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable: ClassCastException with Annotation (java8) * java-typeresolution/SignatureDeclareThrowsException * [#1535](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1535/): \[java] SignatureDeclareThrowsException: ClassCastException with Annotation * PLSQL * [#1520](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1520/): \[plsql] Missing PL/SQL language constructs in parser: Is Of Type, Using * [#1527](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1527/): \[plsql] PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION gives processing errors * [#1531](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1531/): \[plsql] OOM/Endless loop while parsing (PL)SQL * General * [#1506](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1506/): \[core] When runing any RuleTst, start/end methods not called * [#1517](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1517/): \[java] CPD reports on Java constructors when using ignoreIdentifiers ## 27-July-2016 - 5.5.1 **New Rules:** * New rules for Salesforce.com Apex: * apex-apexunit: ApexUnitTestClassShouldHaveAsserts, ApexUnitTestShouldNotUseSeeAllDataTrue **Pull Requests:** * [#101](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/101): \[java] Improve multithreading performance: do not lock on classloader * [#102](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/102): \[apex] Restrict AvoidLogicInTrigger rule to max. 1 violation per file * [#103](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/103): \[java] \[apex] Fix for 1501: CyclomaticComplexity rule causes OOM when class reporting is disabled * [#104](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/104): \[core] \[java] Close opened file handles * [apex #43](https://github.com/Up2Go/pmd/pull/43): \[apex] Basic apex unit test rules **Bugfixes:** * Apex * [#1501](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1501/): \[java] \[apex] CyclomaticComplexity rule causes OOM when class reporting is disabled * Java * [#1501](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1501/): \[java] \[apex] CyclomaticComplexity rule causes OOM when class reporting is disabled * General * [#1499](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1499/): \[core] CPD test break PMD 5.5.1 build on Windows * [#1508](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1508/): \[core] \[java] PMD is leaking file handles ## 25-June-2016 - 5.5.0 **System requirements:** PMD and CPD need at least a java7 runtime environment. For analyzing Salesforce.com Apex source code, you'll need a java8 runtime environment. **New Supported Languages:** * Salesforce.com Apex is now supported by PMD and CPD. See [PR#86](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/86). * CPD now supports Perl. See [PR#82](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/82). * CPD now supports Swift. See [PR#33](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/33). **New and modified Rules:** * New rules in Java: * java-logging-java/InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat: Check for invalid message format in slf4j loggers. See [PR#73](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/73). * java-design/ConstantsInInterface: Avoid constants in interfaces. Interfaces should define types, constants are implementation details better placed in classes or enums. See Effective Java, item 19. See [PR#93](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/93). * Modified rules in Java: * java-comments/CommentRequired: New property `serialVersionUIDCommentRequired` which controls the comment requirements for *serialVersionUID* fields. By default, no comment is required for this field. * java-design/UseVargs: public static void main method is ignored now and so are methods, that are annotated with Override. See [PR#79](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/79). * New rules for Salesforce.com Apex: * apex-complexity: AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts, ExcessiveParameterList, ExcessiveClassLength, NcssMethodCount, NcssTypeCount, NcssConstructorCount, StdCyclomaticComplexity, TooManyFields, ExcessivePublicCount * apex-performance: AvoidDmlStatementsInLoops, AvoidSoqlInLoops * apex-style: VariableNamingConventions, MethodNamingConventions, ClassNamingConventions, MethodWithSameNameAsEnclosingClass, AvoidLogicInTrigger, AvoidGlobalModifier * Javascript * New Rule: ecmascript-unnecessary/NoElseReturn: The else block in a if-else-construct is unnecessary if the `if` block contains a return. Then the content of the else block can be put outside. See [#1486](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1486/). **Improvements and CLI changes:** * A JSON-renderer for PMD which is compatible with CodeClimate. See [PR#83](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/83). * [#1360](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1360/): \[core] \[java] Provide backwards compatibility for PMD configuration file * CPD: If a complete filename is specified, the language dependent filename filter is not applied. This allows to scan files, that are not using the standard file extension. If a directory is specified, the filename filter is still applied and only those files with the correct file extension of the language are scanned. * CPD: If no problems found, an empty report will be output instead of nothing. See also [#1481](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1481/) * CPD: New command line parameter `--ignore-usings`: Ignore using directives in C# when comparing text. * PMD: New command line parameter: `-norulesetcompatibility` - this disables the ruleset factory compatibility filter and fails, if e.g. an old rule name is used in the ruleset. See also [#1360](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1360/). This option is also available for the ant task: `true`. * PMD: New command line parameter: `-filelist`- this provides an alternative way to define, which files should be process by PMD. With this option, you can provide the path to a single file containing a comma delimited list of files to analyze. If this is given, then you don't need to provide `-dir`. See [PR#98](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/98). **Pull Requests:** * [#25](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/25): \[cs] Added option to exclude C# using directives from CPD analysis * [#27](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/27): \[cpp] Added support for Raw String Literals (C++11). * [#29)(https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/29): \[jsp] Added support for files with UTF-8 BOM to JSP tokenizer. * [#30](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/30): \[core] CPD: Removed file filter for files that are explicitly specified on the CPD command line using the '--files' command line option. * [#31](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/31): \[core] CPD: Added file encoding detection to CPD. * [#32](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/32): \[objectivec] Extended Objective-C grammar to accept UTF-8 escapes (\uXXXX) in string literals. * [#33](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/33): \[swift] Added support for Swift to CPD. * [#34](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/34): multiple code improvements: squid:S1192, squid:S1118, squid:S1066, squid:S1854, squid:S2864 * [#35](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/35): \[javascript] Javascript tokenizer now ignores comment tokens. * [#72](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/72): \[java] \[jsp] Added capability in Java and JSP parser for tracking tokens. * [#73](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/73): \[java] InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat: Add rule to look for invalid message format in slf4j loggers * [#74](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/74): \[java] CommentDefaultAccessModifier: Fix rendering CommentDefaultAccessModifier description as code * [#75](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/75): \[core] RuleSetFactory Performance Enhancement * [#76](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/76): \[java] DoNotCallGarbageCollectionExplicitly: fix formatting typos in an example * [#77](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/77): \[java] \[plsql] Fix various typos * [#78](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/78): \[java] MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass: Add Builder pattern check * [#79](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/79): \[java] UseVarargs: do not flag public static void main(String[]), ignore @Override * [#80](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/80): \[site] Update mvn-plugin.md * [#82](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/82): \[perl] Add Perl support to CPD. * [#83](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/83): \[core] CodeClimateRenderer: Adds new Code Climate-compliant JSON renderer * [#84](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/84): \[java] EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract: Change rule's description. * [#85](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/85): \[java] UseStringBufferForStringAppends: False Positive with Ternary Operator (#1340) * [#86](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/86): \[apex] Added language module for Salesforce.com Apex incl. rules ported from Java and new ones. * [#87](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/87): \[core] \[apex] Customize Code Climate Json "categories" + "remediation_points" as PMD rule properties * [#88](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/88): \[core] \[apex] Fixed typo in ruleset.xml and problems with the CodeClimate renderer * [#89](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/89): \[core] Some code enhancements * [#90](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/90): \[core] Refactored two test to stop using the deprecated ant class BuildFileTest * [#91](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/91): \[core] \[java] \[jsp] \[plsql] \[test] \[vm] Small code enhancements, basically reordering variable declarations, constructors and variable modifiers * [#92](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/92): \[core] \[apex] Improved Code Climate Renderer Output and a Bugfix for Apex StdCyclomaticComplexityRule on triggers * [#93](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/93): \[java] ConstantsInInterface: Add ConstantsInInterface rule. Effective Java, 19 * [#94](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/94): \[core] \[apex] Added property, fixed code climate renderer output and deleted unused rulessets * [#95](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/95): \[apex] AvoidDmlStatementsInLoops: New apex rule AvoidDmlStatementsInLoops * [#96](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/96): \[core] CodeClimateRenderer: Clean up Code Climate renderer * [#97](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/97): \[java] BooleanGetMethodName: Don't report bad method names on @Override * [#98](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/98): \[core] PMD: Input filelist parameter * [#99](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/99): \[apex] Fixed Trigger name is reported incorrectly * [#100](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/100): \[core] CSVRenderer: escape filenames with commas in csvrenderer **Bugfixes:** * java-basic * [#1471](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1471/): \[java] DoubleCheckedLocking: False positives * [#1424](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1424/): \[java] SimplifiedTernary: False positive with ternary operator * java-codesize * [#1457](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1457/): \[java] TooManyMethods: counts inner class methods * java-comments * [#1430](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1430/): \[java] CommentDefaultAccessModifier: triggers on field annotated with @VisibleForTesting * [#1434](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1434/): \[java] CommentRequired: raises violation on serialVersionUID field * java-controversial * [#1449](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1449/): \[java] AvoidUsingShortType: false positive when casting a variable to short * java-design * [#1452](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1452/): \[java] AccessorClassGenerationRule: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException with Annotations * [#1479](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1479/): \[java] CloseResource: false positive on Statement * [#1438](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1438/): \[java] UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify: false positive * [#1467](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1467/): \[java] UseUtilityClass: can't correctly check functions with multiple annotations * java-finalizers * [#1440](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1440/): \[java] AvoidCallingFinalize: NPE * java-imports * [#1436](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1436/): \[java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName: false positive on clashing static imports with enums * [#1465](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1465/): \[java] UnusedImports: False Positve with javadoc @link * java-junit * [#1373](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1373/): \[java] JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage: is no longer compatible with TestNG * [#1453](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1453/): \[java] TestClassWithoutTestCases: false positive * java-migrating * [#1446](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1446/): \[java] JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation: False positive when TestNG is used * java-naming * [#1431](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1431/): \[java] SuspiciousEqualsMethodName: false positive * java-optimizations * [#1443](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1443/): \[java] RedundantFieldInitializer: False positive for small floats * [#1340](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1340/): \[java] UseStringBufferForStringAppends: False Positive with ternary operator * java-sunsecure * [#1476](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1476/): \[java] ArrayIsStoredDirectly: False positive * [#1475](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1475/): \[java] MethodReturnsInternalArray: False positive * java-unnecessary * [#1464](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1464/): \[java] UnnecessaryFinalModifier: false positive on a @SafeVarargs method * [#1422](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1422/): \[java] UselessQualifiedThis: False positive with Java 8 Function * java-unusedcode * [#1456](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1456/): \[java] UnusedFormalParameter: should ignore overriding methods * [#1484](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1484/): \[java] UnusedLocalVariable: false positive - parenthesis * [#1480](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1480/): \[java] UnusedModifier: false positive on public modifier used with inner interface in enum * [#1428](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1428/): \[java] UnusedPrivateField: False positive when local variable hides member variable hides member variable * General * [#1425](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1425/): \[core] XMLRenderer: Invalid XML Characters in Output * [#1429](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1429/): \[java] Parser Error: Cast in return expression * [#1441](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1441/): \[site] PMD: Update documentation how to compile after modularization * [#1442](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1442/): \[java] PDMASMClassLoader: Java 9 Jigsaw readiness * [#1455](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1455/): \[java] Parser: PMD doesn't handle Java 8 explicit receiver parameters * [#1458](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1458/): \[xml] Performance degradation scanning large XML files with XPath custom rules * [#1461](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1461/): \[core] RuleSetFactory: Possible threading issue due to PR#75 * [#1470](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1470/): \[java] Parser: Error with type-bound lambda * [#1478](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1478/): \[core] PMD CLI: Use first language as default if Java is not available * [#1481](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1481/): \[core] CPD: no problems found results in blank file instead of empty xml * [#1485](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1485/): \[apex] Analysis of some apex classes cause a stackoverflow error * [#1488](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1488/): \[apex] Windows line endings falsify the location of issues * [#1491](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1491/): \[core] CodeClimateRenderer: corrupt JSON output with real line breaks * [#1492](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1492/): \[core] PMD CLI: IncompatibleClassChangeError when running PMD ## 27-March-2017 - 5.4.6 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.4.6. This is a bug fixing release. ### Table Of Contents * [Fixed Issues](#Fixed_Issues) * [External Contributions](#External_Contributions) ### Fixed Issues * general: * [#305](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/305): \[core] PMD not executing under git bash * java: * [#309](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/309): \[java] Parse error on method reference * java-design: * [#275](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/275): \[java] FinalFieldCouldBeStatic: Constant in @interface incorrectly reported as "could be made static" * java-junit: * [#285](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/285): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule should support @Rule as well as @Test(expected = ...) * java-optimizations: * [#222](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/222): \[java] UseStringBufferForStringAppends: False Positive with ternary operator * java-strings: * [#290](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/290): \[java] InefficientEmptyStringCheck misses String.trim().isEmpty() ### External Contributions * [#303](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/303): \[java] InefficientEmptyStringCheckRule now reports String.trim().isEmpty() * [#307](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/307): \[java] Fix false positive with UseStringBufferForStringAppendsRule * [#308](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/308): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule supports @Rule annotated ExpectedExceptions ## 25-Februar-2017 - 5.4.5 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.4.5 This is a bug fixing release. ### Table Of Contents * [New and noteworthy](#New_and_noteworthy) * [Modified Rules](#Modified_Rules) * [Fixed Issues](#Fixed_Issues) * [External Contributions](#External_Contributions) ### New and noteworthy #### Modified Rules * The Java rule `UnusedModifier` (ruleset java-unusedcode) has been expanded to consider more redundant modifiers. * Annotations marked as `abstract`. * Nested annotations marked as `static`. * Nested annotations within another interface or annotation marked as `public`. * Classes, interfaces or annotations nested within an annotation marked as `public` or `static`. * Nested enums marked as `static`. ### Fixed Issues * general * [#234](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/234): \[core] Zip file stream closes spuriously when loading rulesets * [#256](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/256): \[core] shortnames option is broken with relative paths * java-basic * [#232](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/232): \[java] SimplifiedTernary: Incorrect ternary operation can be simplified. * java-coupling * [#270](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/270): \[java] LoD false positive * java-design * [#216](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/216): \[java] \[doc] NonThreadSafeSingleton: Be more explicit as to why double checked locking is not recommended * [#219](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/219): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn: ClassCastException in switch case with local variable returned * java-optimizations * [#215](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/215): \[java] RedundantFieldInitializer report for annotation field not explicitly marked as final * java-unusedcode * [#246](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/246): \[java] UnusedModifier doesn't check annotations * [#247](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/247): \[java] UnusedModifier doesn't check annotations inner classes * [#248](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/248): \[java] UnusedModifier doesn't check static keyword on nested enum declaration * [#257](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/257): \[java] UnusedLocalVariable false positive ### External Contributions * [#266](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/266): \[java] corrected invalid reporting of LoD violation ## 28-January-2017 - 5.4.4 The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 5.4.4 This is a bug fixing release. The most significant changes are on analysis performance. Multithread performance has been enhanced by reducing thread-contention on a bunch of areas. This is still an area of work, as the speedup of running multithreaded analysis is still relatively small (4 threads produce less than a 50% speedup). Future releases will keep improving on this area. Once again, *Symbol Table* has been an area of great performance improvements. This time we were able to further improve it's performance by roughly 10% on all supported languages. In *Java* in particular, several more improvements were possible, improving *Symbol Table* performance by a whooping 30%, that's over 5X faster than PMD 5.4.2, when we first started working on it. Java developers will also appreciate the revamp of `CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable`, making it over 500X faster, and `PreserveStackTrace` which is now 7X faster. ### New and noteworthy This is a bug fixing release, no major changes were introduced. #### Modified Rules The Java rule "UseLocaleWithCaseConversions" (ruleset java-design) has been modified, to detect calls to `toLowerCase` and to `toUpperCase` also within method call chains. This leads to more detected cases and potentially new false positives. See also [bugfix #1556](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1556/). ### Fixed Issues * java * [#206](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/206): \[java] Parse error on annotation fields with generics * [#207](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/207): \[java] Parse error on method reference with generics * [#208](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/208): \[java] Parse error with local class with 2 or more annotations * [#213](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/213): \[java] CPD: OutOfMemory when analyzing Lucene * java-design * [#1448](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1448/): \[java] ImmutableField: Private field in inner class gives false positive with lambdas * [#1495](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1495/): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn with assert * [#1552](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1552/): \[java] MissingBreakInSwitch - False positive for continue * [#1556](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1556/): \[java] UseLocaleWithCaseConversions does not works with `ResultSet` (false negative) * [#177](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/177): \[java] SingularField with lambdas as final fields * java-imports * [#1546](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1546/): \[java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedNameRule doesn't take into consideration conflict resolution * [#1547](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1547/): \[java] UnusedImportRule - False Positive for only usage in Javadoc - {@link ClassName#CONSTANT} * [#1555](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1555/): \[java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName: Really necessary fully qualified name * java-unnecessary * [#199](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/199): \[java] UselessParentheses: Parentheses in return statement are incorrectly reported as useless * java-strings * [#202](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/202): \[java] \[doc] ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse is not really an optimization * XML * [#1518](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1518/): \[xml] Error while processing xml file with ".webapp" in the file or directory name * psql * [#1549](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1549/): \[plsql] Parse error for IS [NOT] NULL construct * javascript * [#201](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/201): \[javascript] template strings are not correctly parsed * General * [#1511](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1511/): \[core] Inconsistent behavior of Rule.start/Rule.end ### External Contributions * [#129](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/129): \[plsql] Added correct parse of IS [NOT] NULL and multiline DML * [#152](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/152): \[java] fixes #1552 continue does not require break * [#154](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/154): \[java] Fix #1547: UnusedImports: Adjust regex to support underscores * [#170](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/170): \[core] Ant Task Formatter encoding issue with XMLRenderer * [#200](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/200): \[javascript] Templatestring grammar fix ## 04-November-2016 - 5.4.3 **Summary:** * 7 pull requests * 16 bug fixes **Pull Requests:** * [#35](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/35): \[javascript] Javascript tokenizer now ignores comment tokens. * [#103](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/103): \[java] Fix for 1501: CyclomaticComplexity rule causes OOM when class reporting is disabled * [#110](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/110): \[java] Fix parser error (issue 1530) * [#111](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/111): \[java] Fix BooleanInstantiationRule for Java 8 * [#112](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/112): \[java] Fix ClassCastException on CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable * [#113](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/113): \[java] Fix ClassCastException on SignatureDeclareThrowsException * [#119](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/119): \[plsql] Fix PMD issue 1531- endless loop followed by OOM while parsing (PL)SQL **Bugfixes:** * Java * [#1501](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1501/): \[java] CyclomaticComplexity rule causes OOM when class reporting is disabled * [#1530](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1530/): \[java] Parser exception on Java code * [#1490](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1490/): \[java] PMD Error while processing - NullPointerException * java-basic/BooleanInstantiation * [#1533](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1533/): \[java] BooleanInstantiation: ClassCastException with Annotation * java-comments * [#1522](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1522/): \[java] CommentRequired: false positive * java-design/SingularField * [#1494](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1494/): \[java] SingularField: lombok.Data false positive * java-imports/UnusedImports * [#1529](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1529/): \[java] UnusedImports: The created rule violation has no class name * java-typeresolution/CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable * [#1532](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1532/): \[java] CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable: Implemented Interface extends Cloneable * [#1534](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1534/): \[java] CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable: ClassCastException with Annotation (java8) * java-typeresolution/SignatureDeclareThrowsException * [#1535](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1535/): \[java] SignatureDeclareThrowsException: ClassCastException with Annotation * PLSQL * [#1520](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1520/): \[plsql] Missing PL/SQL language constructs in parser: Is Of Type, Using * [#1527](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1527/): \[plsql] PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION gives processing errors * [#1531](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1531/): \[plsql] OOM/Endless loop while parsing (PL)SQL * General * [#1499](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1499/): \[core] CPD test break PMD 5.5.1 build on Windows * [#1506](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1506/): \[core] When runing any RuleTst, start/end methods not called * [#1508](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1508/): \[core] \[java] PMD is leaking file handles ## 29-May-2016 - 5.4.2 **New Supported Languages:** * CPD supports now Swift (see [PR#33](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/33)). **Feature Request and Improvements:** * A JSON-renderer for PMD which is compatible with CodeClimate. See [PR#83](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/83). * [#1360](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1360/): Provide backwards compatibility for PMD configuration file **Modified Rules:** * java-design/UseVargs: public static void main method is ignored now and so are methods, that are annotated with Override. See [PR#79](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/79). **Pull Requests:** * [#27](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/27): Added support for Raw String Literals (C++11). * [#29](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/29): Added support for files with UTF-8 BOM to JSP tokenizer. * [#30](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/30): Removed file filter for files that are explicitly specified on the CPD command line using the '--files' command line option. * [#31](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/31): Added file encoding detection to CPD. * [#32](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/32): Extended Objective-C grammar to accept UTF-8 escapes (\uXXXX) in string literals. * [#33](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/33): Added support for Swift to CPD. * [#79](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/79): do not flag public static void main(String[]) as UseVarargs; ignore @Override for UseVarargs * [#80](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/80): Update mvn-plugin.md * [#83](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/83): Adds new Code Climate-compliant JSON renderer * [#85](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/85): #1340 UseStringBufferForStringAppends False Positive with Ternary Operator **Bugfixes:** * java-basic/DoubleCheckedLocking: * [#1471](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1471/): False positives for DoubleCheckedLocking * java-basic/SimplifiedTernary: * [#1424](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1424/): False positive with ternary operator * java-codesize/TooManyMethods: * [#1457](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1457/): TooManyMethods counts inner class methods * java-controversial/AvoidUsingShortType: * [#1449](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1449/): false positive when casting a variable to short * java-design/AccessorClassGeneration: * [#1452](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1452/): ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException with Annotations for AccessorClassGenerationRule * java-design/CloseResource * [#1479](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1479/): CloseResource false positive on Statement * java-design/UseUtilityClass: * [#1467](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1467/): UseUtilityClass can't correctly check functions with multiple annotations * java-imports/UnusedImports: * [#1465](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1465/): False Positve UnusedImports with javadoc @link * java-junit/TestClassWithoutTestCases: * [#1453](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1453/): Test Class Without Test Cases gives false positive * java-optimizations/UseStringBufferForStringAppends: * [#1340](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1340/): UseStringBufferForStringAppends False Positive with ternary operator * java-sunsecure/ArrayIsStoredDirectly: * [#1475](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1475/): False positive of MethodReturnsInternalArray * [#1476](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1476/): False positive of ArrayIsStoredDirectly * java-unnecessary/UnnecessaryFinalModifier: * [#1464](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1464/): UnnecessaryFinalModifier false positive on a @SafeVarargs method * java-unusedcode/UnusedFormalParameter: * [#1456](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1456/): UnusedFormalParameter should ignore overriding methods * java-unusedcode/UnusedLocalVariable * [#1484](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1484/): UnusedLocalVariable - false positive - parenthesis * java-unusedcode/UnusedModifier * [#1480](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1480/): false positive on public modifier used with inner interface in enum * General * [#1455](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1455/): PMD doesn't handle Java 8 explicit receiver parameters * [#1458](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1458/): Performance degradation scanning large XML files with XPath custom rules * [#1461](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1461/): Possible threading issue due to PR#75 * [#1470](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1470/): Error with type-bound lambda * [#1481](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1481/): no problems found results in blank file instead of empty xml **CLI Changes:** * CPD: If a complete filename is specified, the language dependent filename filter is not applied. This allows to scan files, that are not using the standard file extension. If a directory is specified, the filename filter is still applied and only those files with the correct file extension of the language are scanned. * CPD: If no problems found, an empty report will be output instead of nothing. See also [#1481](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1481/) * New command line parameter for PMD: `-norulesetcompatibility` - this disables the ruleset factory compatibility filter and fails, if e.g. an old rule name is used in the ruleset. See also [#1360](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1360/). This option is also available for the ant task: `true`. ## 04-December-2015 - 5.4.1 **Feature Request and Improvements:** * CPD: New command line parameter `--ignore-usings`: Ignore using directives in C# when comparing text. **Modified Rules:** * java-comments/CommentRequired: New property `serialVersionUIDCommentRequired` which controls the comment requirements for *serialVersionUID* fields. By default, no comment is required for this field. **Pull Requests:** * [#25](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/25): Added option to exclude C# using directives from CPD analysis * [#72](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/72): Added capability in Java and JSP parser for tracking tokens. * [#74](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/74): Fix rendering CommentDefaultAccessModifier description as code * [#75](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/75): RuleSetFactory Performance Enhancement **Bugfixes:** * java-comments/CommentDefaultAccessModifier * [#1430](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1430/): CommentDefaultAccessModifier triggers on field annotated with @VisibleForTesting * java-comments/CommentRequired * [#1434](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1434/): CommentRequired raises violation on serialVersionUID field * java-design/UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify * [#1438](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1438/): UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify gives false positive * java-finalizers/AvoidCallingFinalize * [#1440](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1440/): NPE in AvoidCallingFinalize * java-imports/UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName * [#1436](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1436/): UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName false positive on clashing static imports with enums * java-junit/JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage * [#1373](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1373/): JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage is no longer compatible with TestNG * java-migrating/JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation * [#1446](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1446/): False positive with JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation when TestNG is used * java-naming/SuspiciousEqualsMethodName * [#1431](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1431/): SuspiciousEqualsMethodName false positive * java-optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializer * [#1443](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1443/): RedundantFieldInitializer: False positive for small floats * java-unnecessary/UselessQualifiedThis * [#1422](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1422/): UselessQualifiedThis: False positive with Java 8 Function * java-unusedcode/UnusedPrivateField * [#1428](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1428/): False positive in UnusedPrivateField when local variable hides member variable * General * [#1425](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1425/): Invalid XML Characters in Output * [#1429](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1429/): Java - Parse Error: Cast in return expression * [#1441](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1441/): PMD: Update documentation how to compile after modularization ## 04-October-2015 - 5.4.0
Note: PMD 5.4.0 requires JDK 1.7 or above.
**Summary:** * 9 new rules * 4 features requests * 18 pull requests **Feature Request and Improvements:** * [#1344](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1344/): AbstractNaming should check reverse * [#1361](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1361/): ShortVariable and ShortMethodName configuration * [#1414](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1414/): Command line parameter to disable "failOnViolation" behavior PMD and CPD Command Line Interfaces have a new optional parameter: `failOnViolation`. Executing PMD with the option `-failOnViolation false` will perform the PMD checks but won't fail the build and still exit with status 0. This is useful if you only want to generate the report with violations but don't want to fail your build. * [#1420](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1420/): UnusedPrivateField: Ignore fields if using lombok **New Rules:** * Java: * Basic: **SimplifiedTernary** (rulesets/java/basic.xml/SimplifiedTernary)
Ternary operator with a boolean literal can be simplified with a boolean expression. * Clone: **CloneMethodMustBePublic** (rulesets/java/clone.xml/CloneMethodMustBePublic)
The java manual says "By convention, classes that implement the `Cloneable` interface should override `Object.clone` (which is protected) with a public method." * Clone: **CloneMethodReturnTypeMustMatchClassName** (rulesets/java/clone.xml/CloneMethodReturnTypeMustMatchClassName)
If a class implements `Cloneable` the return type of the method `clone()` must be the class name. * Comments: **CommentDefaultAccessModifier** (rulesets/java/comments.xml/CommentDefaultAccessModifier)
In order to avoid mistakes with forgotten access modifiers for methods, this rule ensures, that you explicitly mark the usage of the default access modifier by placing a comment. * Design: **SingletonClassReturningNewInstance** (rulesets/java/design.xml/SingletonClassReturningNewInstance)
Verifies that the method called `getInstance` returns a cached instance and not always a fresh, new instance. * Design: **SingleMethodRule** (rulesets/java/design.xml/SingleMethodSingletonRule)
Verifies that there is only one method called `getInstance`. If there are more methods that return the singleton, then it can easily happen, that these are not the same instances - and thus no singleton. * Unnecessary: **UselessQualifiedThis** (rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml/UselessQualifiedThis)
Flags unnecessary qualified usages of this, when `this` alone would be unique. E.g. use just `this` instead of `Foo.this`. * Maven POM: (The rules can be found in the *pmd-xml* module) * Basic: **ProjectVersionAsDependencyVersion** (rulesets/pom/basic.xml/ProjectVersionAsDependencyVersion)
Checks the usage of `${project.version}` in Maven POM files. * Basic: **InvalidDependencyTypes** (rulesets/pom/basic.xml/InvalidDependencyTypes)
Verifies that only the default types (jar, war, ...) for dependencies are used. Ruleset snippet to activate the new rules: **Modified Rules:** * Java * Basic: **CheckResultSet** (rulesets/java/basic.xml/CheckResultSet)
Do not require to check the result of a navigation method, if it is returned. * JUnit: **UseAssertTrueInsteadOfAssertEquals** (rulesets/java/junit.xml/UseAssertTrueInsteadOfAssertEquals)
This rule also flags assertEquals, that use Boolean.TRUE/FALSE constants. * Naming: **AbstractNaming** (rulesets/java/naming.xml/AbstractNaming)
By default, this rule flags now classes, that are named "Abstract" but are not abstract. This behavior can be disabled by setting the new property `strict` to false. * Naming: **ShortMethodName** (rulesets/java/naming.xml/ShortMethodName)
Additional property `minimum` to configure the minimum required length of a method name. * Naming: **ShortVariable** (rulesets/java/naming.xml/ShortVariable)
Additional property `minimum` to configure the minimum required length of a variable name. * UnusedCode: **UnusedPrivateField** (rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml/UnusedPrivateField)
This rule won't trigger anymore if [Lombok](https://projectlombok.org) is in use. See [#1420](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1420/). **Renamed Rules:** * Java * Design: **UseSingleton** - **UseUtilityClass** (rulesets/java/design.xml/UseUtilityClass)
The rule "UseSingleton" *has been renamed* to "UseUtilityClass". See also bugs [#1059](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1059) and [#1339](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1339/). **Removed Rules:** * Java * Basic: The following rules of ruleset "Basic" were marked as deprecated and are removed with this release now:

EmptyCatchBlock, EmptyIfStatement, EmptyWhileStmt, EmptyTryBlock, EmptyFinallyBlock, EmptySwitchStatements, EmptySynchronizedBlock, EmptyStatementNotInLoop, EmptyInitializer, EmptyStatementBlock, EmptyStaticInitializer

UnnecessaryConversionTemporary, UnnecessaryReturn, UnnecessaryFinalModifier, UselessOverridingMethod, UselessOperationOnImmutable, UnusedNullCheckInEquals, UselessParentheses

These rules are still available in the rulesets "Empty" (rulesets/java/empty.xml) and "Unnecessary" (rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml) respectively. * Design: The rule "UncommentedEmptyMethod" has been renamed last release to "UncommentedEmptyMethodBody". The old rule name reference has been removed with this release now. * Controversial: The rule "BooleanInversion" has been deprecated last release and has been removed with this release completely. **Pull Requests:** * [#21](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/21): Added PMD Rules for Singleton pattern violations. * [#23](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/23): Extended Objective-C grammar to accept Unicode characters in identifiers * [#54](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/54): Add a new rulesets for Maven's POM rules * [#55](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/55): Fix run.sh for paths with spaces * [#56](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/56): Adding support for WSDL rules * [#57](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/57): Add default access modifier as comment rule * [#58](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/58): Add rule for unnecessary literal boolean in ternary operators * [#59](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/59): Add check to Boxed booleans in UseAssertTrueInsteadOfAssertEquals rule * [#60](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/60): Add UselessQualifiedThisRule * [#61](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/61): Add CloneMethodReturnTypeMustMatchClassName rule * [#62](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/62): Add CloneMethodMustBePublic rule * [#63](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/63): Change CheckResultSet to allow for the result of the navigation methods to be returned * [#65](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/65): Fix ClassCastException in UselessOverridingMethodRule. * [#66](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/66): #1370 ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse not detected properly on StringBuffer * [#67](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/67): Use Path instead of string to check file exclusions to fix windows-only bug * [#68](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/68): #1370 ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse not detected properly on StringBuffer * [#69](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/69): #1371 InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration not detected properly on StringBuffer * [#70](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/70): Fix code example **Bugfixes:** * java-unusedcode/UnusedPrivateMethod: * [#1412](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1412/): UnusedPrivateMethod false positive: Issue #1403 not completely solved **API Changes:** * pmd requires now JDK 1.7 or above. * pmd-core: `net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.Scope`: The method `addNameOccurrence` returns now a Set of NameDeclarations to which the given occurrence has been added. This is useful in case there are ambiguous declarations of methods. * pmd-core: `net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.AbstractScope`: The method `findVariableHere` returns now a Set of NameDeclarations which match the given occurrence. This is useful in case there are ambiguous declarations of methods. ## 04-November-2016 - 5.3.8 **Summary** * 1 feature requests * 6 pull requests * 17 bug fixes **Feature Requests and Improvements:** * [#1360](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1360/): \[core] \[java] Provide backwards compatibility for PMD configuration file **Pull Requests:** * [#35](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/35): \[javascript] Javascript tokenizer now ignores comment tokens. * [#103](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/103): \[java] Fix for 1501: CyclomaticComplexity rule causes OOM when class reporting is disabled * [#111](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/111): \[java] Fix BooleanInstantiationRule for Java 8 * [#112](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/112): \[java] Fix ClassCastException on CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable * [#113](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/113): \[java] Fix ClassCastException on SignatureDeclareThrowsException * [#119](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/119): \[plsql] Fix PMD issue 1531- endless loop followed by OOM while parsing (PL)SQL **Bugfixes:** * java * [#1501](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1501/): \[java] \[apex] CyclomaticComplexity rule causes OOM when class reporting is disabled * java-basic/BooleanInstantiation * [#1533](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1533/): \[java] BooleanInstantiation: ClassCastException with Annotation * java-comments * [#1522](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1522/): \[java] CommentRequired: false positive * java-design/CloseResource * [#1479](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1479/): \[java] CloseResource: false positive on Statement * java-imports/UnusedImports * [#1529](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1529/): \[java] UnusedImports: The created rule violation has no class name * java-typeresolution/CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable * [#1532](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1532/): \[java] CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable: Implemented Interface extends Cloneable * [#1534](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1534/): \[java] CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable: ClassCastException with Annotation (java8) * java-typeresolution/SignatureDeclareThrowsException * [#1535](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1535/): \[java] SignatureDeclareThrowsException: ClassCastException with Annotation * java-unusedcode/UnusedLocalVariable * [#1484](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1484/): \[java] UnusedLocalVariable: false positive - parenthesis * java-unusedcode/UnusedModifier * [#1480](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1480/): \[java] UnusedModifier: false positive on public modifier used with inner interface in enum * plsql * [#1520](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1520/): \[plsql] Missing PL/SQL language constructs in parser: Is Of Type, Using * [#1527](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1527/): \[plsql] PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION gives processing errors * [#1531](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1531/): \[plsql] OOM/Endless loop while parsing (PL)SQL * General * [#1481](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1481/): \[core] CPD: no problems found results in blank file instead of empty xml * [#1499](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1499/): \[core] CPD test break PMD 5.5.1 build on Windows * [#1506](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1506/): \[core] When runing any RuleTst, start/end methods not called * [#1508](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1508/): \[core] \[java] PMD is leaking file handles **API Changes:** * New command line parameter for PMD: `-norulesetcompatibility` - this disables the ruleset factory compatibility filter and fails, if e.g. an old rule name is used in the ruleset. See also [#1360](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1360/). This option is also available for the ant task: `true`. * CPD: If no problems found, an empty report will be output instead of nothing. See also [#1481](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1481/) ## 30-April-2016 - 5.3.7 **New Supported Languages:** * CPD supports now Swift (see [PR#33](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/33)). **Feature Request and Improvements:** * A JSON-renderer for PMD which is compatible with CodeClimate. See [PR#83](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/83). **Modified Rules:** * java-design/UseVargs: public static void main method is ignored now and so are methods, that are annotated with Override. See [PR#79](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/79). **Pull Requests:** * [#27](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/27): Added support for Raw String Literals (C++11). * [#29](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/29): Added support for files with UTF-8 BOM to JSP tokenizer. * [#30](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/30): Removed file filter for files that are explicitly specified on the CPD command line using the '--files' command line option. * [#31](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/31): Added file encoding detection to CPD. * [#32](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/32): Extended Objective-C grammar to accept UTF-8 escapes (\uXXXX) in string literals. * [#33](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/33): Added support for Swift to CPD. * [#79](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/79): do not flag public static void main(String[]) as UseVarargs; ignore @Override for UseVarargs * [#80](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/80): Update mvn-plugin.md * [#83](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/83): Adds new Code Climate-compliant JSON renderer * [#85](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/85): #1340 UseStringBufferForStringAppends False Positive with Ternary Operator **Bugfixes:** * java-basic/DoubleCheckedLocking: * [#1471](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1471/): False positives for DoubleCheckedLocking * java-codesize/TooManyMethods: * [#1457](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1457/): TooManyMethods counts inner class methods * java-controversial/AvoidUsingShortType: * [#1449](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1449/): false positive when casting a variable to short * java-design/AccessorClassGeneration: * [#1452](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1452/): ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException with Annotations for AccessorClassGenerationRule * java-design/UseUtilityClass: * [#1467](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1467/): UseUtilityClass can't correctly check functions with multiple annotations * java-imports/UnusedImports: * [#1465](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1465/): False Positve UnusedImports with javadoc @link * java-junit/TestClassWithoutTestCases: * [#1453](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1453/): Test Class Without Test Cases gives false positive * java-optimizations/UseStringBufferForStringAppends: * [#1340](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1340/): UseStringBufferForStringAppends False Positive with ternary operator * java-sunsecure/ArrayIsStoredDirectly: * [#1475](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1475/): False positive of MethodReturnsInternalArray * [#1476](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1476/): False positive of ArrayIsStoredDirectly * java-unnecessary/UnnecessaryFinalModifier: * [#1464](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1464/): UnnecessaryFinalModifier false positive on a @SafeVarargs method * java-unusedcode/UnusedFormalParameter: * [#1456](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1456/): UnusedFormalParameter should ignore overriding methods * General * [#1455](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1455/): PMD doesn't handle Java 8 explicit receiver parameters * [#1458](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1458/): Performance degradation scanning large XML files with XPath custom rules * [#1461](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1461/): Possible threading issue due to PR#75 * [#1470](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1470/): Error with type-bound lambda **CLI Changes:** * CPD: If a complete filename is specified, the language dependent filename filter is not applied. This allows to scan files, that are not using the standard file extension. If a directory is specified, the filename filter is still applied and only those files with the correct file extension of the language are scanned. ## 04-December-2015 - 5.3.6 **Feature Request and Improvements:** * CPD: New command line parameter `--ignore-usings`: Ignore using directives in C# when comparing text. **Modified Rules:** * java-comments/CommentRequired: New property `serialVersionUIDCommentRequired` which controls the comment requirements for *serialVersionUID* fields. By default, no comment is required for this field. **Pull Requests:** * [#25](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/25): Added option to exclude C# using directives from CPD analysis * Note: This also contains the fix from [#23](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/23) * [#72](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/72): Added capability in Java and JSP parser for tracking tokens. * [#75](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/75): RuleSetFactory Performance Enhancement **Bugfixes:** * java-comments/CommentRequired * [#1434](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1434/): CommentRequired raises violation on serialVersionUID field * java-design/UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify * [#1438](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1438/): UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify gives false positive * java-finalizers/AvoidCallingFinalize * [#1440](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1440/): NPE in AvoidCallingFinalize * java-imports/UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName * [#1436](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1436/): UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName false positive on clashing static imports with enums * java-junit/JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage * [#1373](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1373/): JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage is no longer compatible with TestNG * java-migrating/JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation * [#1446](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1446/): False positive with JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation when TestNG is used * java-naming/SuspiciousEqualsMethodName * [#1431](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1431/): SuspiciousEqualsMethodName false positive * java-optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializer * [#1443](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1443/): RedundantFieldInitializer: False positive for small floats * java-unusedcode/UnusedPrivateField * [#1428](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1428/): False positive in UnusedPrivateField when local variable hides member variable * General * [#1429](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1429/): Java - Parse Error: Cast in return expression * [#1425](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1425/): Invalid XML Characters in Output * [#1441](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1441/): PMD: Update documentation how to compile after modularization ## 04-October-2015 - 5.3.5 **Modified Rules:** * java-design/CloseResource: New Property *closeAsDefaultTarget* which is *true* by default to stay backwards compatible. If this property is *true*, the rule will make sure, that `close` itself is always considered as a *closeTarget* - no matter whether it is configured with the *closeTargets* property or not. **Pull Requests:** * [#71](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/71): #1410 Improve description of DefaultPackage rule **Bugfixes:** * java-controversial/DefaultPackage: * [#1410](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1410/): DefaultPackage triggers on field annotated with @VisibleForTesting * java-design/CloseResource: * [#1387](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1387/): CloseResource has false positive for ResultSet * java-optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializer * [#1418](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1418/): RedundantFieldInitializer false positive with large long value * java-strings/InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration: * [#1409](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1409/): NullPointerException in InsufficientStringBufferRule * [#1413](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1413/): False positive StringBuffer constructor with ?: int value * java-unnecessary/UselessParentheses: * [#1407](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1407/): UselessParentheses "&" and "+" operator precedence ## 18-September-2015 - 5.3.4 **Bugfixes:** * [#1370](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1370/): ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse not detected properly on StringBuffer * [#1371](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1371/): InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration not detected properly on StringBuffer * [#1380](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1380/): InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration false positive when literal string passed to a lookup service * [#1384](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1384/): NullPointerException in ConsecutiveLiteralAppendsRule * [#1388](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1388/): ConstructorCallsOverridableMethodRule doesn't work with params? * [#1392](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1392/): SimplifyStartsWith false-negative * [#1393](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1393/): PMD hanging during DataflowAnomalyAnalysis * [#1394](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1394/): dogfood.xml - Unable to exclude rules [UncommentedEmptyMethod] * [#1395](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1395/): UnusedPrivateMethod false positive for array element method call * [#1396](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1396/): PrematureDeclaration lambda false positive * [#1397](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1397/): StringToString should ignore method references * [#1398](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1398/): False positive for GuardLogStatementJavaUtil with Log4j * [#1399](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1399/): False positive for VariableNamingConventions with annotation @interface * [#1400](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1400/): False positive with JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation * [#1401](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1401/): False positive for StringBuilder.append called with constructor * [#1402](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1402/): Windows-Only: File exclusions are not case insensitive * [#1403](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1403/): False positive UnusedPrivateMethod with JAVA8 * [#1404](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1404/): Java8 'Unnecessary use of fully qualified name' in Streams Collector * [#1405](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1405/): UnusedPrivateMethod false positive? ## 25-July-2015 - 5.3.3 **Pull Requests:** * [#55](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/55): Fix run.sh for paths with spaces **Bugfixes:** * [#1364](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1364/): FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass false positive using multiple annotations * [#1365](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1365/): Aggregated javadoc report is missing * [#1366](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1366/): UselessParentheses false positive on multiple equality operators * [#1369](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1369/): ConsecutiveLiteralAppends not detected properly on StringBuffer * [#1372](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1372/): False Negative for CloseResource rule. * [#1375](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1375/): CloseResource not detected properly * [#1376](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1376/): CompareObjectsWithEquals fails for type annotated method parameter * [#1379](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1379/): PMD CLI: Cannot specify multiple properties * [#1381](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1381/): CPD Cannot use CSV/VS Renderers because they don't support encoding property ## 22-May-2015 - 5.3.2 **Bugfixes:** * [#1330](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1330/): AvoidReassigningParameters does not work with varargs * [#1335](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1335/): GuardLogStatementJavaUtil should not apply to SLF4J Logger * [#1342](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1342/): UseConcurrentHashMap false positive (with documentation example) * [#1343](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1343/): MethodNamingConventions for overrided methods * [#1345](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1345/): UseCollectionIsEmpty throws NullPointerException * [#1353](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1353/): False positive "Only One Return" with lambda * [#1354](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1354/): Complex FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass false positive with Spring annotations * [#1355](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1355/): NullPointerException in a java file having a single comment line ## 20-April-2015 - 5.3.1 **New/Modified/Deprecated Rules:** * Language Java, ruleset design.xml: The rule "UseSingleton" *has been renamed* to "UseUtilityClass". See also bugs [#1059](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1059) and [#1339](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1339/). **Pull Requests:** * [#53](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/53): Fix some NullPointerExceptions **Bugfixes:** * [#1332](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1332/): False Positive: UnusedPrivateMethod * [#1333](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1333/): Error while processing Java file with Lambda expressions * [#1337](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1337/): False positive "Avoid throwing raw exception types" when exception is not thrown * [#1338](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1338/): The pmd-java8 POM bears the wrong parent module version ## April 1, 2015 - 5.3.0 **New Supported Languages:** * Matlab (CPD) * Objective-C (CPD) * Python (CPD) * Scala (CPD) **Feature Requests and Improvements:** * XML: Line numbers for XML documents are more accurate. This is a further improvement of [#1054](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1054/). * CPD: New output format 'csv_with_linecount_per_file' * [#1320](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1320/): Enhance SimplifyBooleanReturns checks * PMD exits with status `4` if any violations have been found. This behavior has been introduced to ease PMD integration into scripts or hooks, such as SVN hooks. **New/Modified/Deprecated Rules:** The following rules have been enhanced : * Language Java, ruleset design.xml: The rule "SimplifyBooleanReturns" now also marks methods where the else case is omitted and just a return. See also feature [#1320](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1320/). The following rules are marked as deprecated and will be removed with the next release of PMD. * Language Java, ruleset basic.xml: The following rules have been *moved into the `empty.xml` ruleset*. You'll need to enable the "empty" ruleset explicitly from now on, if you want to have these rules executed: EmptyCatchBlock, EmptyIfStatement, EmptyWhileStmt, EmptyTryBlock, EmptyFinallyBlock, EmptySwitchStatements, EmptySynchronizedBlock, EmptyStatementNotInLoop, EmptyInitializer, EmptyStatementBlock, EmptyStaticInitializer. * Language Java, ruleset basic.xml: The following rules have been *moved into the `unnecessary.xml` ruleset*. You'll need to enable the "unnecessary" ruleset explicitly from now on, if you want to have these rules executed: UnnecessaryConversionTemporary, UnnecessaryReturn, UnnecessaryFinalModifier, UselessOverridingMethod, UselessOperationOnImmutable, UnusedNullCheckInEquals, UselessParentheses. * Language Java, ruleset design.xml: The rule "UncommentedEmptyMethod" *has been renamed* to "UncommentedEmptyMethodBody". See also bug [#1283](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1283/). * Language Java, ruleset controversial.xml: The rule "BooleanInversion" is deprecated and *will be removed* with the next release. See [#1277](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1277/) for more details. **Pull Requests:** * [#11](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/11): Added support for Python to CPD. * [#12](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/12): Added support for Matlab to CPD. * [#13](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/13): Added support for Objective-C to CPD. * [#14](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/14): Added support for Scala to CPD. * [#15](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/15): (pmd-cs) Fixed incorrect line numbers after mutiline comments and verbatim strings. * [#16](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/16): Fixed several C++ lexical / tokenize errors. * [#17](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/17): Fixed '--files' command line option of CPD, so it also works for files and not only for directories. * [#18](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/18): Created extra CSV output format `csv_with_linecount_per_file` which outputs the correct line count per file. * [#19](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/19): Fixed exit status of PMD when error occurs * [#48](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/48): Handle NoClassDefFoundError along ClassNotFoundException * [#49](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/49): Fix some false positives in UnusedPrivateField * [#50](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/50): Add missing assertions in JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage test * [#51](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/51): [JUnit] Check assertion message present in assertEquals with delta * [#52](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/52): Improves JDK8 support for default methods and static methods in interfaces **Bugfixes:** * [#914](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/914/): False +ve from UnusedImports with wildcard static imports * [#1197](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1197/): JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation for private method * [#1277](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1277/): Delete BooleanInversion as it makes no sense * [#1283](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1283/): Rename UncommentedEmptyMethod to UncommentedEmptyMethodBody * [#1296](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1296/): PMD UnusedPrivateMethod invalid detection of 'private void method(int,boolean,Integer...)' * [#1298](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1298/): Member variable int type with value 0xff000000 causes processing error * [#1299](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1299/): MethodReturnsInternalArray false positive * [#1302](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1302/): False Positive: UnusedPrivateField when accessed by inner class * [#1303](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1303/): OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcodeRule does not work on class implements resolvable interfaces * [#1304](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1304/): UseCollectionIsEmpty false positive comparing to 1 * [#1305](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1305/): variable declaration inside switch causes ClassCastException * [#1306](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1306/): False positive on duplicate when using static imports * [#1307](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1307/): False positive: SingularField and lambda-expression * [#1308](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1308/): PMD runs endlessly on some generated files * [#1312](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1312/): Rule reference must not override rule name of referenced rule * [#1313](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1313/): Missing assertion message in assertEquals with delta not detected * [#1316](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1316/): Multi Rule Properties with delimiter not possible * [#1317](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1317/): RuntimeException when parsing class with multiple lambdas * [#1319](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1319/): PMD stops with NoClassDefFoundError (typeresolution) * [#1321](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1321/): CPD format XML fails with NullPointer * [#1322](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1322/): MethodReturnsInternalArray on private methods * [#1323](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1323/): False positive case of UseAssertTrueInsteadOfAssertEquals * [#1324](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1324/): MethodReturnsInternalArray false positive with clone() * [#1325](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1325/): Inner class declared within a method fails to parse (ClassCastException) * [#1326](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1326/): PMD 5.3.0-SNAPSHOT doesn't compile under Windows **API Changes:** * `net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Match.iterator()` now returns an iterator of the new type `net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Mark` instead of TokenEntry. A `Mark` contains all the informations about each single duplication, including the TokenEntry via `Mark.getToken()`. This Mark is useful for reporting the correct line count for each duplication. Previously only one line count was available. As for some languages CPD can be instructed to ignore comments, the line count could be different in the different files for the same duplication. * pmd-test: The utility class `StreamUtil` is deprecated. Just use Apache Commons IO Utils instead. ## December 21, 2014 - 5.2.3: **Feature Requests and Improvements:** * [#1288](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1288/): MethodNamingConventions for native should be deactivated * [#1293](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1293/): Disable VariableNamingConventions for native methods **Modified Rules:** * [Java / Design / UseVarargs](http://pmd.sourceforge.net/pmd-java/rules/java/design.html#UseVarargs): if `byte[]` is used as the last argument, it is ignored and no violation will be reported. * [Java / Naming / MethodNamingConventions](http://pmd.sourceforge.net/pmd-java/rules/java/naming.html#MethodNamingConventions): New property `checkNativeMethods` * [Java / Naming / VariableNamingConventions](http://pmd.sourceforge.net/pmd-java/rules/java/naming.html#VariableNamingConventions): New property `checkNativeMethodParameters` **Pull requests:** * [#45](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/45): #1290 RuleSetReferenceId does not process HTTP(S) correctly. * [#46](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/46): Allow byte[] as no-vargars last argument * [#47](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/47): Allow byte[] data and byte data[] as no-varargs last argument **Bugfixes:** * [#1252](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1252/): net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.TokenMgrError: Lexical error in file xxx.cpp * [#1289](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1289/): CommentRequired not ignored if javadoc {@inheritDoc} anon inner classes * [#1290](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1290/): RuleSetReferenceId does not process HTTP(S) correctly. * [#1294](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1294/): False positive UnusedPrivateMethod with public inner enum from another class ## December 3, 2014 - 5.2.2: **New Parameters for CPD:** For the language cpp, the following new parameters are supported: * `--no-skip-blocks`: Disables skipping of code blocks like a pre-processor. This is by default enabled. * `--skip-blocks-pattern`: Pattern to find the blocks to skip. Start and End pattern separated by "`|`". Default value is "`#if 0|#endif`". **Bugfixes:** * [#1090](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1090/): cpp parser exception with inline asm * [#1128](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1128/): CompareObjectsWithEquals False Positive comparing boolean (primitive) values * [#1254](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1254/): CPD run that worked in 5.1.2 fails in 5.1.3 with OOM * [#1276](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1276/): False positive in UnusedPrivateMethod with inner enum * [#1280](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1280/): False Positive in UnusedImports when import used in javadoc * [#1281](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1281/): UnusedPrivateMethod incorrectly flagged for methods nested private classes * [#1282](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1282/): False Positive with implicit String.valuesOf() (Java) * [#1285](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1285/): Prevent to modify the System environment * [#1286](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1286/): UnusedPrivateMethod returns false positives for varags and enums ## November 3, 2014 - 5.2.1: **Bugfixes:** * [#550](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/550/): False +: MissingBreakInSwitch * [#1252](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1252/): net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.TokenMgrError: Lexical error in file xxx.cpp * [#1253](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1253/): Document default behaviour when CPD command line arguments "encoding" and "ignoreAnnotations" are not specified * [#1255](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1255/): UseUtilityClass false positive with Exceptions * [#1256](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1256/): PositionLiteralsFirstInComparisons false positive with Characters * [#1258](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1258/): Java 8 Lambda parse error on direct field access * [#1259](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1259/): CloseResource rule ignores conditionnals within finally blocks * [#1261](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1261/): False positive "Avoid unused private methods" with Generics * [#1262](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1262/): False positive for MissingBreakInSwitch * [#1263](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1263/): PMD reports CheckResultSet violation in completely unrelated source files. * [#1272](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1272/): varargs in methods are causing IndexOutOfBoundException when trying to process files * [#1273](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1273/): CheckResultSet false positive in try-with-resources nested in if * [#1274](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1274/): ant integration broken with pmd-5.2.0 * [#1275](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1275/): False positive: UnusedModifier rule for static inner class in enum ## October 17, 2014 - 5.2.0: **Modularization of the source code:** The source code of pmd was undergoing a major restructuring. Each language is separated out into its own module. This reduces the size of the artifacts significantly, if only one language is needed. It also makes it easier, to add new languages as extensions. Therefore, the maven coordinates needed to change. In order to just use pmd with java support, you'll need the following two dependencies: net.sourceforge.pmd pmd-core 5.2.0 net.sourceforge.pmd pmd-java 5.2.0 The binary package still contains all languages and can be used as usual. Have a look at [the central repository](http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|g%3Anet.sourceforge.pmd) for available modules. **New Languages** * CPD supports now [Go](https://golang.org/). **Pull requests:** * [#9](https://github.com/adangel/pmd/pull/9/): New rule: NoUnsanitizedJSPExpressionRule * [#44](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/44/): Add GoLang support to CPD **New/Modified Rules:** * JSP - Basic ruleset: * NoUnsanitizedJSPExpression: Using unsanitized JSP expression can lead to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks ## August 31, 2014 - 5.1.3: **Bugfixes:** * [#1156](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1156/): False failure with "Avoid unused private methods" * [#1187](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1187/): double variable with AvoidDecimalLiteralsInBigDecimalConstructor * [#1228](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1228/): UnusedPrivateMethod returns false positives * [#1230](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1230/): UseCollectionIsEmpty gets false positives * [#1231](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1231/): No Error Message on Missing Rule * [#1233](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1233/): UnusedPrivateMethod: False positive : method called on returned object. * [#1234](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1234/): Unused private methods still giving false positives in 5.1.3 snapshot * [#1235](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1235/): scope dependencies in POM file * [#1239](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1239/): StackOverflowError in AbstractTokenizer.parseString running CPD on >1MB JS file * [#1241](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1241/): False+ AvoidProtectedMethodInFinalClassNotExtending * [#1243](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1243/): Useless Parentheses False Positive * [#1245](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1245/): False Positive for Law of Demeter * [#1246](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1246/): False positive from MissingBreakInSwitch * [#1247](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1247/): Not able to recognize JDK 8 Static Method References * [#1249](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1249/): Regression: UnusedPrivateMethod from 5.0.5 to 5.1.2 * [#1250](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1250/): Method attribute missing for some violations * [#1251](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1251/): UnusedPrivateMethod false positives for boxing & unboxing arguments **Feature Requests and Improvements:** * [#1232](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1232/): Make ShortClassName configurable * [#1244](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1244/): FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass and anonymous classes **New/Modified Rules:** * FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass (ruleset java-design) has a new property called `ignoreAnonymousClassDeclarations`: Ignore Field Declarations, that are initialized with anonymous class declarations. This property is enabled by default. See [feature #1244](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1244/). * ShortClassName (ruleset java-naming) has a new property called `minimum`: Number of characters that are required as a minimum for a class name. By default, 5 characters are required - if the class name is shorter, a violation will be reported. See [feature #1232](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1232/). ## July 20, 2014 - 5.1.2: **Bugfixes:** * Fixed [bug #1181]: unused import false positive if used as parameter in javadoc only. * Fixed [bug #1192]: Ecmascript fails to parse this operator " ^= " * Fixed [bug #1198]: ConfusingTernary does not ignore else if blocks even when property is set * Fixed [bug #1200]: setRuleSets method javadoc mistype commands instead commas * Fixed [bug #1201]: Error "Can't find resource null" when ruleset contains spaces after comma * Fixed [bug #1202]: StackOverflowError in RuleSetReferenceId * Fixed [bug #1205]: Parse error on lambda with if * Fixed [bug #1206]: SummaryHTMLRenderer always shows suppressed warnings/violations * Fixed [bug #1208]: yahtml's outputDir property does not work * Fixed [bug #1209]: XPath 2.0 following-sibling incorrectly includes context node * Fixed [bug #1211]: PMD is failing with NPE for rule UseIndexOfChar while analyzing Jdk 8 Lambda expression * Fixed [bug #1214]: UseCollectionIsEmpty misses some usage * Fixed [bug #1215]: AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops matches the right side of a list iteration loop * Fixed [bug #1216]: AtLeastOneConstructor ignores classes with *any* methods * Fixed [bug #1218]: TooFewBranchesForASwitchStatement misprioritized * Fixed [bug #1219]: PrimarySuffix/@Image does not work in some cases in xpath 2.0 * Fixed [bug #1223]: UnusedPrivateMethod: Java 8 method reference causing false positives * Fixed [bug #1224]: GuardDebugLogging broken in 5.1.1 - missing additive statement check in log statement * Fixed [bug #1226]: False Positive: UnusedPrivateMethod overloading with varargs * Fixed [bug #1227]: GuardLogStatementJavaUtil doesn't catch log(Level.FINE, "msg" + " msg") calls [bug #1181]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1181/ [bug #1192]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1192/ [bug #1198]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1198/ [bug #1200]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1200/ [bug #1201]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1201/ [bug #1202]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1202/ [bug #1205]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1205/ [bug #1206]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1206/ [bug #1208]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1208/ [bug #1209]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1209/ [bug #1211]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1211/ [bug #1214]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1214/ [bug #1215]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1215/ [bug #1216]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1216/ [bug #1218]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1218/ [bug #1219]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1219/ [bug #1223]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1223/ [bug #1224]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1224/ [bug #1226]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1226/ [bug #1227]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1227/ **Feature Requests and Improvements:** * [#1203]: Make GuardLogStatementJavaUtil configurable * [#1213]: AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition -- switch for integer comparison with 0 * [#1217]: SystemPrintln always says "System.out.print is used" * [#1221]: OneDeclarationPerLine really checks for one declaration each statement [#1203]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1203/ [#1213]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1213/ [#1217]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1217/ [#1221]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1221/ **Pull requests:** * [#41](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/41): Update to use asm 5.0.2 * [#42](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/42): Add SLF4j Logger type to MoreThanOneLogger rule * [#43](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/43): Standard and modified cyclomatic complexity **New Rules:** * Java - codesize ruleset: * StdCyclomaticComplexity: Like CyclomaticComplexityRule, but not including boolean operators * ModifiedCyclomaticComplexity: Like StdCyclomaticComplexity, but switch statement plus all cases count as 1 * Thanks to Alan Hohn ## April 27, 2014 - 5.1.1: **Bugfixes:** * Fixed [bug 1165]: SimplifyConditional false positive * Fixed [bug 1166]: PLSQL XPath Rules Fail for XPath 1.0 * Fixed [bug 1167]: Error while processing PLSQL file with BOM * Fixed [bug 1168]: Designer errors when trying to copy xml to clipboard * Fixed [bug 1170]: false positive with switch in loop * Fixed [bug 1171]: Specifying minimum priority from command line gives NPE * Fixed [bug 1173]: Java 8 support: method references * Fixed [bug 1175]: false positive for StringBuilder.append called 2 consecutive times * Fixed [bug 1176]: ShortVariable false positive with for-each loops * Fixed [bug 1177]: Incorrect StringBuffer warning when that class is not used * Fixed [bug 1178]: LexicalError while parsing Java code aborts CPD run * Fixed [bug 1180]: False Positive for ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse on different variable names * Fixed [bug 1185]: UnusedModifier throws NPE when parsing enum with a nested static interface * Fixed [bug 1188]: False positive in UnusedPrivateField * Fixed [bug 1191]: Ecmascript fails to parse "void(0)" * Document that PMD requires Java 1.6, see [discussion]. * [Pull request 38]: Some fixes for AbstractCommentRule * [Pull request 39]: Fixed NPE in ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuseRule.getVariableAppended() * [Pull request 40]: Added support for enums in CommentRequiredRule [bug 1165]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1165/ [bug 1166]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1166/ [bug 1167]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1167/ [bug 1168]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1168/ [bug 1170]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1170/ [bug 1171]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1171/ [bug 1173]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1173/ [bug 1175]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1175/ [bug 1176]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1176/ [bug 1177]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1177/ [bug 1178]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1178/ [bug 1180]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1180/ [bug 1185]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1185/ [bug 1188]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1188/ [bug 1191]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1191/ [discussion]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/discussion/188192/thread/6e86840c/ [Pull request 38]: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/38 [Pull request 39]: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/39 [Pull request 40]: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/40 **CPD Changes:** - Command Line - Added option "--skip-lexical-errors" to skip files, which can't be tokenized due to invalid characters instead of aborting CPD. See also [bug 1178]. - Ant - New optional parameter "skipDuplicateFiles": Ignore multiple copies of files of the same name and length in comparison; defaults to "false". This was already a command line option, but now also available in in CPD's ant task. - New optional parameter "skipLexicalErros": Skip files which can't be tokenized due to invalid characters instead of aborting CPD; defaults to "false". [bug 1178]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1178/ ## February 11, 2014 - 5.1.0: **New/Updated Languages:** - Java 1.8 support added. - PLSQL support added; thanks to Stuart Turton. See also http://pldoc.sourceforge.net/ - Apache Velocity support added; thanks to Andrey Utis. See also http://velocity.apache.org **New/Updated Rulesets and Rules:** - EcmaScript - Controversial ruleset, featuring AvoidWithStatement - UseBaseWithParseInt - Java - GuardLogStatement - replace xpath implementation of GuardDebugLogging by GuardLogStatement (better perf) - CommentRequired - basic rule to check for existence for formal (javadoc) comments. - AvoidProtectedMethodInFinalClassNotExtending - rule to avoid protected methods in final classes that don't extend anything other than Object. - ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse - rule to encourage to reuse StringBuilder.append returned object for consecutive calls. - PositionLiteralsFirstInCaseInsensitiveComparisons - rule similar to PositionLiteralsFirstInComparisons, but for case insensitive comparisons (equalsIgnoreCase). Thanks to Larry Diamond - ConfusingTernary - new property "ignoreElseIf" to suppress this rule in case of if-else-if-else usage. See [feature 1161]: Confusing Ternary should skip else if statements (or have a property to do so) - FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass - new property "ignoreEnumDeclarations" which is enabled by default. This relaxes the rule, so that enums can be declared before fields and the rule is not triggered. [feature 1161]: http://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1161/ **Bugfixes:** * Fixed [bug 881]: private final without setter is flagged * Fixed [bug 1059]: Change rule name "Use Singleton" should be "Use Utility class" * Fixed [bug 1106]: PMD 5.0.4 fails with NPE on parsing java enum with inner class instance creation * Fixed [bug 1045]: //NOPMD not working (or not implemented) with ECMAscript * Fixed [bug 1054]: XML Rules ever report a line -1 and not the line/column where the error occurs * Fixed [bug 1115]: commentRequiredRule in pmd 5.1 is not working properly * Fixed [bug 1120]: equalsnull false positive * Fixed [bug 1121]: NullPointerException when invoking XPathCLI * Fixed [bug 1123]: failure in help examples * Fixed [bug 1124]: PMD.run() multithreading issue * Fixed [bug 1125]: Missing Static Method In Non Instantiatable Class * Fixed [bug 1126]: False positive with FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass for static enums * Fixed [bug 1130]: CloseResource doesn't recognize custom close method * Fixed [bug 1131]: CloseResource should complain if code between declaration of resource and try * Fixed [bug 1134]: UseStringBufferLength: false positives * Fixed [bug 1135]: CheckResultSet ignores results set declared outside of try/catch * Fixed [bug 1136]: ECMAScript: NullPointerException in getLeft() and getRight() * Fixed [bug 1140]: public EcmascriptNode getBody(int index) * Fixed [bug 1141]: ECMAScript: getFinallyBlock() is buggy. * Fixed [bug 1142]: ECMAScript: getCatchClause() is buggy. * Fixed [bug 1144]: CPD encoding argument has no effect * Fixed [bug 1146]: UseArrayListInsteadOfVector false positive when using own Vector class * Fixed [bug 1147]: EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract false positives * Fixed [bug 1150]: "EmptyExpression" for valid statements! * Fixed [bug 1154]: Call super onPause when there is no super * Fixed [bug 1155]: maven pmd plugin does not like empty rule sets * Fixed [bug 1159]: false positive UnusedFormalParameter readObject(ObjectInputStream) if not used * Fixed [bug 1164]: Violations are not suppressed with @java.lang.SuppressWarnings("all") [bug 881]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/881 [bug 1059]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1059 [bug 1045]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1045 [bug 1054]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1054 [bug 1106]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1106 [bug 1115]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1115 [bug 1120]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1120 [bug 1121]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1121 [bug 1123]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1123 [bug 1124]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1124 [bug 1125]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1125 [bug 1126]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1126 [bug 1130]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1130 [bug 1131]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1131 [bug 1134]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1134 [bug 1135]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1135 [bug 1136]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1136 [bug 1140]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1140 [bug 1141]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1141 [bug 1142]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1142 [bug 1144]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1144 [bug 1146]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1146 [bug 1147]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1147 [bug 1150]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1150 [bug 1154]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1154 [bug 1155]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1155 [bug 1159]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1159 [bug 1164]: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1164 **CPD Changes:** - Command Line - Added non-recursive option "--non-recursive" to not scan sub-directories - Added option "--exclude" to exclude specific files from being scanned (thanks to Delmas for patch #272) - CPD is now thread-safe, so that multiple instances of CPD can run concurrently without stepping on each other (eg: multi-module Maven projects.). Thanks to David Golpira. **Miscellaneous:** - Upgrade to javacc 5.0 (see patch #1109 Patch to build with Javacc 5.0) - DBURI as DataSource possible - directly scan plsql code stored within the database **API Changes** - Deprecated APIs: - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.ast.ASTFunctionNode: getBody(int index) deprecated, use getBody() instead - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.ast.ASTTryStatement: isCatch() and isFinally() deprecated, use hasCatch() and hasBody() instead - Generalize Symbol Table treatement - Added net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.ScopedNode - Added net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.Scope - Added net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.NameDeclaration - Added net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.NameOccurrence - Added net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.AbstractScope - Added net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.AbstractNameDeclaration ## August 11, 2013 - 5.0.5: Fixed bug 991: AvoidSynchronizedAtMethodLevel for static methods Fixed bug 1084: NPE at UselessStringValueOfRule.java:36 Fixed bug 1091: file extension for fortran seems to be wrong in cpdgui tools Fixed bug 1092: Wrong Attribute "excludemarker" in Ant Task Documentation Fixed bug 1095: AvoidFinalLocalVariable false positive Fixed bug 1099: UseArraysAsList false positives Fixed bug 1102: False positive: shift operator parenthesis Fixed bug 1104: IdempotentOperation false positive Fixed bug 1107: PMD 5.0.4 couldn't parse call of parent outer java class method from inner class Fixed bug 1069: Eclipse plugin does not accept project-local config Fixed bug 1111: False positive: Useless parentheses Fixed bug 1114: CPD - Tokenizer not initialized with requested properties Fixed bug 1118: ClassCastException in pmd.lang.ecmascript.ast.ASTElementGet ## May 1, 2013 - 5.0.4: Fixed bug 254: False+ : UnusedImport with Javadoc @throws Fixed bug 794: False positive on PreserveStackTrace with anonymous inner Fixed bug 1063: False+: ArrayIsStoredDirectly Fixed bug 1080: net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CPDTest test failing Fixed bug 1081: Regression: CPD skipping all files when using relative paths Fixed bug 1082: CPD performance issue on larger projects Fixed bug 1085: NullPointerException by at net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.design.GodClassRule.visit(GodClassRule.java:313) Fixed bug 1086: Unsupported Element and Attribute in Ant Task Example Fixed bug 1087: PreserveStackTrace (still) ignores initCause() Fixed bug 1089: When changing priority in a custom ruleset, violations reported twice ## April 5, 2013 - 5.0.3: Fixed bug 938: False positive on LooseCoupling for overriding methods Fixed bug 940: False positive on UnsynchronizedStaticDateFormatter Fixed bug 942: CheckResultSet False Positive and Negative Fixed bug 943: PreserveStackTrace false positive if a StringBuffer exists Fixed bug 945: PMD generates RuleSets it cannot read. Fixed bug 958: Intermittent NullPointerException while loading XPath node attributes Fixed bug 968: Issues with JUnit4 @Test annotation with expected exception (Thanks to Yiannis Paschalidis) Fixed bug 975: false positive in ClassCastExceptionWithToArray Fixed bug 976: UselessStringValueOf wrong when appending character arrays Fixed bug 977: MisplacedNullCheck makes false positives Fixed bug 984: Cyclomatic complexity should treat constructors like methods Fixed bug 985: Suppressed methods shouldn't affect avg CyclomaticComplexity Fixed bug 992: Class java.beans.Statement triggered in CloseResource rule Fixed bug 997: Rule NonThreadSafeSingleton gives analysis problem Fixed bug 999: Law of Demeter: False positives and negatives Fixed bug 1002: False +: FinalFieldCouldBeStatic on inner class Fixed bug 1005: False + for ConstructorCallsOverridableMethod - overloaded methods Fixed bug 1027: PMD Ant: java.lang.ClassCastException Fixed bug 1032: ImmutableField Rule: Private field in inner class gives false positive Fixed bug 1064: Exception running PrematureDeclaration Fixed bug 1068: CPD fails on broken symbolic links Fixed bug 1073: Hard coded violation messages CommentSize Fixed bug 1074: rule priority doesn't work on group definitions Fixed bug 1076: Report.treeIterator() does not return all violations Fixed bug 1077: Missing JavaDocs for Xref-Test Files Fixed bug 1078: Package statement introduces false positive UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName violation Merged pull request #14: fix Nullpointer Exception when using -l jsp ## February 3, 2013 - 5.0.2: Fixed bug 878: False positive: UnusedFormalParameter for abstract methods Fixed bug 913: SignatureDeclareThrowsException is raised twice Fixed bug 947: CloseResource rule fails if field is marked with annotation Fixed bug 1004: targetjdk isn't attribute of PMD task Fixed bug 1007: Parse Exception with annotation Fixed bug 1011: CloseResource Rule ignores Constructors Fixed bug 1012: False positive: Useless parentheses. Fixed bug 1020: Parsing Error Fixed bug 1026: PMD doesn't handle 'value =' in SuppressWarnings annotation Fixed bug 1028: False-positive: Compare objects with equals for Enums Fixed bug 1030: CPD Java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: Fixed bug 1037: Facing a showstopper issue in PMD Report Class (report listeners) Fixed bug 1039: pmd-nicerhtml.xsl is packaged in wrong location Fixed bug 1043: node.getEndLine() always returns 0 (ECMAscript) Fixed bug 1044: Unknown option: -excludemarker Fixed bug 1046: ant task CPDTask doesn't accept ecmascript Fixed bug 1047: False Positive in 'for' loops for LocalVariableCouldBeFinal in 5.0.1 Fixed bug 1048: CommentContent Rule, String Index out of range Exception Fixed bug 1049: Errors in "How to write a rule" Fixed bug 1055: Please add a colon in the ant output after line,column for Oracle JDeveloper IDE usage Fixed bug 1056: "Error while processing" while running on xml file with DOCTYPE reference Fixed bug 1060: GodClassRule >>> wrong method ## November 28, 2012 - 5.0.1: Fixed bug 820: False+ AvoidReassigningParameters Fixed bug 1008: pmd-5.0.0: ImmutableField false positive on self-inc/dec Fixed bug 1009: pmd-5.0.0: False + UselessParentheses Fixed bug 1003: newline characters stripped from CPD data in PMD 5.0.0 Fixed bug 1001: InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration fails to parse hex Fixed bug 522: InefficientStringBuffering bug false + Fixed bug 953: String.InefficientStringBuffering false + Fixed bug 981: Unable to parse Fixed bug 1010: pmd: parsing of generic method call with super fails Fixed bug 996: pmd-4.2.6: MissingBreakInSwitch fails to report violation Fixed bug 993: Invalid NPath calculation in return statement. Thanks to Prabhjot Singh for the patch. Fixed bug 1023: c/c++ \ as a continuation character not supported Fixed bug 1033: False+ : SingularField Fixed bug 1025: Regression of Crash in PMDTask due to multithreading (Eclipse and Java 1.5) Fixed bug 1017: Type resolution very slow for big project. Thanks to Roman for the patch. Fixed bug 1036: Documentation: default threshold values removed from v5.0 Fixed bug 1035: UseObjectForClearerAPI has misspelled message Fixed bug 1031: false DontImportJavaLang Fixed bug 1034: UseConcurrentHashMap flags calls to methods that return Map Fixed bug 1006: Problem with implementation of getPackageNameImage method Fixed bug 1014: AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition must NOT consider null Fixed bug 1013: jnlp link for CPD is wrong PMD Command Line Changes: Improved command line interface (CLI) parsing using JCommander. Note: this breaks compatibility, but should be easy to fix. With "-d" you specify nowtThe source files / source directory to be scanned. With "-f" you select the report format (like text, html, ...) With "-R" you select the rulesets to be used. Example: pmd -d c:\data\pmd\pmd\test-data\Unused1.java -f xml -R rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml Improved JSP parser to be less strict with not valid XML documents (like HTML). Thanks to Victor Bucutea. Fixed bgastviewer not working. Thanks to Victor Bucutea. Improved CPD: Support in CPD for IgnoreAnnotations and SuppressWarnings("CPD-START"). Thanks to Matthew Short. Fixed C# support for CPD - thanks to TIOBE Software. New Ecmascript rules: Basic ruleset: AvoidTrailingComma ## May, 1, 2012 - 5.0.0: Fixed bug 3515487: Inconsistent reference to ruleset file in documentation Fixed bug 3470274: Using Label for lines in XMLRenderer Fixed bug 3175710: NPE in InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration CPD: - Exit with status code 4 when CPD detects code duplication (Patch ID: 3497021) ## January 31, 2012 - 5.0-alpha: This version of PMD breaks API compatibility with prior versions of PMD, as well as RuleSet XML compatibility. Also the maven coordinates (groupId) have been changed. The decision to break compatibility, allows PMD internals and code organization to be improved to better handle additional languages. This opportunity was used to remove depreciated APIs, and beat up any code which has thumbed its nose at the developers over the years. ;) The following is relatively complete list of the major changes (this may not be 100% accurate, see actual source code when in doubt): Fixed bug (no number) - Fixed UseStringBufferLengthRule only worked once per class All StringBuffer-related rules now also catch StringBuilder-related issues in the same way API Change - Unification of treatment of languages within PMD core: Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language (now an 'enum') Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersion Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersionDiscoverer Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersionHandler Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.XPathHandler Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.AbstractASTXPathHandler Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xpath.Initializer Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AbstractTokenManager Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.CharStream Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.JavaCharStream Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.SimpleCharStream Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.TokenMgrError Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.stat.StatisticalRule Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.stat.StatisticalRuleHelper Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractStatisticalJavaRule Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.AbstractRuleViolationFactory Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RuleViolationFactory Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.JavaRuleViolationFactory Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.rule.JspRuleViolationFactory Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractRule to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.AbstractRule Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractJavaRule to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRule Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractRuleChainVisitor to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.AbstractRuleChainVisitor Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleChainVisitor to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RuleChainVisitor Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.SourceFileSelector to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.LanguageFilenameFilter Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.rule.XPathRule to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.XPathRule Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.rule.AbstractJspRule to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.rule.AbstractJspRule Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.CompilationUnit to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.RootNode Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaRuleChainVisitor to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.JavaRuleChainVisitor Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.ast.JspRuleChainVisitor to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.rule.JspRuleChainVisitor Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.parser.Parser to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Parser Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.parser.TokenManager to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.parser.* into net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.{Language} Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.sourcetypehandlers.SourceTypeHandler to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersionHandler Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.sourcetypehandlers.VisitorStarter to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.VisitorStarter Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.sourcetypehandlers.* into net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.{Language} Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.stat.StatisticalRule to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.StatisticalRuleHelper Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jaxen.TypeOfFunction to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.xpath.TypeOfFunction Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jaxen.MatchesFunction to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xpath.MatchesFunction Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jaxen.Attribute to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.Attribute Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jaxen.AttributeAxisIterator to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.AttributeAxisIterator Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jaxen.DocumentNavigator to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.DocumentNavigator Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jaxen.NodeIterator to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.NodeIterator Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.* into net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.* Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.* into net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.* and updated to follow conventions Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.ast.* into net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.ast.* Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.rules.* into net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.ast.rule.* and updated to follow conventions Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.cppast.* into net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.cpp.ast.* Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.CommonAbstractRule Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.SourceFileConstants Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.SourceType Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.SourceTypeDiscoverer Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.SourceTypeToRuleLanguageMapper Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.TargetJDK1_3 Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.TargetJDK1_4 Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.TargetJDK1_5 Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.TargetJDK1_6 Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.TargetJDK1_7 Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.TargetJDKVersion Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.SourceFileOrDirectoryFilter Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.sourcetypehandlers.SourceTypeHandlerBroker Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaCharStream Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.CharStream Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.TokenMgrError Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.ast.JspCharStream Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.ast.TokenMgrError API Change - Generalize RuleViolation treatment Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.IRuleViolation to net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleViolation Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleViolation to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.AbstractRuleViolation Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleViolationComparator Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.JavaRuleViolation Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.rule.JspRuleViolation API Change - Generalize DFA treatment Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.IDataFlowNode to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.DataFlowNode Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.DataFlowNode to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.AbstractDataFlowNode Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.Linker to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.Linker Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.LinkerException to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.LinkerException Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.NodeType to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.NodeType Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.StackObject to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.StackObject Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.SequenceChecker to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.SequenceChecker Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.SequenceException to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.SequenceException Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.StartOrEndDataFlowNode to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.StartOrEndDataFlowNode Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.Structure to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.Structure Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.variableaccess.VariableAccess to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.VariableAccess Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.variableaccess.VariableAccessException to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.VariableAccessException Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.pathfinder.* to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.pathfinder.* Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.report.* to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.report.* Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.DaaRuleViolation to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.dfa.DaaRuleViolation Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.DataFlowFacade to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.dfa.DataFlowFacade Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.StatementAndBraceFinder to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.dfa.StatementAndBraceFinder Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.dfa.variableaccess.VariableAccessVisitor to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.dfa.VariableAccessVisitor Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.dfa.JavaDataFlowNode Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.DataFlowHandler API Change - Generalize Symbol Table treatement Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.symboltable.JspSymbolFacade Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.symboltable.JspScopeAndDeclarationFinder Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.symboltable.* to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.symboltable.* API Change - Generalize Type Resolution treatment Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution.* to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.typeresolution.* API Change - Generalize Property Descriptor treatment Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.* to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.* Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.AbstractPMDProperty to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.AbstractProperty Changed - net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.PropertyDescriptor to use Generics, and other changes Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.* new types and other API changes API Change - Generalize AST treatment Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node (interface extracted from old Node/SimpleNode) Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AbstractNode Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.DummyJavaNode Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.ast.AbstractJspNode Added - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.ast.JspNode Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.SimpleJavaNode to net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.AbstractJavaNode Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.SimpleJavaTypeNode to net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.AbstractJavaTypeNode Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.SimpleJavaAccessNode to net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.AbstractJavaAccessNode Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.SimpleJavaAccessTypeNode to net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.AbstractJavaAccessTypeNode Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.Node Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.SimpleNode Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.AccessNodeInterface Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.ast.Node Deleted - net.sourceforge.pmd.jsp.ast.SimpleNode API Change - General code reorganization/cleanup Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractDelegateRule to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.AbstractDelegateRule Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.MockRule to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.MockRule Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleReference to net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RuleReference Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.ScopedLogHandlersManager to net.sourceforge.pmd.util.log.ScopedLogHandlersManager Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.util.AntLogHandler to net.sourceforge.pmd.util.log.AntLogHandler Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.util.ConsoleLogHandler to net.sourceforge.pmd.util.log.ConsoleLogHandler Renamed - net.sourceforge.pmd.util.PmdLogFormatter to net.sourceforge.pmd.util.log.PmdLogFormatter API Change - Changes to Rule/RuleSet/RuleSets Removed - boolean Rule.include() Removed - void Rule.setInclude(boolean) Removed - String Rule.getRulePriorityName() Removed - String Rule.getExample() Removed - Rule.LOWEST_PRIORITY Removed - Rule.PRIORITIES Removed - Properties Rule.getProperties() Removed - Rule.addProperties(Properties) Removed - boolean Rule.hasProperty(String) Removed - RuleSet.applies(Language,Language) Removed - RuleSet.getLanguage() Removed - RuleSet.setLanguage(Language) Removed - RuleSets.applies(Language,Language) Changed - void Rule.setPriority(int) to void Rule.setPriority(RulePriority) Changed - int Rule.getPriority() to void RulePriority Rule.getPriority() Changed - XXX Rule.getXXXProperty(String) to Rule.getProperty(PropertyDescriptor) Changed - XXX Rule.getXXXProperty(PropertyDescriptor) to Rule.getProperty(PropertyDescriptor) Changed - Rule.addProperty(String, String) to Rule.setProperty(PropertyDescriptor, T) Changed - Rule.setProperty(PropertyDescriptor, Object) to Rule.setProperty(PropertyDescriptor, T) Changed - Rule.setProperty(PropertyDescriptor, Object[]) to Rule.setProperty(PropertyDescriptor, T) Changed - Rule.propertyValuesByDescriptor() to Rule.getPropertiesByPropertyDescriptor() Changed - PropertyDescriptor Rule.propertyDescriptorFor(String) to PropertyDescriptor Rule.getPropertyDescriptor(String) Changed - boolean RuleSet.usesDFA() to boolean RuleSet.usesDFA(Language) Changed - boolean RuleSet.usesTypeResolution() to boolean RuleSet.usesTypeResolution(Language) Added - Rule.setLanguage(Language) Added - Language Rule.getLanguage() Added - Rule.setMinimumLanguageVersion(LanguageVersion) Added - LanguageVersion Rule.getMinimumLanguageVersion() Added - Rule.setMaximumLanguageVersion(LanguageVersion) Added - LanguageVersion Rule.getMaximumLanguageVersion() Added - Rule.setDeprecated(boolean) Added - boolean Rule.isDeprecated() Added - String Rule.dysfunctionReason(); Added - Rule.definePropertyDescriptor(PropertyDescriptor) Added - List Rule.getPropertyDescriptors() Added - RuleSet.applies(Rule,LanguageVersion) API Change - Changes to PMD class Renamed - PMD.EXCLUDE_MARKER to PMD.SUPPRESS_MARKER Removed - PMD.processFile(InputStream, RuleSet, RuleContext) Removed - PMD.processFile(InputStream, String, RuleSet, RuleContext) Removed - PMD.processFile(Reader, RuleSet, RuleContext) Removed - PMD.processFile(Reader, RuleSets, RuleContext, LanguageVersion) Moved - PMD.getExcludeMarker() to Configuration.getSuppressMarker() Moved - PMD.setExcludeMarker(String) to Configuration.getSuppressMarker(String) Moved - PMD.getClassLoader() to Configuration.getClassLoader() Moved - PMD.setClassLoader(ClassLoader) to Configuration.getClassLoader(ClassLoader) Moved - PMD.setDefaultLanguageVersion(LanguageVersion) to Configuration.setDefaultLanguageVersion(LanguageVersion) Moved - PMD.setDefaultLanguageVersions(List) to Configuration.setDefaultLanguageVersions(List) Moved - PMD.createClasspathClassLoader(String) to Configuration.createClasspathClassLoader(String) API Change - Changes to Node interface Renamed - Node.findChildrenOfType(Class) as Node.findDescendantsOfType(Class) Renamed - Node.getFirstChildOfType(Class) as Node.getFirstDescendantOfType(Class) Renamed - Node.containsChildOfType(Class) as Node.hasDescendantOfType(Class) Renamed - Node.getAsXml() as Node.getAsDocument() Added - Node.findChildrenOfType(Class), non recursive version Added - Node.getFirstChildOfType(Class), non recursive version API Change - Remove deprecated APIs Removed - AccessNode.setXXX() methods, use AccessNode.setXXX(boolean) instead. Removed - PMDException.getReason() Removed - RuleSetFactory.createRuleSet(String,ClassLoader), use RuleSetFactory.setClassLoader(ClassLoader) and RuleSetFactory.createRuleSets(String) instead. Removed - net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.FileFinder use net.sourceforge.pmd.util.FileFinder instead. API Change - RuleSetFactory Added - RuleSetFactory.setClassLoader(ClassLoader) Added - RuleSetFactory.createRuleSets(List) Added - RuleSetFactory.createRuleSet(RuleSetReferenceId) Added - RuleSetFactory.setClassLoader(ClassLoader) Added - RuleSetReferenceId class to handle parsing of RuleSet strings, see RuleSetReferenceId.parse(String) Renamed - RuleSetFactory.createSingleRuleSet(String) to RuleSetFactory.createRuleSet(String); Removed - RuleSetFactory.createRuleSets(String, ClassLoader), use RuleSetFactory.createRuleSets(String) instead. Removed - RuleSetFactory.createSingleRuleSet(String, ClassLoader), use RuleSetFactory.createSingleRuleSet(String) instead. Removed - RuleSetFactory.createRuleSet(InputStream, ClassLoader), use RuleSetFactory.createRuleSet(RuleSetReferenceId) instead. Removed - ExternalRuleID, use RuleSetReferenceId instead Removed - SimpleRuleSetNameMapper, use RuleSetReferenceId instead API Change - Changes to Renderer class, and Renderer implementations Added - Renderer.getName() Added - Renderer.setName(String) Added - Renderer.getDescription() Added - Renderer.setDescription(String) Added - Renderer.getPropertyDefinitions() Added - Renderer.isShowSuppressedViolations() Added - AbstractAccumulatingRenderer Removed - Renderer.render(Report) Removed - Renderer.render(Report, Writer) Renamed - Renderer.showSuppressedViolations(boolean) to Renderer.setShowSuppressedViolations(boolean) Renamed - PapariTextRenderer to TextColorRenderer Renamed - OntheFlyRenderer to AbstractIncrementingRenderer PMD command line changes: Removed -lineprefix use -property linePrefix {value} instead Removed -linkprefix use -property linkPrefix {value} instead Removed -xslt use -property xsltFilename {value} instead Removed -nojsp now obsolete Removed -targetjdk use -version {name} {version} instead Added -version {name} {version} to set language version to use for a given language Added -property {name} {value} as generic way to pass properties to Renderers Added -showsuppressed as a means to show suppressed rule violations (consistent with Ant task behavior) Renamed 'nicehtml' report to 'xslt' Renamed 'papari' report to 'textcolor' Renamed -excludemarker option to -suppressmarker Renamed -cpus option to -threads Ant changes: Removed - 'linkPrefix' attribute, use instead Removed - 'linePrefix' attribute, use instead Changed - is optional - if not specified, falls back to "text" and console output. Removed - 'targetJDK' attribute to lang version instead Added - as generic way to pass properties to Renderers on Renamed - 'excludeMarker' attribute to 'suppressMarker' Renamed - 'cpus' attribute to 'threads' Maven changes: The new maven coordinates are: net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd, e.g. net.sourceforge.pmd pmd 5.0 New features: New Language 'ecmascript' added, for writing XPathRule and Java Rules against ECMAScript/JavaScript documents (must be standalone, not embedded in HTML). Many thanks to Rhino! New Language 'xml' added, for writing XPathRules against XML documents New Language 'xsl' added, as a derivative from XML. Rules can now define a 'violationSuppressRegex' property to universally suppress violations with messages matching the given regular expression Rules can now define a 'violationSuppressXPath' property to universally suppress violations on nodes which match the given relative XPath expression Rules are now directly associated with a corresponding Language, and a can also be associated with a specific Language Version range if desired. Rules can now be flagged with deprecated='true' in the RuleSet XML to allow the PMD Project to indicate a Rule (1) is scheduled for removal, (2) has been removed, or (3) has been renamed/moved. XPathRules can now query using XPath 2.0 with 'version=2.0"', or XPath 2.0 in XPath 1.0 compatibility mode using 'version="1.0 compatibility"'. Many thanks to Saxon! Rules can now use property values in messages, for example ${propertyName} will expand to the value of the 'propertyName' property on the Rule. Rules can now use violation specific values in messages, specifically ${variableName}, ${methodName}, ${className}, ${packageName}. New XPath function 'getCommentOn' can be used to search for strings in comments - Thanks to Andy Throgmorton CPD: Add .hxx and .hpp as valid file extension for CPD - Thanks to Ryan Pavlik Add options to to the CPD command line task - Thanks to Cd-Man Add C# support for CPD - thanks to Florian Bauer Fix small bug in Rule Designer UI Performance enhacement when parsing Javadoc (Patch ID: 3217201), thanks to Cd-Man Rework the XMLRenderer to use proper XML API and strictly uses the system value for encoding (Fix bug: 1435751) Other changes: Rule property API upgrades: All numeric property descriptors can specify upper & lower limits Newly functional Method & Type descriptors allow rule developers to incorporate/watch for individual methods or types Better initialization error detection Deprecated old string-keyed property API, will leave some methods behind for XPath rules however '41' and '42' shortcuts for rulesets added The default Java version processed by PMD is now uniformly Java 1.5. RuleViolations in Reports now uses List internally, and RuleViolationComparator is no longer broken TokenManager errors now include a file name whenever possible for every AST in PMD Added file encoding option to CPD GUI, which already existed for the command line and Ant AssignmentInOperand enhanced to catch assignment in 'for' condition, as well as use of increment/decrement operators. Customization properties added to allow assignment in if/while/for, or use of increment/decrement. Fix false positive on CastExpressions for UselessParentheses Fix false positive where StringBuffer.setLength(0) was using default constructor size of 16, instead of actual constructor size. Fix false negative for non-primitive types for VariableNamingConventions, also expanded scope to local and method/constructors, and enhanced customization options to choose between members/locals/parameters (all checked by default) Fix false negative for UseArraysAsList when the array was passed as method parameter - thanks to Andy Throgmorton Improve TooManyMethods rule - thanks to a patch from Riku Nykanen Improve DoNotCallSystemExit - thanks to a patch from Steven Christou Correct -benchmark reporting of Rule visits via the RuleChain Creating an Empty Code Ruleset and moved the following rules from Basic ruleset: * Empty Code Rules * EmptyCatchBlock * EmptyIfStmt * EmptyWhileStmt * EmptyTryBlock * EmptyFinallyBlock * EmptySwitchStatements * EmptySynchronizedBlock * EmptyStatementNotInLoop * EmptyInitializer * EmptyStatementBlock * EmptyStaticInitializer Basic rulesets still includes a reference to those rules. Creating a unnecessary Code Ruleset and moved the following rules from Basic ruleset: * UnnecessaryConversionTemporary * UnnecessaryReturn * UnnecessaryFinalModifier * UselessOverridingMethod * UselessOperationOnImmutable * UnusedNullCheckInEquals * UselessParentheses Basic rulesets still includes a reference to those rules. Fixed bug 2920057 - Fixed False + on CloseResource Fixed bug 1808110 - Fixed performance issues on PreserveStackTrace Fixed bug 2832322 - cpd.xml file tag path attribute should be entity-encoded Fixed bug 2826119 - False +: DoubleCheckedLocking warning with volatile field Fixed bug 2835074 - False -: DoubleCheckedLocking with reversed null check Fixed bug 1932242 - EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract false + Fixed bug 1928009 - Error using migration ruleset in PMD 4.2 Fixed bug 1808110 - PreserveStackTrace Fixed bug 1988829 - Violation reported without source file name (actually a fix to ConsecutiveLiteralAppends) Fixed bug 1989814 - false +: ConsecutiveLiteralAppends Fixed bug 1977230 - false positive: UselessOverridingMethod Fixed bug 1998185 - BeanMembersShouldSerialize vs @SuppressWarnings("serial") Fixed bug 2002722 - false + in UseStringBufferForStringAppends Fixed bug 2056318 - False positive for AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops Fixed bug 1977438 - False positive for UselessStringValueOf Fixed bug 2050064 - False + SuspiciousOctalEscape with backslash literal Fixed bug 1556594 - Wonky detection of NullAssignment Fixed bug 1481051 - false + UnusedNullCheckInEquals (and other false positives too) Fixed bug 1943204 - Ant task: path should be relative to Ant basedir Fixed patch 2075906 - Add toString() to the rule UnnecessaryWrapperObjectCreation Fixed bug 2315623 - @SuppressWarnings("PMD.UseSingleton") has no effect Fixed bug 2230809 - False +: ClassWithOnlyPrivateConstructorsShouldBeFinal Fixed bug 2338341 - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in CPD (on Ruby) Fixed bug 2315599 - False +: UseSingleton with class containing constructor Fixed bug 1955852 - false positives for UnusedPrivateMethod & UnusedLocalVariable Fixed bug 2404700 - UseSingleton should not act on enums Fixed bug - JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert now detects Junit 4 Assert.assert... constructs Fixed bug 1609038 - Xslt report generators break if path contains "java" Fixed bug 2142986 - UselessOverridingMethod doesn't consider annotations Fixed bug 2027626 - False + : AvoidFinalLocalVariable Fixed bug 2606609 - False "UnusedImports" positive in package-info.java Fixed bug 2645268 - ClassCastException in UselessOperationOnImmutable.getDeclaration Fixed bug 2724653 - AvoidThreadGroup reports false positives Fixed bug 2904832 - Type resolution not working for ASTType when using an inner class Fixed bug 1435751 - XML format does not support UTF-8 Fixed bug 3303811 - Deadlink on "Similar projects" page Fixed bug 3017616 - Updated documentation regarding Netbeans plugin - thanks to Jesse Glick Fixed bug 3427563 - Deprecated class (android.util.config) - thanks to Lukas Reschke for the patch ruleset.dtd and ruleset_xml_schema.xsd added to jar file in rulesets directory bin and java14/bin scripts: retroweaver version was not correct in java14/bin scripts support for extra languages in cpd.sh standard unix scripts can be used with cygwin Upgrading UselessOperationOnImmutable to detect more use cases, especially on String and fix false positives AvoidDuplicateLiteralRule now has 'skipAnnotations' boolean property Fixed false positive in UnusedImports: javadoc comments are parsed to check @see and other tags Fixed parsing bug: constant fields in annotation classes Bug fix: NPE in MoreThanOneLogger UnnecessaryParentheses now checks all expressions, not just return statements UnusedFormalParameter now reports violations on the parameter node, not the method/constructor node Updates to RuleChain to honor RuleSet exclude-pattern Optimizations and false positive fixes in PreserveStackTrace @SuppressWarnings("all") disables all warnings SingularField now checks for multiple fields in the same declaration Java grammar enhanced to include AnnotationMethodDeclaration as parent node of method related children of AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration JavaCC generated artifacts updated to JavaCC 4.1. Dependencies updates: asm updated to 3.2 Ant requirement is now 1.7.0 or higher for compilation JUnit testing jar is packaged on 1.7.0+ only in ant binary distributions Note that the ant task still works with 1.6.0 and higher All comment types are now stored in ASTCompilationUnit, not just formal ones Fixed false negative in UselessOverridingMethod Fixed handling of escape characters in UseIndexOfChar and AppendCharacterWithChar Fixed ClassCastException on generic method in BeanMembersShouldSerialize Fixed ClassCastException in symbol table code Support for Java 1.4 runtime dropped, PMD now requires Java 5 or higher. PMD can still process Java 1.4 source files. Support for Java 1.7 Text renderer is now silent if there's no violation instead of displaying "No problems found!" RuleSet short names now require a language prefix, 'basic' is now 'java-basic', and 'rulesets/basic.xml' is now 'rulesets/java/basic.xml' The JSP RuleSets are now in the 'jsp' language, and are 'jsp-basic', 'jsp-basic-jsf', 'rulesets/jsp/basic.xml' and 'rulesets/jsp/basic-jsp.xml' Enhanced logging in the ClassTypeResolver to provide more detailed messaging. AvoidUsingHardCodedIP modified to not use InetAddress.getByName(String), instead does better pattern analysis. The JSP/JSF parser can now parse Unicode input. The JSP/JSP parser can now handle tags. The AST HtmlScript node contains the content. Added Ecmascript as a supported language for CPD. The RuleSet XML Schema namespace is now: http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 The RuleSet XML Schema is located in the source at: etc/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd The RuleSet DTD is located in the source at: etc/ruleset_2_0_0.dtd Improved include/exclude pattern matching performance for ends-with type patterns. Modify (and hopefully fixed) CPD algorithm thanks to a patch from Juan Jesús García de Soria. Fixed character reference in xml report - thanks to Seko Enhanced SuspiciousEqualsMethodName rule - thanks to Andy Throgmorton Add a script to launch CPDGUI on Unix system - thanks to Tom Wheeler New Java rules: Basic ruleset: ExtendsObject,CheckSkipResult,AvoidBranchingStatementAsLastInLoop,DontCallThreadRun,DontUseFloatTypeForLoopIndices Controversial ruleset: AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition, AvoidPrefixingMethodParameters, OneDeclarationPerLine, UseConcurrentHashMap Coupling ruleset: LoosePackageCoupling,LawofDemeter Design ruleset: LogicInversion,UseVarargs,FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass,GodClass Empty ruleset: EmptyInitializer,EmptyStatementBlock Import ruleset: UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName Optimization ruleset: RedundantFieldInitializer Naming ruleset: ShortClassName, GenericsNaming StrictException ruleset: AvoidThrowingNewInstanceOfSameException, AvoidCatchingGenericException, AvoidLosingExceptionInformation Unnecessary ruleset: UselessParentheses JUnit ruleset: JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts, UseAssertTrueInsteadOfAssertEquals Logging with Jakarta Commons ruleset: GuardDebugLogging New Java ruleset: android.xml: new rules specific to the Android platform New JSP rules: Basic ruleset: NoInlineScript New ECMAScript rules: Basic ruleset: AssignmentInOperand,ConsistentReturn,InnaccurateNumericLiteral,ScopeForInVariable,UnreachableCode,EqualComparison,GlobalVariable Braces ruleset: ForLoopsMustUseBraces,IfStmtsMustUseBraces,IfElseStmtsMustUseBraces,WhileLoopsMustUseBraces Unnecessary ruleset: UnnecessaryParentheses,UnnecessaryBlock New XML rules: Basic ruleset: MistypedCDATASection ## November 4, 2011 - 4.3: Add support for Java 7 grammer - thanks to Dinesh Bolkensteyn and SonarSource Add options --ignore-literals and --ignore-identifiers to the CPD command line task, thanks to Cd-Man Fixed character reference in xml report - thanks to Seko Add C# support for CPD - thanks to Florian Bauer Fix small bug in Rule Designer UI Improve TooManyMethods rule - thanks to a patch from Riku Nykanen Improve DoNotCallSystemExit - thanks to a patch from Steven Christou Fix false negative for UseArraysAsList when the array was passed as method parameter - thanks to Andy Throgmorton Enhanced SuspiciousEqualsMethodName rule - thanks to Andy Throgmorton Add a script to launch CPDGUI on Unix system - thanks to Tom Wheeler New Rule: Basic ruleset: DontCallThreadRun - thanks to Andy Throgmorton Logging with Jakarta Commons ruleset: GuardDebugLogging ## September 14, 2011 - 4.2.6: Fixed bug 2920057 - False + : CloseRessource whith an external getter Fixed bug 1808110 - Fixed performance issue on PreserveStackTrace Fixed bug 2832322 - cpd.xml file tag path attribute should be entity-encoded Fixed bug 2590258 - NPE with nicerhtml output Fixed bug 2317099 - False + in SimplifyCondition Fixed bug 2606609 - False "UnusedImports" positive in package-info.java Fixed bug 2645268 - ClassCastException in UselessOperationOnImmutable.getDeclaration Fixed bug 2724653 - AvoidThreadGroup reports false positives Fixed bug 2835074 - False -: DoubleCheckedLocking with reversed null check Fixed bug 2826119 - False +: DoubleCheckedLocking warning with volatile field Fixed bug 2904832 - Type resolution not working for ASTType when using an inner class Modify (and hopefully fixed) CPD algorithm thanks to a patch from Juan Jesús García de Soria. Correct -benchmark reporting of Rule visits via the RuleChain Fix issue with Type Resolution incorrectly handling of Classes with same name as a java.lang Class. The JSP/JSF parser can now parse Unicode input. The JSP/JSP parser can now handle tags. The AST HtmlScript node contains the content. Added Ecmascript as a supported language for CPD. Improved include/exclude pattern matching performance for ends-with type patterns. Dependencies updates: asm updated to 3.2 Android ruleset: CallSuperLast rule now also checks for finish() redefinitions New rule: Android: DoNotHardCodeSDCard Controversial : AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition (patch 2591627), UseConcurrentHashMap StrictExceptions : AvoidCatchingGenericException, AvoidLosingExceptionInformation Naming : GenericsNaming JSP: NoInlineScript ## February 08, 2009 - 4.2.5: Enhanced logging in the ClassTypeResolver to provide more detailed messaging. Fixed bug 2315623 - @SuppressWarnings("PMD.UseSingleton") has no effect Fixed bug 2230809 - False +: ClassWithOnlyPrivateConstructorsShouldBeFinal Fixed bug 2338341 - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in CPD (on Ruby) Fixed bug 2315599 - False +: UseSingleton with class containing constructor Fixed bug 1955852 - false positives for UnusedPrivateMethod & UnusedLocalVariable Fixed bug 2404700 - UseSingleton should not act on enums Fixed bug 2225474 - VariableNamingConventions does not work with nonprimitives Fixed bug 1609038 - Xslt report generators break if path contains "java" Fixed bug - JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert now detects Junit 4 Assert.assert... constructs Fixed bug 2142986 - UselessOverridingMethod doesn't consider annotations Fixed bug 2027626 - False + : AvoidFinalLocalVariable New rule: StrictExceptions : AvoidThrowingNewInstanceOfSameException New ruleset: android.xml: new rules specific to the Android platform ## October 12, 2008 - 4.2.4: Fixed bug 1481051 - false + UnusedNullCheckInEquals (and other false positives too) Fixed bug 1943204 - Ant task: path should be relative to Ant basedir Fixed bug 2139720 - Exception in PMD Rule Designer for inline comments in source Fixed patch 2075906 - Add toString() to the rule UnnecessaryWrapperObjectCreation Fixed ClassCastException on generic method in BeanMembersShouldSerialize Fixed ClassCastException in symbol table code ## August 31, 2008 - 4.2.3: JavaCC generated artifacts updated to JavaCC 4.1d1. Java grammar enhanced to include AnnotationMethodDeclaration as parent node of method related children of AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration Fixes for exclude-pattern Updates to RuleChain to honor RuleSet exclude-pattern Upgrading UselessOperationOnImmutable to detect more use cases, especially on String and fix false positives Fixed bug 1988829 - Violation reported without source file name (actually a fix to ConsecutiveLiteralAppends) Fixed bug 1989814 - false +: ConsecutiveLiteralAppends Fixed bug 1977230 - false positive: UselessOverridingMethod Fixed bug 1998185 - BeanMembersShouldSerialize vs @SuppressWarnings("serial") Fixed bug 2002722 - false + in UseStringBufferForStringAppends Fixed bug 2056318 - False positive for AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops Fixed bug 1977438 - False positive for UselessStringValueOf Fixed bug 2050064 - False + SuspiciousOctalEscape with backslash literal Fixed bug 1556594 - Wonky detection of NullAssignment Optimizations and false positive fixes in PreserveStackTrace @SuppressWarnings("all") disables all warnings All comment types are now stored in ASTCompilationUnit, not just formal ones Fixed false negative in UselessOverridingMethod Fixed handling of escape characters in UseIndexOfChar and AppendCharacterWithChar New rule: Basic ruleset: EmptyInitializer ## May 20, 2008 - 4.2.2: Fixed false positive in UnusedImports: javadoc comments are parsed to check @see and other tags Fixed parsing bug: constant fields in annotation classes Bug fix: NPE in MoreThanOneLogger UnnecessaryParentheses now checks all expressions, not just return statements ## April 11, 2008 - 4.2.1: '41' and '42' shortcuts for rulesets added Fixed bug 1928009 - Error using migration ruleset in PMD 4.2 Fixed bug 1932242 - EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract false + Fixed bug 1808110 - PreserveStackTrace AvoidDuplicateLiteralRule now has 'skipAnnotations' boolean property ruleset.dtd and ruleset_xml_schema.xsd added to jar file in rulesets directory Update RuleSetWriter to handle non-Apache TRAX implementations, add an option to not use XML Namespaces Added file encoding option to CPD GUI, which already existed for the command line and Ant bin and java14/bin scripts: retroweaver version was not correct in java14/bin scripts support for extra languages in cpd.sh standard unix scripts can be used with cygwin ## March 25, 2008 - 4.2: Fixed bug 1920155 - CheckResultSet: Does not pass for loop conditionals ## March 21, 2008 - 4.2rc2: Fixed bug 1912831 - False + UnusedPrivateMethod with varargs Fixed bug 1913536 - Rule Designer does not recognize JSP(XML) Add -auxclasspath option for specifying Type Resolution classpath from command line and auxclasspath nested element for ant task. Fixed formatting problems in loggers. Ant task upgrade: Added a new attribute 'maxRuleCount' to indicate whether or not to fail the build if PMD finds that much violations. ## March 07, 2008 - 4.2rc1: Fixed bug 1866198 - PMD should not register global Logger Fixed bug 1843273 - False - on SimplifyBooleanReturns Fixed bug 1848888 - Fixed false positive in UseEqualsToCompareStrings Fixed bug 1874313 - Documentation bugs Fixed bug 1855409 - False + in EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract Fixed bug 1888967 - Updated xpath query to detect more "empty" methods. Fixed bug 1891399 - Check for JUnit4 test method fails Fixed bug 1894821 - False - for Test Class without Test Cases Fixed bug 1882457 - PositionLiteralsFirstInComparisons rule not working OK Fixed bug 1842505 - XML output incorrect for inner classes Fixed bug 1808158 - Constructor args could also be final Fixed bug 1902351 - AvoidReassigningParameters not identify parent field Fixed other false positives in EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract Fixed other issues in SimplifyBooleanReturns Modified AvoidReassigningParameter to also check constructor arguments for reassignement New rules: Basic ruleset: AvoidMultipleUnaryOperators Controversial ruleset: DoNotCallGarbageCollectionExplicitly,UseObjectForClearerAPI Design ruleset : ReturnEmptyArrayRatherThanNull,TooFewBranchesForASwitchStatement,AbstractClassWithoutAnyMethod Codesize : TooManyMethods StrictExceptions : DoNotThrowExceptionInFinally Strings : AvoidStringBufferField Rule upgrade: CyclomaticComplexity now can be configured to display only class average complexity or method complexity, or both. Designer upgrade: A new panel for symbols and a tooltips on AST node that displays line, column and access node attributes (private, static, abstract,...) 1.7 added as a valid option for targetjdk. New elements under : to match files exclude from processing, with to override. Rules can now be written which produce violations based upon aggregate file processing (i.e. cross/multiple file violations). PMD Rule Designer can now shows Symbol Table contents for the selected AST node. PMD Rule Designer shows position info in tooltip for AST nodes and highlights matching code for selected AST node in code window. CPD Ant task will report to System.out when 'outputFile' not given. RuleSetWriter class can be used to Serialize a RuleSet to XML in a standard fashion. Recommend PMD IDE plugins standardize their behavior. retroweaver updated to version 2.0.5. ## November 17, 2007 - 4.1: Fixed annotation bug: ClassCastException when a formal parameter had multiple annotations Added a Visual Studio renderer for CPD; just use "--format vs". Dependencies updates: asm to 3.1, retroweaver to 2.0.2, junit to 4.4 new ant target ("regress") to test regression bugs only ## November 01, 2007 - 4.1rc1: New rules: Basic ruleset: AvoidUsingHardCodedIP,CheckResultSet Controversial ruleset: AvoidFinalLocalVariable,AvoidUsingShortType,AvoidUsingVolatile,AvoidUsingNativeCode,AvoidAccessibilityAlteration Design ruleset: ClassWithOnlyPrivateConstructorsShouldBeFinal,EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract Imports ruleset: TooManyStaticImports J2ee ruleset: DoNotCallSystemExit, StaticEJBFieldShouldBeFinal,DoNotUseThreads Strings ruleset: UseEqualsToCompareStrings Fixed bug 674394 - fixed false positive in DuplicateImports for disambiguation import Fixed bug 631681 - fixed false positive in UnusedPrivateField when field is accessed by outer class Fixed bug 985989 - fixed false negative in ConstructorCallsOverridableMethod for inner static classes Fixed bug 1409944 - fixed false positive in SingularField for lock objects Fixed bug 1472195 - fixed false positives in PositionLiteralsFirstInComparisons when the string is used as a parameter Fixed bug 1522517 - fixed false positive in UselessOverridingMethod for clone method Fixed bug 1744065 - fixed false positive in BooleanInstantiation when a custom Boolean is used Fixed bug 1765613 - fixed NullPointerException in CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable when checking enum Fixed bug 1740480 - fixed false positive in ImmutableField when the assignment is inside an 'if' Fixed bug 1702782 - fixed false positive in UselessOperationOnImmutable when an Immutable on which an operation is performed is compareTo'd Fixed bugs 1764288/1744069/1744071 - When using Type Resolution all junit test cases will notice if you're using an extended TestCase Fixed bug 1793215 - pmd-nicerhtml.xsl does not display line numbers Fixes bug 1796928 - fixed false positive in AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes, when a Type name is the same as a RawException. Fixed bug 1811506 - False - : UnusedFormalParameter (property "checkall" needs to be set) Fixed false negative in UnnecessaryCaseChange The Java 1.5 source code parser is now the default for testcode used in PMD's unit tests. Added TypeResolution to the XPath rule. Use typeof function to determine if a node is of a particular type Adding a GenericLiteralChecker, a generic rule that require a regex as property. It will log a violation if a Literal is matched by the regex. See the new rule AvoidUsingHardCodedIP for an example. Adding support for multiple line span String in CPD's AbstractTokenizer, this may change, for the better, CPD's Ruby parsing. This release adds 'nicehtml', with the plan for the next major release to make nicehtml->html, and html->oldhtml. This feature uses an XSLT transformation, default stylesheet maybe override with '-xslt filename'. New CPD command line feature : Using more than one directory for sources. You can now have several '--files' on the command line. SingularField greatly improved to generate very few false positives (none?). Moved from controversial to design. Two options added to restore old behaviour (mostly). Jaxen updated to 1.1.1, now Literal[@Image='""'] works in XPath expressions. ## July 20, 2007 - 4.0 Fixed bug 1697397 - fixed false positives in ClassCastExceptionWithToArray Fixed bug 1728789 - removed redundant rule AvoidNonConstructorMethodsWithClassName; MethodWithSameNameAsEnclosingClass is faster and does the same thing. ## July 12, 2007 - 4.0rc2: New rules: Typeresolution ruleset: SignatureDeclareThrowsException - re-implementation using the new Type Resolution facility (old rule is still available) Fixed bug 1698550 - CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable now accepts a clone method that throws CloneNotSupportedException in a final class Fixed bug 1680568 - The new typeresolution SignatureDeclareThrowsException rule now ignores setUp and tearDown in JUnit 4 tests and tests that do not directly extend TestCase The new typeresolution SignatureDeclareThrowsException rule can now ignore JUnit classes completely by setting the IgnoreJUnitCompletely property Fixed false positive in UselessOperationOnImmutable PMD now defaults to using a Java 1.5 source code parser. ## June 22, 2007 - 4.0rc1: New rules: Strict exception ruleset: DoNotExtendJavaLangError Basic JSP ruleset: JspEncoding J2EE ruleset: MDBAndSessionBeanNamingConvention, RemoteSessionInterfaceNamingConvention, LocalInterfaceSessionNamingConvention, LocalHomeNamingConvention, RemoteInterfaceNamingConvention Optimizations ruleset: AddEmptyString Naming: BooleanGetMethodName New rulesets: Migrating To JUnit4: Rules that help move from JUnit 3 to JUnit 4 Fixed bug 1670717 - 'Copy xml to clipboard' menu command now works again in the Designer Fixed bug 1618858 - PMD no longer raises an exception on XPath like '//ConditionalExpression//ConditionalExpression' Fixed bug 1626232 - Commons logging rules (ProperLogger and UseCorrectExceptionLogging) now catch more cases Fixed bugs 1626201 & 1633683 - BrokenNullCheck now catches more cases Fixed bug 1626715 - UseAssertSameInsteadOfAssertTrue now correctly checks classes which contain the null constant Fixed bug 1531216 - ImmutableField. NameOccurrence.isSelfAssignment now recognizes this.x++ as a self assignment Fixed bug 1634078 - StringToString now recognizes toString on a String Array, rather than an element. Fixed bug 1631646 - UselessOperationOnImmutable doesn't throw on variable.method().variable. Fixed bug 1627830 - UseLocaleWithCaseConversions now works with compound string operations Fixed bug 1613807 - DontImportJavaLang rule allows import to Thread inner classes Fixed bug 1637573 - The PMD Ant task no longer closes System.out if toConsole is set Fixed bug 1451251 - A new UnusedImports rule, using typeresolution, finds unused import on demand rules Fixed bug 1613793 - MissingSerialVersionUID rule now doesn't fire on abstract classes Fixed bug 1666646 - ImmutableField rule doesn't report against volatile variables Fixed bug 1693924 - Type resolution now works for implicit imports Fixed bug 1705716 - Annotation declarations now trigger a new scope level in the symbol table. Fixed bug 1743938 - False +: InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration with multiply Fixed bug 1657957 - UseStringBufferForStringAppends now catches self-assignments Applied patch 1612455 - RFE 1411022 CompareObjectsWithEquals now catches the case where comparison is against new Object Implemented RFE 1562230 - Added migration rule to check for instantiation of Short/Byte/Long Implemented RFE 1627581 - SuppressWarnings("unused") now suppresses all warnings in unusedcode.xml XPath rules are now chained together for an extra speedup in processing PMD now requires JDK 1.5 to be compiled. Java 1.4 support is provided using Retroweaver - PMD will still analyze code from earlier JDKs - to run pmd with 1.4, use the files from the java14 directory (weaved pmd jar and support files) TypeResolution now looks at some ASTName nodes. Memory footprint reduced: most renderers now use less memory by generating reports on the fly. Ant task now takes advantage of multithreading code and on the fly renderers Ant task now logs more debug info when using -verbose PMD command line now has -benchmark: output a benchmark report upon completion; default to System.err ## December 19, 2006 - 3.9: New rules: Basic ruleset: BigIntegerInstantiation, AvoidUsingOctalValues Codesize ruleset: NPathComplexity, NcssTypeCount, NcssMethodCount, NcssConstructorCount Design ruleset: UseCollectionIsEmpty Strings ruleset: StringBufferInstantiationWithChar Typeresolution ruleset: Loose Coupling - This is a re-implementation using the new Type Resolution facility Fixed bug 1610730 - MisplacedNullCheck now catches more cases Fixed bug 1570915 - AvoidRethrowingException no longer reports a false positive for certain nested exceptions. Fixed bug 1571324 - UselessStringValueOf no longer reports a false positive for additive expressions. Fixed bug 1573795 - PreserveStackTrace doesn't throw CastClassException on exception with 0 args Fixed bug 1573591 - NonThreadSafeSingleton doesn't throw NPE when using this keyword Fixed bug 1371753 - UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn is now less aggressive in its reporting. Fixed bug 1566547 - Annotations with an empty MemberValueArrayInitializer are now parsed properly. Fixed bugs 1060761 / 1433119 & RFE 1196954 - CloseResource now takes an optional parameter to identify closure methods Fixed bug 1579615 - OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcode no longer throws an Exception on equals methods that don't have Object as a parameter type. Fixed bug 1580859 - AvoidDecimalLiteralsInBigDecimalConstructor now catches more cases. Fixed bug 1581123 - False +: UnnecessaryWrapperObjectCreation. Fixed bug 1592710 - VariableNamingConventions no longer reports false positives on certain enum declarations. Fixed bug 1593292 - The CPD GUI now works with the 'by extension' option selected. Fixed bug 1560944 - CPD now skips symlinks. Fixed bug 1570824 - HTML reports generated on Windows no longer contain double backslashes. This caused problems when viewing those reports with Apache. Fixed bug 1031966 - Re-Implemented CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable as a typeresolution rule. This rule can now detect super classes/interfaces which are cloneable Fixed bug 1571309 - Optional command line options may be used either before or after the mandatory arguments Applied patch 1551189 - SingularField false + for initialization blocks Applied patch 1573981 - false + in CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable Applied patch 1574988 - false + in OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcode Applied patch 1583167 - Better test code management. Internal JUnits can now be written in XML's Applied patch 1613674 - Support classpaths with spaces in pmd.bat Applied patch 1615519 - controversial/DefaultPackage XPath rule is wrong Applied patch 1615546 - Added option to command line to write directly to a file Implemented RFE 1566313 - Command Line now takes minimumpriority attribute to filter out rulesets PMD now requires JDK 1.4 to run - PMD will still analyze code from earlier JDKs - PMD now uses the built-in JDK 1.4 regex utils vs Jakarta ORO - PMD now uses the JDK javax.xml APIs rather than being hardcoded to use Xerces and Xalan SummaryHTML Report changes from Brent Fisher - now contains linePrefix to support source output from javadoc using "linksource" Fixed CSVRenderer - had flipped line and priority columns Fixed bug in Ant task - CSV reports were being output as text. Fixed false negatives in UseArraysAsList. Fixed several JDK 1.5 parsing bugs. Fixed several rules (exceptions on jdk 1.5 and jdk 1.6 source code). Fixed array handling in AvoidReassigningParameters and UnusedFormalParameter. Fixed bug in UselessOverridingMethod: false + when adding synchronization. Fixed false positives in LocalVariableCouldBeFinal. Fixed false positives in MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal. Modified annotation suppression to use @SuppressWarning("PMD") to suppress all warnings and @SuppressWarning("PMD.UnusedLocalVariable") to suppress a particular rule's warnings. Rules can now call RuleContext.getSourceType() if they need to make different checks on JDK 1.4 and 1.5 code. CloseResource rule now checks code without java.sql import. ArrayIsStoredDirectly rule now checks Constructors undo/redo added to text areas in Designer. Better 'create rule XML' panel in Designer. use of entrySet to iterate over Maps. 1.6 added as a valid option for targetjdk. PMD now allows rules to use Type Resolution. This was referenced in patch 1257259. Renderers use less memory when generating reports. New DynamicXPathRule class to speed up XPath based rules by providing a base type for the XPath expression. Multithreaded processing on multi core or multi cpu systems. Performance Refactoring, XPath rules re-written as Java: AssignmentInOperand AvoidDollarSigns DontImportJavaLang DontImportSun MoreThanOneLogger SuspiciousHashcodeMethodName UselessStringValueOf ## October 4, 2006 - 3.8: New rules: Basic ruleset: BrokenNullCheck Strict exceptions ruleset: AvoidRethrowingException Optimizations ruleset: UnnecessaryWrapperObjectCreation Strings ruleset: UselessStringValueOf Fixed bug 1498910 - AssignmentInOperand no longer has a typo in the message. Fixed bug 1498960 - DontImportJavaLang no longer reports static imports of java.lang members. Fixed bug 1417106 - MissingBreakInSwitch no longer flags stmts where every case has either a return or a throw. Fixed bug 1412529 - UncommentedEmptyConstructor no longer flags private constructors. Fixed bug 1462189 - InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration now resets when it reaches setLength the same way it does at a Constructor Fixed bug 1497815 - InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration rule now takes the length of the constructor into account, and adds the length of the initial string to its initial length Fixed bug 1504842 - ExceptionSignatureDeclaration no longer flags methods starting with 'test'. Fixed bug 1516728 - UselessOverridingMethod no longer raises an NPE on methods that use generics. Fixed bug 1522054 - BooleanInstantiation now detects instantiations inside method calls. Fixed bug 1522056 - UseStringBufferForStringAppends now flags appends which occur in static initializers and constructors Fixed bug 1526530 - SingularField now finds fields which are hidden at the method or static level Fixed bug 1529805 - UnusedModifier no longer throws NPEs on JDK 1.5 enums. Fixed bug 1531593 - UnnecessaryConversionTemporary no longer reports false positives when toString() is invoked inside the call to 'new Long/Integer/etc()'. Fixed bug 1512871 - Improved C++ tokenizer error messages - now they include the filename. Fixed bug 1531152 - CloneThrowsCloneNotSupportedException now reports the proper line number. Fixed bug 1531236 - IdempotentOperations reports fewer false positives. Fixed bug 1544564 - LooseCoupling rule now checks for ArrayLists Fixed bug 1544565 - NonThreadSafeSingleton now finds if's with compound statements Fixed bug 1561784 - AbstractOptimizationRule no longer throws ClassCastExceptions on certain postfix expressions. Fixed a bug in AvoidProtectedFieldInFinalClass - it no longer reports false positives for protected fields in inner classes. Fixed a bug in the C++ grammar - the tokenizer now properly recognizes macro definitions which are followed by a multiline comment. Modified C++ tokenizer to use the JavaCC STATIC option; this results in about a 30% speedup in tokenizing. Implemented RFE 1501850 - UnusedFormalParameter now catches cases where a parameter is assigned to but not used. Applied patch 1481024 (implementing RFE 1490181)- NOPMD messages can now be reported with a user specified msg, e.g., //NOPMD - this is expected Added JSP support to the copy/paste detector. Placed JSF/JSP ruleset names in rulesets/jsprulesets.properties Added the image to the ASTEnumConstant nodes. Added new XSLT stylesheet for CPD XML->HTML from Max Tardiveau. Refactored UseIndexOfChar to extract common functionality into AbstractPoorMethodCall. Improved CPD GUI and Designer look/functionality; thanks to Brian Remedios for the changes! Rewrote the NOPMD mechanism to collect NOPMD markers as the source file is tokenized. This eliminates an entire scan of each source file. Applied patch from Jason Bennett to enhance CyclomaticComplexity rule to account for conditional or/and nodes, do stmts, and catch blocks. Applied patch from Xavier Le Vourch to reduce false postives from CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable. Updated Jaxen library to beta 10. Performance Refactoring, XPath rules re-written as Java: BooleanInstantiation UselessOperationOnImmutable OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcode UnnecessaryReturn UseStringBufferForStringAppends SingularField NonThreadSafeSingleton ## June 1, 2006 - 3.7: New rules: Basic-JSP ruleset: DuplicateJspImport Design ruleset: PreserveStackTrace J2EE ruleset: UseProperClassLoader Implemented RFE 1462019 - Add JSPs to Ant Task Implemented RFE 1462020 - Add JSPs to Designer Fixed bug 1461426 InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration does not consider paths Fixed bug 1462184 False +: InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration - wrong size Fixed bug 1465574 - UnusedPrivateMethod no longer reports false positives when a private method is called from a method with a parameter of the same name. Fixed bug 1114003 - UnusedPrivateMethod no longer reports false positives when two methods have the same name and number of arguments but different types. The fix causes PMD to miss a few valid cases, but, c'est la vie. Fixed bug 1472843 - UnusedPrivateMethod no longer reports false positives when a private method is only called from a method that contains a variable with the same name as that method. Fixed bug 1461442 - UseAssertSameInsteadOfAssertTrue now ignores comparisons to null; UseAssertNullInsteadOfAssertTrue will report those. Fixed bug 1474778 - UnnecessaryCaseChange no longer flags usages of toUpperCase(Locale). Fixed bug 1423429 - ImmutableField no longer reports false positives on variables which can be set via an anonymous inner class that is created in the constructor. Fixed major bug in CPD; it was not picking up files other than .java or .jsp. Fixed a bug in CallSuperInConstructor; it now checks inner classes/enums more carefully. Fixed a bug in VariableNamingConventions; it was not setting the warning message properly. Fixed bug in C/C++ parser; a '$' is now allowed in an identifier. This is useful in VMS. Fixed a symbol table bug; PMD no longer crashes on enumeration declarations in the same scope containing the same field name Fixed a bug in ASTVariableDeclaratorId that triggered a ClassCastException if a annotation was used on a parameter. Added RuleViolation.getBeginColumn()/getEndColumn() Added an optional 'showSuppressed' item to the Ant task; this is false by default and toggles whether or not suppressed items are shown in the report. Added an IRuleViolation interface and modified various code classes (include Renderer implementations and Report) to use it. Modified JJTree grammar to use conditional node descriptors for various expression nodes and to use node suppression for ASTModifier nodes; this replaces a bunch of DiscardableNodeCleaner hackery. It also fixed bug 1445026. Modified C/CPP grammar to only build the lexical analyzer; we're not using the parser for CPD, just the token manager. This reduces the PMD jar file size by about 50 KB. ## March 29, 2006 - 3.6: New rules: Basic ruleset: AvoidThreadGroup Design ruleset: UnsynchronizedStaticDateFormatter Strings ruleset: InefficientEmptyStringCheck, InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration JUnit ruleset: SimplifyBooleanAssertion Basic-JSF ruleset: DontNestJsfInJstlIteration Basic-JSP ruleset: NoLongScripts, NoScriptlets, NoInlineStyleInformation, NoClassAttribute, NoJspForward, IframeMissingSrcAttribute, NoHtmlComments Fixed bug 1414985 - ConsecutiveLiteralAppends now checks for intervening references between appends. Fixed bug 1418424 - ConsecutiveLiteralAppends no longer flags appends in separate methods. Fixed bug 1416167 - AppendCharacterWithChar now catches cases involving escaped characters. Fixed bug 1421409 - Ant task now has setter to allow minimumPriority attribute to be used. Fixed bug 1416164 - InefficientStringBuffering no longer reports false positives on the three argument version of StringBuffer.append(). Fixed bug 1415326 - JUnitTestsShouldContainAsserts no longer errors out on JDK 1.5 generics. Fixed bug 1415333 - CyclomaticComplexity no longer errors out on JDK 1.5 enums. Fixed bug 1415663 - PMD no longer fails to parse abstract classes declared in a method. Fixed bug 1433439 - UseIndexOfChar no longer reports false positives on case like indexOf('a' + getFoo()). Fixed bug 1435218 - LoggerIsNotStaticFinal no longer reports false positives for local variables. Fixed bug 1413745 - ArrayIsStoredDirectly no longer reports false positives for array deferences. Fixed bug 1435751 - Added encoding type of UTF-8 to the CPD XML file. Fixed bug 1441539 - ConsecutiveLiteralAppends no longer flags appends() involving method calls. Fixed bug 1339470 - PMD no longer fails to parse certain non-static initializers. Fixed bug 1425772 - PMD no longer fails with errors in ASTFieldDeclaration when parsing some JDK 1.5 code. Fixed bugs 1448123 and 1449175 - AvoidFieldNameMatchingTypeName, SingularField, TooManyFields, and AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName no longer error out on enumerations. Fixed bug 1444654 - migrating_to_14 and migrating_to_15 no longer refer to rule tests. Fixed bug 1445231 - TestClassWithoutTestCases: no longer flags abstract classes. Fixed bug 1445765 - PMD no longer uses huge amounts of memory. However, you need to use RuleViolation.getBeginLine(); RuleViolation.getNode() is no more. Fixed bug 1447295 - UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify no longer flags notify() methods that have a parameter. Fixed bug 1455965 - MethodReturnsInternalArray no longer flags variations on 'return new Object[] {}'. Implemented RFE 1415487 - Added a rulesets/releases/35.xml ruleset (and similar rulesets for previous releases) contains rules new to PMD v3.5 Wouter Zelle fixed a false positive in NonThreadSafeSingleton. Wouter Zelle fixed a false positive in InefficientStringBuffering. The CPD Ant task now supports an optional 'language' attribute. Removed some ill-advised casts from the parsers. Fixed bug in CallSuperInConstructor; it no longer flag classes without extends clauses. Fixed release packaging; now entire xslt/ directory contents are included. Added more XSLT from Dave Corley - you can use them to filter PMD reports by priority level. You can now access the name of a MemberValuePair node using getImage(). PositionLiteralsFirstInComparisons was rewritten in XPath. Added a getVersionString method to the TargetJDKVersion interface. Added an option '--targetjdk' argument to the Benchmark utility. Applied a patch from Wouter Zelle to clean up the Ant Formatter class, fix a TextRenderer bug, and make toConsole cleaner. Rewrote AvoidCallingFinalize in Java; fixed bug and runs much faster, too. Uploaded ruleset schema to http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd UseIndexOfChar now catches cases involving lastIndexOf. Rules are now run in the order in which they're listed in a ruleset file. Internally, they're now stored in a List vs a Set, and RuleSet.getRules() now returns a Collection. Upgraded to JUnit version 3.8.2. ## Jan 25, 2006 - 3.5: New rules: Basic ruleset: UselessOperationOnImmutable, MisplacedNullCheck, UnusedNullCheckInEquals Migration ruleset: IntegerInstantiation JUnit ruleset: UseAssertNullInsteadOfAssertTrue Strings ruleset: AppendCharacterWithChar, ConsecutiveLiteralAppends, UseIndexOfChar Design ruleset: AvoidConstantsInterface Optimizations ruleset: UseArraysAsList, AvoidArrayLoops Controversial ruleset: BooleanInversion Fixed bug 1371980 - InefficientStringBuffering no longer flags StringBuffer methods other than append(). Fixed bug 1277373 - InefficientStringBuffering now catches more cases. Fixed bug 1376760 - InefficientStringBuffering no longer throws a NullPointerException when processing certain expressions. Fixed bug 1371757 - Misleading example in AvoidSynchronizedAtMethodLevel Fixed bug 1373510 - UseAssertSameInsteadOfAssertTrue no longer has a typo in its message, and its message is more clear. Fixed bug 1375290 - @SuppressWarnings annotations are now implemented correctly; they accept one blank argument to suppress all warnings. Fixed bug 1376756 - UselessOverridingMethod no longer throws an exception on overloaded methods. Fixed bug 1378358 - StringInstantiation no longer throws ClassCastExceptions on certain allocation patterns. Fixed bug 1371741 - UncommentedEmptyConstructor no longer flags constructors that consist of a this() or a super() invocation. Fixed bug 1277373 - InefficientStringBuffering no longer flags concatenations that involve a static final String. Fixed bug 1379701 - CompareObjectsWithEquals no longer flags comparisons of array elements. Fixed bug 1380969 - UnusedPrivateMethod no longer flags private static methods that are only invoked in a static context from a field declaration. Fixed bug 1384594 - Added a 'prefix' property for BeanMembersShouldSerializeRule Fixed bug 1394808 - Fewer missed hits for AppendCharacterWithChar and InefficientStringBuffering, thanks to Allan Caplan for catching these Fixed bug 1400754 - A NPE is no longer thrown on certain JDK 1.5 enum usages. Partially fixed bug 1371753 - UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn message now reflects the fact that that rule flags all types Fixed a bug in UseStringBufferLength; it no longers fails with an exception on expressions like StringBuffer.toString.equals(x) Fixed a bug in CPD's C/C++ parser so that it no longer fails on multi-line literals; thx to Tom Judge for the nice patch. CPD now recognizes '--language c' and '--language cpp' as both mapping to the C/C++ parser. Modified renderers to support disabling printing of suppressed warnings. Introduced a new AbstractRenderer class that all Renderers can extends to get the current behavior - that is, suppressed violations are printed. Implemented RFE 1375435 - you can now embed regular expressions inside XPath rules, i.e., //ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration[matches(@Image, 'F?o')]. Added current CLASSPATH to pmd.bat. UnusedFormalParameter now catches unused constructor parameters, and its warning message now reflects whether it caught a method or a constructor param. Rebuilt JavaCC parser with JavaCC 4.0. Added jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar as a new dependency to support regular expression in XPath rules. Ant task now supports a 'minimumPriority' attribute; only rules with this priority or higher will be run. Renamed Ant task 'printToConsole' attribute to 'toConsole' and it can only be used inside a formatter element. Added David Corley's Javascript report, more details are here: http://tomcopeland.blogs.com/juniordeveloper/2005/12/demo_of_some_ni.html ## November 30, 2005 - 3.4: New rules: Basic ruleset: ClassCastExceptionWithToArray, AvoidDecimalLiteralsInBigDecimalConstructor Design ruleset: NonThreadSafeSingleton, UncommentedEmptyMethod, UncommentedEmptyConstructor Controversial ruleset: DefaultPackage Naming ruleset: MisleadingVariableName Migration ruleset: ReplaceVectorWithList, ReplaceHashtableWithMap, ReplaceEnumerationWithIterator, AvoidEnumAsIdentifier, AvoidAssertAsIdentifier Strings ruleset: UseStringBufferLength Fixed bug 1292745 - Removed unused source file ExceptionTypeChecking.java Fixed bug 1292609 - The JDK 1.3 parser now correctly handles certain 'assert' usages. Also added a 'JDK 1.3' menu item to the Designer. Fixed bug 1292689 - Corrected description for UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn Fixed bug 1293157 - UnusedPrivateMethod no longer reports false positives for private methods which are only invoked from static initializers. Fixed bug 1293277 - Messages that used 'pluginname' had duplicated messages. Fixed bug 1291353 - ASTMethodDeclaration isPublic/isAbstract methods always return true. The syntactical modifier - i.e., whether or not 'public' was used in the source code in the method declaration - is available via 'isSyntacticallyPublic' and 'isSyntacticallyAbstract' Fixed bug 1296544 - TooManyFields no longer checks the wrong property value. Fixed bug 1304739 - StringInstantiation no longer crashes on certain String constructor usages. Fixed bug 1306180 - AvoidConcatenatingNonLiteralsInStringBuffer no longer reports false positives on certain StringBuffer usages. Fixed bug 1309235 - TooManyFields no longer includes static finals towards its count. Fixed bug 1312720 - DefaultPackage no longer flags interface fields. Fixed bug 1312754 - pmd.bat now handles command line arguments better in WinXP. Fixed bug 1312723 - Added isSyntacticallyPublic() behavior to ASTFieldDeclaration nodes. Fixed bug 1313216 - Designer was not displaying 'final' attribute for ASTLocalVariableDeclaration nodes. Fixed bug 1314086 - Added logging-jakarta-commons as a short name for rulesets/logging-jakarta-commons.xml to SimpleRuleSetNameMapper. Fixed bug 1351498 - Improved UnnecessaryCaseChange warning message. Fixed bug 1351706 - CompareObjectsWithEquals now catches more cases. Fixed bug 1277373 (and 1347286) - InefficientStringBuffering now flags fewer false positives. Fixed bug 1363447 - MissingBreakInSwitch no longer reports false positives for switch statements where each switch label has a return statement. Fixed bug 1363458 - MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass no longer reports cases where there are public static fields. Fixed bug 1364816 - ImmutableField no longer reports false positives for fields assigned in an anonymous inner class in a constructor. Implemented RFE 1311309 (and 1119854) - Suppressed RuleViolation counts are now included in the reports. Implemented RFE 1220371 - Rule violation suppression via annotations. Per the JLS, @SuppressWarnings can be placed before the following nodes: TYPE, FIELD, METHOD, PARAMETER, CONSTRUCTOR, LOCAL_VARIABLE. Implemented RFE 1275547 - OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcode now skips Comparator implementations. Applied patch 1306999 - Renamed CloseConnection to CloseResource and added support for checking Statement and ResultSet objects. Applied patch 1344754 - EmptyCatchBlock now skips catch blocks that contain comments. This is also requested in RFE 1347884. Renamed AvoidConcatenatingNonLiteralsInStringBuffer to InefficientStringBuffering; new name is a bit more concise. Modified LongVariable; now it has a property which can be used to override the minimum reporting value. Improved CPD XML report. CPD no longer skips header files when checking C/C++ code. Reworked CPD command line arguments; old-style arguments will still work for one more version, though. Lots of documentation improvements. ## September 15, 2005 - 3.3: New rules: Design: PositionLiteralsFirstInComparisons, UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn Logging-jakarta-commons: ProperLogger Basic: UselessOverridingMethod Naming: PackageCase, NoPackage Strings: UnnecessaryCaseChange Implemented RFE 1220171 - rule definitions can now contain a link to an external URL for more information on that rule - for example, a link to the rule's web page. Thanks to Wouter Zelle for designing and implementing this! Implemented RFE 1230685 - The text report now includes parsing errors even if no rule violations are reported Implemented RFE 787860 - UseSingleton now accounts for JUnit test suite declarations. Implemented RFE 1097090 - The Report object now contains the elapsed time for running PMD. This shows up in the XML report as an elapsedTime attribute in the pmd element in the format '2m 5s' or '1h 5h 35s' or '25s' . Implemented RFE 1246338 - CPD now handles SCCS directories and NTFS junction points. Fixed bug 1226858 - JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage now checks calls to assertFalse. Fixed bug 1227001 - AvoidCallingFinalize no longer flags calls to finalize() within finalizers. Fixed bug 1229755 - Fixed typo in ArrayIsStoredDirectly description. Fixed bug 1229749 - Improved error message when an external rule is not found. Fixed bug 1224849 - JUnitTestsShouldContainAsserts no longer skips method declarations which include explicit throws clauses. Fixed bug 1225492 - ConstructorCallsOverridableMethod now reports the correct method name. dvholten's examples in RFE 1235562 also helped with this a great deal. Fixed bug 1228589 - DoubleCheckedLocking and ExceptionSignatureDeclaration no longer throw ClassCastExceptions on method declarations that declare generic return types. Fixed bug 1235299 - NullAssignment no longer flags null equality comparisons in ternary expressions. Fixed bug 1235300 - NullAssignment no longer flags assignments to final fields. Fixed bug 1240201 - The UnnecessaryParentheses message is no longer restricted to return statements. Fixed bug 1242290 - The JDK 1.5 parser no longer chokes on nested enumerations with a constructor. Fixed bug 1242544 - SimplifyConditional no longer flags null checks that precede an instanceof involving an array dereference. Fixed bug 1242946 - ArrayIsStoredDirectly no longer reports false positives for equality expression comparisons. As a bonus, its message now includes the variable name :-) Fixed bug 1232648 - MethodReturnsInternalArray no longer reports false positives on return statement expressions that involve method invocations on an internal array. Fixed bug 1244428 - MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass no longer reports warnings for nested classes. Some inner class cases will be missed, but false positives will be eliminated as well. Fixed bug 1244443 - EqualsNull now catches more cases. Fixed bug 1250949 - The JDK 1.5 parser no longer chokes on annotated parameters and annotated local variables. Fixed bug 1245139 - TooManyFields no longer throws a ClassCastException when processing anonymous classes. Fixed bug 1251256 - ImmutableField no longer skips assignments in try blocks on methods (which led to false positives). Fixed bug 1250949 - The JDK 1.5 parser no longer chokes on AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration with a default value. Fixed bug 1245367 - ImmutableField no longer triggers on assignments in loops in constructors. Fixed bug 1251269 - AvoidConcatenatingNonLiteralsInStringBuffer no longer triggers on StringBuffer constructors like 'new StringBuffer(1 + getFoo());' Fixed bug 1244570 - AvoidConcatenatingNonLiteralsInStringBuffer no longer triggers on certain AST patterns involving local variable declarations inside Statement nodes. Fixed bug 695344 - StringInstantiation no longer triggers on the String(byte[]) constructor. Fixed bug 1114754 - UnusedPrivateMethod reports fewer false positives. Fixed bug 1290718 - Command line parameter documentation is now correct for targetjdk options. Applied patch 1228834 - XPath rules can now use properties to customize rules. Thanks to Wouter Zelle for another great piece of work! Fixed a bug in RuleSetFactory that missed some override cases; thx to Wouter Zelle for the report and a fix. Fixed a bug in the grammar that didn't allow constructors to have type parameters, which couldn't parse some JDK 1.5 constructs. Fixed a bug in ImportFromSamePackage; now it catches the case where a class has an on-demand import for the same package it is in. Fixed a bug in CompareObjectsWithEquals; now it catches some local variable cases. Fixed a bug in CouplingBetweenObjects; it no longer triggers an exception (which is a bug in the symbol table layer) by calling getEnclosingClassScope() when the node in question isn't enclosed by one. Moved AvoidCallingFinalize from the design ruleset to the finalize ruleset and then deleted redundant ExplicitCallToFinalize rule from the finalize ruleset. Deleted redundant ExceptionTypeChecking rule from the strictexception ruleset; use AvoidInstanceofChecksInCatchClause in the design ruleset instead. Added some new XSLT scripts that create nifty HTML output; thanks to Wouter Zelle for the code. Improved UseCorrectExceptionLogging; thx to Wouter Zelle for the new XPath. Improved warning message from UnusedPrivateMethod. Improved EmptyIfStmt; now it catches the case where an IfStatement is followed by an EmptyStatement node. The Ant task now accepts the short names of rulesets (e.g., unusedcode for rulesets/unusedcode.xml). Removed unnecessary '.html' suffix from displayed filenames when the linkPrefix attribute is used with the HTML renderer. Added an optional 'description' attribute to the 'property' element in the ruleset XML files. Added a simplified SimpleNode.addViolation() method to reduce duplicated rule violation creation code. Moved from jaxen-1.0-fcs.jar/saxpath-1.0-fcs.jar to jaxen-1.1-beta-7.jar. This yielded a 20% speed increase in the basic ruleset! ## June 21, 2005 - 3.2: New rules: UseCorrectExceptionLogging (logging-jakarta-commons ruleset), AvoidPrintStackTrace (logging-java ruleset), CompareObjectsWithEquals (design ruleset) Fixed bug 1201577 - PMD now correctly parses method declarations that return generic types. Fixed bug 1205709 - PMD no longer takes a long time to report certain parsing errors. Fixed bug 1052356 - ImmutableField no longer triggers on fields which are assigned to in a constructor's try statement. Fixed bug 1215854 - Package/class/method names are now filled in whenever possible, and the XML report includes all three. Fixed bug 1209719 - MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal no longer triggers on arguments which are modified using postfix or prefix expressions. A bug in AvoidReassigningParameters was also fixed under the same bug id. Fixed bug 1188386 - MethodReturnsInternalArray no longer flags returning a local array declaration. Fixed bug 1172137 - PMD no longer locks up when generating a control flow graph for if statements with labelled breaks. Fixed bug 1221094 - JUnitTestsShouldContainAsserts no longer flags static methods. Fixed bug 1217028 - pmd.bat now correctly passes parameters to PMD. Implemented RFE 1188604 - AvoidThrowingCertainExceptionTypes has been split into AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes and AvoidThrowingNullPointerException. Implemented RFE 1188369 - UnnecessaryBooleanAssertion now checks for things like 'assertTrue(!foo)'. These should be changed to 'assertFalse(foo)' for clarity. Implemented RFE 1199622 - UnusedFormalParameter now defaults to only checking private methods unless a 'checkall' property is set. Implemented RFE 1220314 - the symbol table now includes some rudimentary type information. Break and continue statement labels (if present) are placed in the image field. Fixed bug which caused MissingSerialVersionUID to trigger on all interfaces that implemented other interfaces. Modified NullAssignmentRule to catch null assignments in ternary expressions. Added two new node types - ASTCatchStatement and ASTFinallyStatement. Modified rule XML definition; it no longer includes a symboltable attribute since the symbol table layer is now run for all files analyzed. Harden equality of AbstractRule and RuleSet objects (needed for the Eclipse plugin features) Change RuleSet.getRuleByName. Now return null instead of throwing a RuntimeException when the rule is not found Add .project and .classpath to the module so that it can be checkout as an Eclipse project ## May 10, 2005 - 3.1: New rules: SimplifyStartsWith, UnnecessaryParentheses, CollapsibleIfStatements, UseAssertEqualsInsteadOfAssertTrue, UseAssertSameInsteadOfAssertTrue, UseStringBufferForStringAppends, SimplifyConditional, SingularField Fixed bug 1170535 - LongVariable now report variables longer than 17 characters, not 12. Fixed bug 1182755 - SystemPrintln no longer overreports problems. Fixed bug 1188372 - AtLeastOneConstructor no longer fires on interfaces. Fixed bug 1190508 - UnnecessaryBooleanAssertion no longer fires on nested boolean literals. Fixed bug 1190461 - UnusedLocal no longer misses usages which are on the RHS of a right bit shift operator. Fixed bug 1188371 - AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops no longer fires on instantiations in loops when the 'new' keyword is preceded by a 'return' or a 'throw'. Fixed bug 1190526 - TooManyFields now accepts a property setting correctly, and default lower bound is 15 vs 10. Fixed bug 1196238 - UnusedImports no longer reports false positives for various JDK 1.5 java.lang subpackages. Fixed bug 1169731 - UnusedImports no longer reports false positives on types used inside generics. This bug also resulted in a bug in ForLoopShouldBeWhileLoop being fixed, thanks Wim! Fixed bug 1187325 - UnusedImports no longer reports a false positive on imports which are used inside an Annotation. Fixed bug 1189720 - PMD no longer fails to parse generics that use 'member selectors'. Fixed bug 1170109 - The Ant task now supports an optional 'targetjdk' attribute that accepts values of '1.3', '1.4', or '1.5'. Fixed bug 1183032 - The XMLRenderer no longer throws a SimpleDateFormat exception when run with JDK 1.3. Fixed bug 1097256 - The XMLRenderer now supports optional encoding of UTF8 characters using the 'net.sourceforge.pmd.supportUTF8' environment variable. Fixed bug 1198832 - AbstractClassWithoutAbstractMethod no longer flags classes which implement interfaces since these can partially implement the interface and thus don't need to explicitly declare abstract methods. Implemented RFE 1193979 - BooleanInstantiation now catches cases like Boolean.valueOf(true) Implemented RFE 1171095 - LabeledStatement nodes now contain the image of the label. Implemented RFE 1176401 - UnusedFormalParameter now flags public methods. Implemented RFE 994338 - The msg produced by ConstructorCallsOverridableMethod now includes the offending method name. Modified command line parameters; removed -jdk15 and -jdk13 parameters and added a -'targetjdk [1.3|1.4|1.5]' parameter. Modified CSVRenderer to include more columns. Optimized rules: FinalFieldCouldBeStatic (115 seconds to 7 seconds), SuspiciousConstantFieldName (48 seconds to 14 seconds), UnusedModifer (49 seconds to 4 seconds) ## March 23, 2005 - 3.0: New rules: MissingSerialVersionUID, UnnecessaryFinalModifier, AbstractClassDoesNotContainAbstractMethod, MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass, AvoidSynchronizedAtMethodLevel, AvoidCallingFinalize, UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify, MissingBreakInSwitch, AvoidInstanceofChecksInCatchClause, AvoidFieldNameMatchingTypeName, AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName, AvoidNonConstructorMethodsWithClassName, TestClassWithoutTestCases, TooManyFields, CallSuperInConstructor, UnnecessaryBooleanAssertion, UseArrayListInsteadOfVector Implemented RFE 1058039 - PMD's command line interface now accepts abbreviated names for the standard rulesets; for example 'java net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD /my/source/code/ text basic,unusedcode' would run the rulesets/basic.xml and the rulesets/unusedcode.xml rulesets on the source in /my/source/code and produce a text report. Implemented RFE 1119851 - PMD's Ant task now supports an 'excludeMarker' attribute. Fixed bug 994400 - False +: ConstructorCallsOverridableMethodRule, thanks to ereissner for reporting it Fixed bug 1146116 - JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert no longer crashes on inner Interface Fixed bug 1114625 - UnusedPrivateField no longer throws an NPE on standalone postfix expressions which are prefixed with 'this'. Fixed bug 1114020 - The Ant task now reports a complete stack trace when run with the -verbose flag. Fixed bug 1117983 - MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal no longer reports false positives on try..catch blocks. Fixed bug 797742 - PMD now parses JDK 1.5 source code. Note that it's not perfect yet; more testing/bug reports are welcome! Fixed a bug - the StatisticalRule no longer 'merges' data points when using the 'topscore' property. Fixed a bug - the PMD Ant task's failOnRuleViolation attribute no longer causes a BuildException in the case when no rule violations occur. Modified the XSLT to add a summary section. Added Ruby support to CPD. Optimized various rules and wrote a benchmarking application; results are here - http://infoether.com/~tom/pmd_timing.txt ## February 1, 2005 - 2.3: Fixed bug 1113927 - ExceptionAsFlowControl no longer throws NPEs on code where a throw statement exists without a try statement wrapping it. Fixed bug 1113981 - AvoidConcatenatingNonLiteralsInStringBuffer no longer throws NPEs on code where an append appears as a child of an ExplicitConstructorInvocation node. Fixed bug 1114039 - AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops's message no longer contains a spelling error. Fixed bug 1114029 - The 'optimization' rules no longer throw NPEs at various points. Fixed bug 1114251 - The 'sunsecure' rules no longer throw NPEs at various points. ## January 31, 2005 - 2.2: New rules: LocalVariableCouldBeFinal, MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal, AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops, ArrayIsStoredDirectly, MethodReturnsInternalArray, AssignmentToNonFinalStatic, AvoidConcatenatingNonLiteralsInStringBuffer Fixed bug 1088459 - JUnitTestsShouldContainAsserts no longer throws ClassCastException on interface, native, and abstract method declarations. Fixed bug 1100059 - The Ant task now generates a small empty-ish report if there are no violations. Implemented RFE 1086168 - PMD XML reports now contain a version and timestamp attribute in the element. Implemented RFE 1031950 - The PMD Ant task now supports nested ruleset tags Fixed a bug in the rule override logic; it no longer requires the "class" attribute of a rule be listed in the overrides section. Added 'ignoreLiterals' and 'ignoreIdentifiers' boolean options to the CPD task. Cleaned up a good bit of the symbol table code; thanks much to Harald Gurres for the patch. CPD now contains a generic copy/paste checker for programs in any language ## December 15, 2004 - 2.1: New rules: AvoidProtectedFieldInFinalClass, SystemPrintln Fixed bug 1050173 - ImmutableFieldRule no longer reports false positives for static fields. Fixed bug 1050286 - ImmutableFieldRule no longer reports false positives for classes which have multiple constructors only a subset of which set certain fields. Fixed bug 1055346 - ImmutableFieldRule no longer reports false positive on preinc/predecrement/postfix expressions. Fixed bug 1041739 - EmptyStatementNotInLoop no longer reports false positives for nested class declarations in methods. Fixed bug 1039963 - CPD no longer fails to parse C++ files with multi-line macros. Fixed bug 1053663 - SuspiciousConstantFieldName no longer reports false positives for interface members. Fixed bug 1055930 - CouplingBetweenObjectsRule no longer throws a NPE on interfaces Fixed a possible NPE in dfa.report.ReportTree. Implemented RFE 1058033 - Renamed run.[sh|bat] to pmd.[sh|bat]. Implemented RFE 1058042 - XML output is more readable now. Applied patch 1051956 - Rulesets that reference rules using "ref" can now override various properties. Applied patch 1070733 - CPD's Java checker now has an option to ignore both literals and identifiers - this can help find large duplicate code blocks, but can also result in false positives. YAHTMLRenderer no longer has dependence on Ant packages. Modified the AST to correctly include PostfixExpression nodes. Previously a statement like "x++;" was embedded in the parent StatementExpression node. Moved BooleanInstantiation from the design ruleset to the basic ruleset. Updated Xerces libraries to v2.6.2. Many rule names had the word "Rule" tacked on to the end. Various folks thought this was a bad idea, so here are the new names of those rules which were renamed: - basic.xml: UnnecessaryConversionTemporary, OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcode, DoubleCheckedLocking - braces.xml: WhileLoopsMustUseBraces, IfElseStmtsMustUseBraces, ForLoopsMustUseBraces - clone.xml: ProperCloneImplementation - codesize.xml: CyclomaticComplexity, ExcessivePublicCount - controversial.xml: UnnecessaryConstructor, AssignmentInOperand, DontImportSun, SuspiciousOctalEscape - coupling.xml: CouplingBetweenObjects, ExcessiveImports, LooseCoupling - design.xml: UseSingleton, SimplifyBooleanReturns, AvoidReassigningParameters, ConstructorCallsOverridableMethod, AccessorClassGeneration, CloseConnection, OptimizableToArrayCall, IdempotentOperations. ImmutableField - junit.xml: JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage, JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert - logging-java.xml: MoreThanOneLogger, LoggerIsNotStaticFinal - naming.xml: ShortMethodName, VariableNamingConventions, ClassNamingConventions, AbstractNaming - strictexception.xml: ExceptionAsFlowControl, AvoidCatchingNPE, AvoidThrowingCertainExceptionTypes Continued working on JDK 1.5 compatibility - added support for static import statements, varargs, and the new for loop syntax - still TODO: generics and annotations (note that autoboxing shouldn't require a grammar change) - Good article on features: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/releases/j2se15/ ## October 19, 2004 - 2.0: New rules: InstantiationToGetClass, IdempotentOperationsRule, SuspiciousEqualsMethodName, SimpleDateFormatNeedsLocale, JUnitTestsShouldContainAssertsRule, SuspiciousConstantFieldName, ImmutableFieldRule, MoreThanOneLoggerRule, LoggerIsNotStaticFinalRule, UseLocaleWithCaseConversions Applied patch in RFE 992576 - Enhancements to VariableNamingConventionsRule Implemented RFE 995910 - The HTML report can now include links to HTMLlized source code - for example, the HTML generated by JXR. Implemented RFE 665824 - PMD now ignores rule violations in lines containing the string 'NOPMD'. Fixed bug in SimplifyBooleanExpressions - now it catches more cases. Fixed bugs in AvoidDuplicateLiterals - now it ignores small duplicate literals, its message is more helpful, and it catches more cases. Fixed bug 997893 - UnusedPrivateField now detects assignments to members of private fields as a usage. Fixed bug 1020199 - UnusedLocalVariable no longer flags arrays as unused if an assignment is made to an array slot. Fixed bug 1027133 - Now ExceptionSignatureDeclaration skips certain JUnit framework methods. Fixed bug 1008548 - The 'favorites' ruleset no longer contains a broken reference. Fixed bug 1045583 - UnusedModifier now correctly handles anonymous inner classes within interface field declarations. Partially fixed bug 998122 - CloseConnectionRule now checks for imports of java.sql before reporting a rule violation. Applied patch 1001694 - Now PMD can process zip/jar files of source code. Applied patch 1032927 - The XML report now includes the rule priority. Added data flow analysis facade from Raik Schroeder. Added two new optional attributes to rule definitions - symboltable and dfa. These allow the symbol table and DFA facades to be configured on a rule-by-rule basis. Note that if your rule needs the symbol table; you'll need to add symboltable="true" to your rule definition. FWIW, this also results in about a 5% speedup for rules that don't need either layer. Added a "logging" ruleset - thanks to Miguel Griffa for the code! Enhanced the ASTViewer - and renamed it 'Designer' - to display data flows. Moved development environment to Maven 1.0. Moved development environment to Ant 1.6.2. This is nice because using the new JUnit task attribute "forkmode='perBatch'" cuts test runtime from 90 seconds to 7 seconds. Sweet. MethodWithSameNameAsEnclosingClass now reports a more helpful line number. ## July 14, 2004 - 1.9: New rules: CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable, CloneThrowsCloneNotSupportedException, EqualsNull, ConfusingTernary Created new "clone" ruleset and moved ProperCloneImplementationRule over from the design ruleset. Moved LooseCoupling from design.xml to coupling.xml. Some minor performance optimizations - removed some unnecessary casts from the grammar, simplified some XPath rules. Postfix expressions (i.e., x++) are now available in the grammar. To access them, search for StatementExpressions with an image of "++" or "--" - i.e., in XPath, //StatementExpression[@Image="++"]. This is an odd hack and hopefully will get cleared up later. Ant task and CLI now used BufferedInputStreams. Converted AtLeastOneConstructor rule from Java code to XPath. Implemented RFE 743460: The XML report now contains the ruleset name. Implemented RFE 958714: Private field and local variables that are assigned but not used are now flagged as unused. Fixed bug 962782 - BeanMembersShouldSerializeRule no longer reports set/is as being a violation. Fixed bug 977022 - UnusedModifier no longer reports false positives for modifiers of nested classes in interfaces Fixed bug 976643 - IfElseStmtsMustUseBracesRule no longer reports false positives for certain if..else constructs. Fixed bug 985961 - UseSingletonRule now fires on classes which contain static fields Fixed bug 977031 - FinalizeDoesNotCallSuperFinalize no longer reports a false positive when a finalizer contains a call to super.finalize in a try {} finally {} block. ## May 19, 2004 - 1.8: New rules: ExceptionAsFlowControlRule, BadComparisonRule, AvoidThrowingCertainExceptionTypesRule, AvoidCatchingNPERule, OptimizableToArrayCallRule Major grammar changes - lots of new node types added, many superfluous nodes removed from the runtime AST. Bug 786611 - http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=786611&group_id=56262&atid=479921 - explains it a bit more. Fixed bug 786611 - Expressions are no longer over-expanded in the AST Fixed bug 874284 - The AST now contains tokens for bitwise or expressions - i.e., "|" ## April 22, 2004 - 1.7: Moved development environment to Maven 1.0-RC2. Fixed bug 925840 - Messages were no longer getting variable names plugged in correctly Fixed bug 919308 - XMLRenderer was still messed up; 'twas missing a quotation mark. Fixed bug 923410 - PMD now uses the default platform character set encoding; optionally, you can pass in a character encoding to use. Implemented RFE 925839 - Added some more detail to the UseSingletonRule. Added an optional 'failuresPropertyName' attribute to the Ant task. Refactored away duplicate copies of XPath rule definitions in regress/, yay! Removed manifest from jar file; it was only there for the Main-class attribute, and it's not very useful now since PMD has several dependencies. Began working on JDK 1.5 compatibility - added support for EnumDeclaration nodes. ## March 15, 2004 - 1.6: Fixed bug 895661 - XML reports containing error elements no longer have malformed XML. Fixed a bug in UnconditionalIfStatement - it no longer flags things like "if (x==true)". Applied Steve Hawkins' improvements to CPD: - Various optimizations; now it runs about 4 times faster! - fixed "single match per file" bug - tweaked source code slicing - CSV renderer Added two new renderers - SummaryHTMLRenderer and PapariTextRenderer. Moved development environment to Ant 1.6 and JavaCC 3.2. ## February 2, 2004 - 1.5: New rules: DontImportSunRule, EmptyFinalizer, EmptyStaticInitializer, AvoidDollarSigns, FinalizeOnlyCallsSuperFinalize, FinalizeOverloaded, FinalizeDoesNotCallSuperFinalize, MethodWithSameNameAsEnclosingClass, ExplicitCallToFinalize, NonStaticInitializer, DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt, NonCaseLabelInSwitchStatement, SuspiciousHashcodeMethodName, EmptyStatementNotInLoop, SuspiciousOctalEscapeRule FinalizeShouldBeProtected moved from design.xml to finalizers.xml. Added isTrue() to ASTBooleanLiteral. Added UnaryExpression to the AST. Added isPackagePrivate() to AccessNode. ## January 7, 2004 - 1.4: New rules: AbstractNamingRule, ProperCloneImplementationRule Fixed bug 840926 - AvoidReassigningParametersRule no longer reports a false positive when assigning a value to an array slot when the array is passed as a parameter to a method Fixed bug 760520 - RuleSetFactory is less strict about whitespace in ruleset.xml files. Fixed bug 826805 - JumbledIncrementorRule no longer reports a false positive when a outer loop incrementor is used as an array index Fixed bug 845343 - AvoidDuplicateLiterals now picks up cases when a duplicate literal appears in field declarations. Fixed bug 853409 - VariableNamingConventionsRule no longer requires that non-static final fields be capitalized Fixed a bug in OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcodeRule; it no longer reports a false positive when equals() is passed the fully qualified name of Object. Implemented RFE 845348 - UnnecessaryReturn yields more useful line numbers now Added a ruleset DTD and a ruleset XML Schema. Added 'ExplicitExtends' and 'ExplicitImplements' attributes to UnmodifiedClassDeclaration nodes. ## October 23, 2003 - 1.3: Relicensed under a BSD-style license. Fixed bug 822245 - VariableNamingConventionsRule now handles interface fields correctly. Added new rules: EmptySynchronizedBlock, UnnecessaryReturn ASTType now has an getDimensions() method. ## October 06, 2003 - 1.2.2: Added new rule: CloseConnectionRule Fixed bug 782246 - FinalFieldCouldBeStatic no longer flags fields in interfaces. Fixed bug 782235 - "ant -version" now prints more details when a file errors out. Fixed bug 779874 - LooseCouplingRule no longer triggers on ArrayList Fixed bug 781393 - VariableNameDeclaration no longer throws ClassCastExpression since ASTLocalVariableDeclaration now subclasses AccessNode Fixed bug 797243 - CPD XML report can no longer contain ]]> (CDEnd) Fixed bug 690196 - PMD now handles both JDK 1.3 and 1.4 code - i.e., usage of "assert" as an identifier. Fixed bug 805092 - VariableNamingConventionsRule no longer flags serialVersionUID as a violation Fixed bug - Specifying a non-existing rule format on the command line no longer results in a ClassNotFoundException. XPath rules may now include pluggable parameters. This feature is very limited. For now. Tweaked CPD time display field Made CPD text fields uneditable Added more error checking to CPD GUI input Added "dialog cancelled" check to CPD "Save" function Added Boris Gruschko's AST viewer. Added Jeff Epstein's TextPad integration. ASTType now has an isArray() method. ## August 1, 2003 - 1.2.1: Fixed bug 781077 - line number "-1" no longer appears for nodes with siblings. ## July 30, 2003 - 1.2: Added new rules: VariableNamingConventionsRule, MethodNamingConventionsRule, ClassNamingConventionsRule, AvoidCatchingThrowable, ExceptionSignatureDeclaration, ExceptionTypeChecking, BooleanInstantiation Fixed bug 583047 - ASTName column numbers are now correct Fixed bug 761048 - Symbol table now creates a scope level for anonymous inner classes Fixed bug 763529 - AccessorClassGenerationRule no longer crashes when given a final inner class Fixed bug 771943 - AtLeastOneConstructorRule and UnnecessaryConstructorRule no longer reports false positives on inner classes. Applied patch from Chris Webster to fix another UnnecessaryConstructorRule problem. Added ability to accept a comma-delimited string of files and directories on the command line. Added a CSVRenderer. Added a "-shortfilenames" argument to the PMD command line interface. Modified grammer to provide information on whether an initializer block is static. ASTViewer now shows node images and modifiers ASTViewer now saves last edited text to ~/.pmd_astviewer Moved the PMD Swing UI into a separate module - pmd-swingui. Updated license.txt to point to new location. ## June 19, 2003 - 1.1: Added new rules: FinalizeShouldBeProtected, FinalFieldCouldBeStatic, BeanMembersShouldSerializeRule Removed "verbose" attribute from PMD and CPD Ant tasks; now they use built in logging so you can do a "ant -verbose cpd" or "ant -verbose pmd". Thanks to Philippe T'Seyen for the code. Added "excludes" feature to rulesets; thanks to Gael Marziou for the suggestion. Removed "LinkedList" from LooseCouplingRule checks; thx to Randall Schulz for the suggestion. CPD now processes PHP code. Added VBHTMLRenderer; thanks to Vladimir Bossicard for the code. Added "Save" item to CPD GUI; thanks to mcclain looney for the patch. Fixed bug 732592 - Ant task now accepts a nested classpath element. Fixed bug 744915 - UseSingletonRule no longer fires on abstract classes, thanks to Pablo Casado for the bug report. Fixed bugs 735396 and 735399 - false positives from ConstructorCallsOverridableMethodRule Fixed bug 752809 - UnusedPrivateMethodRule now catches unused private static methods, thanks to Conrad Roche for the bug report. ## April 17, 2003 - 1.05: Added new rules: ReturnFromFinallyBlock, SimplifyBooleanExpressions Added a new Ant task for CPD; thanks to Andy Glover for the code. Added ability to specify a class name as a renderer on the command line or in the formatter "type" attribute of the Ant task. Brian Ewins completely rewrote CPD using a portion of the Burrows-Wheeler Transform - it's much, much, much faster now. Rebuilt parser with JavaCC 3.0; made several parser optimizations. The Ant task now accepts a element to aid in loading custom rulesets. Thanks to Luke Francl for the suggestion. Fixed several bugs in UnnecessaryConstructorRule; thanks to Adam Nemeth for the reports and fixes. All test-data classes have been inlined into their respective JUnit tests. ## March 21, 2003 - 1.04 Added new rules: ConstructorCallsOverridableMethodRule, AtLeastOneConstructorRule, JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessageRule, DoubleCheckedLockingRule, ExcessivePublicCountRule, AccessorClassGenerationRule The Ant task has been updated; if you set "verbose=true" full stacktraces are printed. Thx to Paul Roebuck for the suggestion. Moved JUnit rules into their own package - "net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.junit". Incorporated new ResourceLoader; thanks to Dave Fuller Incorporated new XPath-based rule definitions; thanks to Dan Sheppard for the excellent work. Fixed bug 697187 - Problem with nested ifs Fixed bug 699287 - Grammar bug; good catch by David Whitmore ## February 11, 2003 - 1.03 Added new rules: CyclomaticComplexityRule, AssignmentInOperandRule Added numbering to the HTMLRenderer; thx to Luke Francl for the code. Added an optional Ant task attribute 'failOnRuleViolation'. This stops the build if any rule violations are found. Added an XSLT script for processing the PMD XML report; thx to Mats for the code. The Ant task now determines whether the formatter toFile attribute is absolute or relative and routes the report appropriately. Moved several rules into a new "controversial" ruleset. Fixed bug 672742 - grammar typo was hosing up ASTConstructorDeclaration which was hosing up UseSingletonRule Fixed bug 674393 - OnlyOneReturn rule no longer counts returns that are inside anonymous inner classes as being inside the containing method. Thx to C. Lamont Gilbert for the bug report. Fixed bug 674420 - AvoidReassigningParametersRule no longer counts parameter field reassignment as a violation. Thx to C. Lamont Gilbert for the bug report. Fixed bug 673662 - The Ant task's "failOnError" attribute works again. Changed the semantics of this attribute, though, so it fails the build if errors occurred. A new attribute 'failOnRuleViolation' serves the purpose of stopping the build if rule violations are found. Fixed bug 676340 - Symbol table now creates new scope level when it encounters a switch statement. See the bug for code details; generally, this bug would have triggered runtime exceptions on certain blocks of code. Fixed bug 683465 - JavaCC parser no longer has ability to throw java.lang.Error; now it only throws java.lang.RuntimeExceptions. Thx to Gunnlaugur Thor Briem for a good discussion on this topic. Fixed bug in OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcodeRule - it no longer bails out with a NullPtrException on interfaces that declare a method signature "equals(Object)". Thx to Don Leckie for catching that. ## January 22, 2003 - 1.02: Added new rules: ImportFromSamePackageRule, SwitchDensityRule, NullAssignmentRule, UnusedModifierRule, ForLoopShouldBeWhileLoopRule Updated LooseCouplingRule to check for usage of Vector; thx to Vladimir for the good catch. Updated AvoidDuplicateLiteralsRule to report the line number of the first occurrence of the duplicate String. Modified Ant task to use a formatter element; this lets you render a report in several formats without having to rerun PMD. Added a new Ant task attribute - shortFilenames. Modified Ant task to ignore whitespace in the ruleset attribute Added rule priority settings. Added alternate row colorization to HTML renderer. Fixed bug 650623 - the Ant task now uses relative directories for the report file Fixed bug 656944 - PMD no longer prints errors to System.out, instead it just rethrows any exceptions Fixed bug 660069 - this was a symbol table bug; thanks to mcclain looney for the report. Fixed bug 668119 - OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcodeRule now checks the signature on equals(); thanks to mcclain looney for the report. ## November 07 2002 - 1.01: Fixed bug 633879: EmptyFinallyBlockRule now handles multiple catch blocks followed by a finally block. Fixed bug 633892: StringToStringRule false positive exposed problem in symbol table usage to declaration code. Fixed bug 617971: Statistical rules no longer produce tons of false positives due to accumulated results. Fixed bug 633209: OnlyOneReturn rule no longer requires the return stmt to be the last statement. Enhanced EmptyCatchBlockRule to flag multiple consecutive empty catch blocks. Renamed AvoidStringLiteralsRule to AvoidDuplicateLiteralsRule. Modified Ant task to truncate file paths to make the HTML output neater. ## November 04 2002 - 1.0: Added new rules: StringToStringRule, AvoidReassigningParametersRule, UnnecessaryConstructorRule, AvoidStringLiteralsRule Fixed bug 631010: AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmtsRule works correctly with if..else stmts now Fixed bug 631605: OnlyOneReturn handles line spillover now. Moved AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts from the braces ruleset to the design ruleset. Moved several rules from the design ruleset to the codesize ruleset. Added a new "favorites" ruleset. ## October 04 2002 - 1.0rc3: Added new rules: OnlyOneReturnRule, JumbledIncrementerRule, AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmtsRule PMD is now built and tested with JUnit 3.8.1 and Ant 1.5. Added support for IntelliJ's IDEAJ. Fixed bug 610018 - StringInstantiationRule now allows for String(byte[], int, int) usage. Fixed bug 610693 - UnusedPrivateInstanceVariable handles parameter shadowing better. Fixed bug 616535 - Command line interface input checking is better now. Fixed bug 616615 - Command line interface allows the text renderer to be used now Fixed a bug - the statistics rules now handle interfaces better. ## September 12 2002 - 1.0rc2: Added new rules: JUnitSpellingRule, JUnitStaticSuiteRule, StringInstantiationRule Added new rulesets - junit, strings. Added a printToConsole attribute to the Ant task so that you can see the report right there in the Ant output. Fixed bug in PMD GUI - rules are now saved correctly. Fixed bug 597916 - CPD line counts are accurate now. ## September 09 2002 - 1.0rc1: Added new rules: UnusedImportsRule, EmptySwitchStmtRule, SwitchStmtsShouldHaveDefaultRule, IfStmtsMustUseBracesRule Fixed bug 597813 - Rule properties are now parsed correctly Fixed bug 597905 - UseSingletonRule now resets its state correctly Moved several rules into a new ruleset - braces. Improved CPD by removing import statements and package statements from the token set. Added Metrics API to the Report. Updated PMD GUI. ## August 16 2002 - 0.9: Added new rules: LongParameterListRule, SimplifyBooleanReturnsRule Enhanced statistics rules to support various ways of triggering rule violations Added rule customization via XML parameters Enhanced CopyAndPasteDetector; added a GUI Fixed bug 592060 - UnusedPrivateInstanceVariable handles explicitly referenced statics correctly Fixed bug 593849 - UnusedPrivateInstanceVariable handles nested classes better ## July 30 2002 - 0.8: Added new rule: UnusedFormalParameterRule Fixed bug 588083 - ForLoopsNeedBraces rule correctly handles a variety of for statement formats Added prototype of the copy and paste detector ## July 25 2002 - 0.7: Added new rules: UnusedPrivateMethodRule, WhileLoopsMustUseBracesRule, ForLoopsMustUseBracesRule, LooseCouplingRule Fixed bug 583482 - EmptyCatchBlock and EmptyFinallyBlock no longer report an incorrect line number. ## July 18 2002 - 0.6: Added new rules: ExcessiveClassLength, ExcessiveMethodLength DuplicateImportsRule now reports the correct line number. Fixed bug 582639 - Rule violations are now reported on the proper line Fixed bug 582509 - Removed unneeded throws clause Fixed bug 583009 - Now rulesets.properties is in the jar file ## July 15 2002 - 0.5: Added new rules: DontImportJavaLangRule, DuplicateImportsRule Added new ruleset: rulesets/imports.xml Changed sorting of RuleViolations to group Files together. Changed XML Renderer to improved format. Created DVSL Stylesheet for the new format. Moved the Cougaar rules out of the PMD core. Fixed bug 580093 - OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcodeRule reports a more correct line number. Fixed bug 581853 - UnusedLocalVariableRule now handles anonymous inner classes correctly. Fixed bug 580278 - this was a side effect of bug 581853. Fixed bug 580123 - UnusedPrivateInstanceVariable now checks for instance variable usage in inner classes. ## July 10 2002 - 0.4: Added new rules: OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcodeRule, EmptyTryBlock, EmptyFinallyBlock Reports are now sorted by line number RuleSets can now reference rules in other RuleSets Fixed bug 579718 - made 'ruleset not found' error message clearer. ## July 03 2002 - 0.3: Added new rules: UseSingletonRule, ShortVariableRule, LongVariableRule, ShortMethodNameRule Moved rules into RuleSets which are defined in XML files in the ruleset directory Ant task: -Added a 'failonerror' attribute -Changed 'rulesettype' to 'rulesetfiles' -Removed 'text' report format; only 'html' and 'xml' are available now ## June 27 2002 - 0.2: Added new rules: IfElseStmtsMustUseBracesRule, EmptyWhileStmtRule Modified command line interface to accept a rule set Fixed bug in EmptyCatchBlockRule Fixed typo in UnnecessaryConversionTemporaryRule Moved Ant task to the net.sourceforge.pmd.ant package Added new HTML report format ## June 25 2002 - 0.1: Initial release The PMD book - $20 - http://pmdapplied.com/