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<h2 id="--2020---6260-snapshot">??-??-2020 - 6.26.0-SNAPSHOT</h2>
<p>The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 6.26.0-SNAPSHOT.</p>
<p>This is a minor release.</p>
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<li>The new Java rule <a href="pmd_rules_java_bestpractices.html#unusedassignment"><code class="highlighter-rouge">UnusedAssignment</code></a> (<code class="highlighter-rouge">java-bestpractices</code>) finds assignments
to variables, that are never used and are useless. The new rule is supposed to entirely replace
<a href="pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#dataflowanomalyanalysis"><code class="highlighter-rouge">DataflowAnomalyAnalysis</code></a>.</li>
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<h3 id="fixed-issues">Fixed Issues</h3>
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<li>apex
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2610">#2610</a>: [apex] Support top-level enums in rules</li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2626">#2626</a>: [apex] UnusedLocalVariable - false positive on case insensitivity allowed in Apex</li>
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<li>apex-security
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2620">#2620</a>: [visualforce] False positive on VfUnescapeEl with new Message Channel feature</li>
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<li>core
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/710">#710</a>: [core] Review used dependencies</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2594">#2594</a>: [core] Update exec-maven-plugin and align it in all project</li>
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<li>java-design
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2174">#2174</a>: [java] LawOfDemeter: False positive with this pointer</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2189">#2189</a>: [java] LawOfDemeter: False positive when casting to derived class</li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2578">#2578</a>: [java] AvoidCallingFinalize detects some false positives</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2634">#2634</a>: [java] NullPointerException in rule ProperCloneImplementation</li>
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<li>java-performance
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1736">#1736</a>: [java] UseStringBufferForStringAppends: False positive if only one concatenation</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2207">#2207</a>: [java] AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops: False positive - should not flag objects when assigned to lists/arrays</li>
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<h5 id="for-removal">For removal</h5>
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<li><a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/6.26.0-SNAPSHOT/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/rule/RuleChainVisitor.html#"><code>RuleChainVisitor</code></a> and all implementations in language modules</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/6.26.0-SNAPSHOT/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/rule/AbstractRuleChainVisitor.html#"><code>AbstractRuleChainVisitor</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/6.26.0-SNAPSHOT/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/Language.html#getRuleChainVisitorClass()"><code>getRuleChainVisitorClass</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/6.26.0-SNAPSHOT/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/BaseLanguageModule.html#&lt;init&gt;(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.Class,java.lang.String...)"><code><init>&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</init></code></a></li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2558">#2558</a>: [java] Fix issue #1736 and issue #2207 - <a href="https://github.com/YYoungC">Young Chan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2560">#2560</a>: [java] Fix false positives of LawOfDemeter: this and cast expressions - <a href="https://github.com/xioayuge">xioayuge</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2590">#2590</a>: Update libraries snyk is referring to as <code class="highlighter-rouge">unsafe</code> - <a href="https://github.com/KroArtem">Artem Krosheninnikov</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2597">#2597</a>: [dependencies] Fix issue #2594, update exec-maven-plugin everywhere - <a href="https://github.com/KroArtem">Artem Krosheninnikov</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2621">#2621</a>: [visualforce] add new safe resource for VfUnescapeEl - <a href="https://github.com/pchittum">Peter Chittum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2640">#2640</a>: [java] NullPointerException in rule ProperCloneImplementation - <a href="https://github.com/Drofff">Mykhailo Palahuta</a></li>
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