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title: Release Notes 5.4.1
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keywords: release notes, announcements, what's new, new features
last_updated: December 4, 2015
summary: "Version 5.4.1 of the PMD Open Source Project, released December 4, 2015."
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## Feature Request and Improvements

*   CPD: New command line parameter <tt>--ignore-usings</tt>: Ignore using directives in C# when comparing text.

## Modified Rules

*   java-comments/CommentRequired: New property <tt>serialVersionUIDCommentRequired</tt> 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

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