30-September-2022 - 6.50.0-SNAPSHOT

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 6.50.0-SNAPSHOT.

This is a minor release.

New and noteworthy

Lua now supports additionally Luau

This release of PMD adds support for Luau, a gradually typed language derived from Lua. This means, that the Lua language in PMD can now parse both Lua and Luau.

Modified rules

  • The Java rule CommentDefaultAccessModifier now by default ignores JUnit5 annotated methods. This behavior can be customized using the property ignoredAnnotations.

Fixed Issues

  • cli
    • #4118: [cli] run.sh designer reports “integer expression expected”
  • core
    • #4116: [core] Missing –file arg in TreeExport CLI example
  • doc
    • #4109: [doc] Add page for 3rd party rulesets
    • #4124: [doc] Fix typos in Java rule docs
  • java-codestyle
    • #3859: [java] CommentDefaultAccessModifier is triggered in JUnit5 test class
    • #4085: [java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName false positive when nested and non-nested classes with the same name and in the same package are used together
  • java-design
    • #4090: [java] FinalFieldCouldBeStatic false positive with non-static synchronized block (regression in 6.48, worked with 6.47)

API Changes

CPD CLI

  • CPD now supports the --ignore-literal-sequences argument when analyzing Lua code.

Financial Contributions

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External Contributions

  • #4066: [lua] Add support for Luau syntax and skipping literal sequences in CPD - Matt Hargett (@matthargett)
  • #4116: [core] Fix missing –file arg in TreeExport CLI example - mohan-chinnappan-n (@mohan-chinnappan-n)
  • #4124: [doc] Fix typos in Java rule docs - Piotrek Żygieło (@pzygielo)
  • #4128: [java] Fix False-positive UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName when nested and non-nest… #4103 - Oleg Andreych (@OlegAndreych)
  • #4131: [doc] TooFewBranchesForASwitchStatement - Use “if-else” instead of “if-then” - Suvashri (@Suvashri)
  • #4137: [java] Fixes 3859: Exclude junit5 test methods from the commentDefaultAccessModifierRule - Luis Alcantar (@lfalcantar)