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title: PMD Release Notes
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## {{ site.pmd.date }} - {{ site.pmd.version }}

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD {{ site.pmd.version }}.

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### New and noteworthy

#### Javascript: Rhino updated to latest version 1.7.14

[Rhino](https://github.com/mozilla/rhino), the implementation of JavaScript we use
for parsing JavaScript code, has been updated to the latest version 1.7.14.
Now language features like template strings can be parsed. However Rhino does
not support all features of the latest EcmaScript standard.

#### New rules

*   The new Java rule {% rule "java/codestyle/FinalParameterInAbstractMethod" %} detects parameters that are
    declared as final in interfaces or abstract methods. Declaring the parameters as final is useless
    because the implementation may choose to not respect it.

```xml
    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/FinalParameterInAbstractMethod" />
```

   The rule is part of the quickstart.xml ruleset.

#### Modified rules

*   The Apex rule {% rule "apex/documentation/ApexDoc" %} has a new property `reportProperty`.
    If set to `false` (default is `true` if unspecified) doesn't report missing ApexDoc comments on properties.
    It allows you to enforce ApexDoc comments for classes and methods without requiring them for properties.

### Fixed Issues

*   java
    *   [#3698](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3698): \[java] Error resolving Symbol Table
*   java-bestpractices
    *   [#3209](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3209): \[java] UnusedPrivateMethod false positive with static method and cast expression
    *   [#3468](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3468): \[java] UnusedPrivateMethod false positive when outer class calls private static method on inner class
*   java-design
    *   [#3679](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3679): \[java] Make FinalFieldCouldBeStatic detect constant variable
*   java-errorprone
    *   [#3686](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3686): \[java] ReturnEmptyCollectionRatherThanNull - false negative with conditioned returns
    *   [#3701](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3701): \[java] MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass false positive with method inner classes
*   java-performance
    *   [#3492](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3492): \[java] UselessStringValueOf: False positive when there is no initial String to append to
*   javascript
    *   [#3703](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3703): \[javascript] Error - no Node adapter class registered for XmlPropRef

### API Changes

### External Contributions

*   [#3631](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3631): \[java] Fixed False positive for UselessStringValueOf when there is no initial String to append to - [John Armgardt](https://github.com/johnra2)
*   [#3683](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3683): \[java] Fixed 3468 UnusedPrivateMethod false positive when outer class calls private static method on inner class - [John Armgardt](https://github.com/johnra2)
*   [#3688](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3688): \[java] Bump log4j to 2.16.0 - [Sergey Nuyanzin](https://github.com/snuyanzin)
*   [#3693](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3693): \[apex] ApexDoc: Add reportProperty property - [Steve Babula](https://github.com/babula)
*   [#3704](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3704): \[java] Fix for #3686 - Fix ReturnEmptyCollectionRatherThanNull - [Oleksii Dykov](https://github.com/dykov)
*   [#3713](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3713): \[java] Enhance UnnecessaryModifier to support records - [Vincent Galloy](https://github.com/vgalloy)
*   [#3719](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3719): \[java] Upgrade log4j to 2.17.1 - [Daniel Paul Searles](https://github.com/squaresurf)
*   [#3720](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3720): \[java] New rule: FinalParameterInAbstractMethod - [Vincent Galloy](https://github.com/vgalloy)
*   [#3724](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3724): \[java] Fix for #3686 - fix FinalFieldCouldBeStatic - [Oleksii Dykov](https://github.com/dykov)
*   [#3742](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3742): \[java] Fix #3701 - fix MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass for method local classes - [Oleksii Dykov](https://github.com/dykov)
*   [#3744](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3744): \[core] Updated SaxonXPathRuleQueryTest.java - [Vyom Yadav](https://github.com/Vyom-Yadav)

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