PMD 6.21.0
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PMD Release Notes

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??-December-2019 - 6.21.0

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 6.21.0.

This is a minor release.

New and noteworthy

Fixed Issues

java-bestpractices
- #2149: [java] JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage - False positive with assertEquals and JUnit5
java-performance
- #2141: [java] StringInstatiation: False negative with String-array access

API Changes

Deprecated APIs

Internal API

JavaLanguageHandler
JavaLanguageParser
JavaDataFlowHandler
Implementations of RuleViolationFactory in each language module, eg JavaRuleViolationFactory. See javadoc of RuleViolationFactory.
Implementations of RuleViolation in each language module, eg JavaRuleViolation. See javadoc of RuleViolation.

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