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+(require 'compile)
+
+(defgroup pmd nil "PMD"
+  :group 'emacs)
+
+(defcustom pmd-java-home "/usr/local/bin/java"
+  "Java binary to run PMD with."
+  :type 'file
+  :group 'pmd )
+
+(defcustom pmd-home "~/pmd"
+  "Directory where PMD is installed."
+  :type 'directory
+  :group 'pmd)
+
+(defcustom pmd-rulesets "rulesets/basic.xml"
+  "Rulesets to apply"
+  :type 'string
+  :group 'pmd)
+
+(add-to-list 'compilation-error-regexp-alist
+             '("\\([a-zA-Z]:?[-a-zA-Z._0-9\\\\/]+\\)\t\\([0-9]+\\)\t[^\n]+" 1 2))
+
+(defun pmd-current-buffer ()
+  "Run PMD on the contents of the current buffer."
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((file-name         (buffer-file-name) )
+        (pmd-buffer-create (get-buffer "*PMD*"))
+        (pmd-jar           (concat pmd-home "/lib/pmd-1.01.jar")))
+    (compile (concat pmd-java-home " -cp " pmd-jar 
+                     " net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD "
+                     file-name " text " pmd-rulesets ))))
+
+(provide 'pmd)