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New and noteworthy

New Rules

• The new Java rule {% rule "java/bestpractices/UnusedAssignment" %} (java-bestpractices) finds assignments to variables, that are never used and are useless. The new rule is supposed to entirely replace {% rule "java/errorprone/DataflowAnomalyAnalysis" %}.

Fixed Issues

• apex
  • #2610: [apex] Support top-level enums in rules
• apex-bestpractices
  • #2626: [apex] UnusedLocalVariable - false positive on case insensitivity allowed in Apex
• apex-security
  • #2620: [visualforce] False positive on VfUnescapeEl with new Message Channel feature
• core
  • #710: [core] Review used dependencies
  • #2594: [core] Update exec-maven-plugin and align it in all project
• java-bestpractices
  • #2569: [java] LiteralsFirstInComparisons: False negative for methods returning Strings
• java-design
  • #2174: [java] LawOfDemeter: False positive with 'this' pointer
  • #2189: [java] LawOfDemeter: False positive when casting to derived class
  • #2580: [java] AvoidThrowingNullPointerException marks all NullPointerException objects as wrong, whether or not thrown
• java-errorprone
  • #2578: [java] AvoidCallingFinalize detects some false positives
  • #2634: [java] NullPointerException in rule ProperCloneImplementation
• java-performance
  • #1736: [java] UseStringBufferForStringAppends: False positive if only one concatenation
  • #2207: [java] AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops: False positive - should not flag objects when assigned to lists/arrays

API Changes

Deprecated API

For removal

• {% jdoc core::lang.rule.RuleChainVisitor %} and all implementations in language modules
• {% jdoc core::lang.rule.AbstractRuleChainVisitor %}
• {% jdoc core::lang.Language#getRuleChainVisitorClass() %}
• {% jdoc core::lang.BaseLanguageModule#(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.Class,java.lang.String...) %}

External Contributions

• #2558: [java] Fix issue #1736 and issue #2207 - Young Chan
• #2560: [java] Fix false positives of LawOfDemeter: this and cast expressions - xioayuge
• #2590: Update libraries snyk is referring to as unsafe - Artem Krosheninnikov
• #2597: [dependencies] Fix issue #2594, update exec-maven-plugin everywhere - Artem Krosheninnikov
• #2621: [visualforce] add new safe resource for VfUnescapeEl - Peter Chittum
• #2640: [java] NullPointerException in rule ProperCloneImplementation - Mykhailo Palahuta
• #2641: [java] AvoidThrowingNullPointerException marks all NullPointerException… - Mykhailo Palahuta
• #2643: [java] AvoidCallingFinalize detects some false positives (2578) - Mykhailo Palahuta
• #2651: [java] False negative: LiteralsFirstInComparisons for methods... (2569) - Mykhailo Palahuta

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