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title: PMD Release Notes
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## {{ site.pmd.date }} - {{ site.pmd.version }}
The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD {{ site.pmd.version }}.
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### New and noteworthy
#### CPD now supports XML as well
Thanks to [Fernando Cosso](https://github.com/xnYi9wRezm) CPD can now find duplicates in XML files as well.
This is useful to find duplicated sections in XML files.
#### New Rules
* The new Java Rule {% rule "java/bestpractices/LiteralsFirstInComparisons" %} (`java-bestpractices`)
find String literals, that are used in comparisons and are not positioned first. Using the String literal
as the receiver of e.g. `equals` helps to avoid NullPointerExceptions.
This rule is replacing the two old rules {% rule "java/bestpractices/PositionLiteralsFirstInComparisons" %}
and {% rule "java/bestpractices/PositionLiteralsFirstInCaseInsensitiveComparisons" %} and extends the check
for the methods `compareTo`, `compareToIgnoreCase` and `contentEquals` in addition to `equals` and
`equalsIgnoreCase`.
Note: This rule also replaces the two mentioned rules in Java's quickstart ruleset.
### Fixed Issues
* apex-bestpractices
* [#2468](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2468): \[apex] Unused Local Variable fails on blocks
### API Changes
### External Contributions
* [#2446](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2446): \[core] Update maven-compiler-plugin to 3.8.1 - [Artem Krosheninnikov](https://github.com/KroArtem)
* [#2448](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2448): \[java] Operator Wrap check - [Harsh Kukreja](https://github.com/harsh-kukreja)
* [#2449](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2449): \[plsql] Additional info in SqlStatement, FormalParameter and FetchStatement - [Grzegorz Sudolski](https://github.com/zgrzyt93)
* [#2452](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2452): \[doc] Fix "Making Rulesets" doc sample code indentation - [Artur Dryomov](https://github.com/arturdryomov)
* [#2457](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2457): \[xml] Adding XML to CPD supported languages - [Fernando Cosso](https://github.com/xnYi9wRezm)
* [#2469](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2469): \[apex] fix false positive unused variable if only a method is called - [Gwilym Kuiper](https://github.com/gwilymatgearset)
* [#2478](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2478): \[java] New rule: LiteralsFirstInComparisons - [John-Teng](https://github.com/John-Teng)
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