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name: Rule violation (false-negative)
about: Let us know about a false-negative (no violation is reported on problematic code)
title: ''
labels: 'a:false-negative'
assignees: ''

---
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**Affects PMD Version:** 

**Rule:**

Please provide the rule name and a link to the rule documentation:
<https://docs.pmd-code.org/latest/pmd_rules_XXX_XXX.html#XXX>

**Description:**

**Code Sample demonstrating the issue:**

```java

```

**Expected outcome:**

PMD should report a violation at line ..., but doesn't. This is a false-negative.

**Running PMD through:** *[CLI | Ant | Maven | Gradle | Designer | Other]*