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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

#### Dart support

Thanks to the contribution from [Maikel Steneker](https://github.com/maikelsteneker), and built on top of the ongoing efforts to fully support Antlr-based languages,
PMD now has CPD support for [Dart](https://www.dartlang.org/).

Being based on a proper Antlr grammar, CPD can:
*   ignore comments
*   ignore imports / libraries
*   honor [comment-based suppressions](pmd_userdocs_cpd.html#suppression)

#### Updated PMD Designer

This PMD release ships a new version of the pmd-designer.
For the changes, see [PMD Designer Changelog](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer/blob/6.14.0/CHANGELOG.md).

#### Enhanced Matlab support

Thanks to the contribution from [Maikel Steneker](https://github.com/maikelsteneker) CPD for Matlab can
now parse matlab programs which use the question mark operator to specify access to
class members:

```
lassdef Class1
properties (SetAccess = ?Class2)
```

### Modified Rules

*   The Java rule {% rule "java/errorprone/AssignmentToNonFinalStatic" %} (`java-errorprone`) will now report on each
    assignment made within a constructor rather than on the field declaration. This makes it easier for developers to
    find the offending statements.

*   The Java rule {% rule "java/codestyle/NoPackage" %} (`java-codestyle`) will now report additionally enums
    and annotations that do not have a package declaration.

### Fixed Issues

*   all
    *   [#1515](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1515): \[core] Module pmd-lang-test is missing javadoc artifact
    *   [#1788](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1788): \[cpd] \[core] Use better `ClassLoader` for `ServiceLoader` in `LanguageFactory`
    *   [#1794](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1794): \[core] Ruleset Compatibility fails with excluding rules
*   go
    *   [#1751](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1751): \[go] Parsing errors encountered with escaped backslash
*   java
    *   [#1532](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1532): \[java] NPE with incomplete auxclasspath
    *   [#1691](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1691): \[java] Possible Data Race in JavaTypeDefinitionSimple.getGenericType
    *   [#1729](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1729): \[java] JavaRuleViolation loses information in `className` field when class has package-private access level
*   java-bestpractices
    *   [#1190](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1190): \[java] UnusedLocalVariable/UnusedPrivateField false-positive 
    *   [#1720](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1720): \[java] UnusedImports false positive for Javadoc link with array type
*   java-codestyle
    *   [#1755](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1775): \[java] False negative in UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn when splitting statements across multiple lines
    *   [#1782](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1782): \[java] NoPackage: False Negative for enums
*   java-design
    *   [#1760](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1760): \[java] UseObjectForClearerAPI flags private methods

### API Changes

No changes.

### External Contributions

*   [#1745](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1745): \[doc] Fixed some errors in docs - [0xflotus](https://github.com/0xflotus)
*   [#1746](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1746): \[java] Update rule to prevent UnusedImport when using JavaDoc with array type - [itaigilo](https://github.com/itaigilo)
*   [#1752](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1752): \[java] UseObjectForClearerAPI Only For Public - [Björn Kautler](https://github.com/Vampire)
*   [#1761](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1761): \[dart] \[cpd] Added CPD support for Dart - [Maikel Steneker](https://github.com/maikelsteneker)
*   [#1776](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1776): \[java] Show more detailed message when can't resolve field type - [Andrey Fomin](https://github.com/andrey-fomin)
*   [#1781](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1781): \[java] Location change in AssignmentToNonFinalStatic - [Maikel Steneker](https://github.com/maikelsteneker)
*   [#1789](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1789): \[cpd] \[core] Use current classloader instead of Thread's classloader - [Andreas Schmid](https://github.com/aaschmid)
*   [#1791](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1791): \[dart] \[cpd] Dart escaped string - [Maikel Steneker](https://github.com/maikelsteneker)
*   [#1821](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1821): \[matlab] \[cpd] Matlab question mark token - [Maikel Steneker](https://github.com/maikelsteneker)

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