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New and noteworthy

Fixed Issues

• java-bestpractices
  • #2149: [java] JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage - False positive with assertEquals and JUnit5
• java-performance
  • #2141: [java] StringInstatiation: False negative with String-array access

API Changes

Deprecated APIs

Internal API

Those APIs are not intended to be used by clients, and will be hidden or removed with PMD 7.0.0. You can identify them with the @InternalApi annotation. You'll also get a deprecation warning.

• {% jdoc java::lang.java.JavaLanguageHandler %}
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.JavaLanguageParser %}
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.JavaDataFlowHandler %}
• Implementations of {% jdoc core::lang.rule.RuleViolationFactory %} in each language module, eg {% jdoc java::lang.java.rule.JavaRuleViolationFactory %}. See javadoc of {% jdoc core::lang.rule.RuleViolationFactory %}.
• Implementations of {% jdoc core::RuleViolation %} in each language module, eg {% jdoc java::lang.java.rule.JavaRuleViolation %}. See javadoc of {% jdoc core::RuleViolation %}.

For removal

• {% jdoc java::lang.java.AbstractJavaParser %}
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.AbstractJavaHandler %}
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTAnyTypeDeclaration.TypeKind %}
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTAnyTypeDeclaration#getKind() %}
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.JavaQualifiedName %}
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTCompilationUnit#declarationsAreInDefaultPackage() %}
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.JavaQualifiableNode %}
  • {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTAnyTypeDeclaration#getQualifiedName() %}
  • {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTMethodOrConstructorDeclaration#getQualifiedName() %}
  • {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTLambdaExpression#getQualifiedName() %}
• {% jdoc_package java::lang.java.qname %} and its contents
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTMethodLikeNode %}
  • Its methods will also be removed from its implementations, {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTMethodOrConstructorDeclaration %}, {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTLambdaExpression %}.
• {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTAnyTypeDeclaration#getImage() %} will be removed. Please use getSimpleName() instead. This affects {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTAnnotationTypeDeclaration#getImage() %}, {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration#getImage() %}, and {% jdoc java::lang.java.ast.ASTEnumDeclaration#getImage() %}.

External Contributions

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