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PMD v6.14.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-04-28 // almost 5 years ago

  • 28-April-2019 - 6.14.0

    The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 6.14.0.

    🚀 This is a minor release.

    Table Of Contents

    🆕 New and noteworthy

    👍 Dart support

    👍 Thanks to the contribution from Maikel Steneker, and built on top of the ongoing efforts to fully support Antlr-based languages,
    👍 PMD now has CPD support for Dart.

    Being based on a proper Antlr grammar, CPD can:

    ⚡️ Updated PMD Designer

    🚀 This PMD release ships a new version of the pmd-designer.
    👀 For the changes, see PMD Designer Changelog.

    Modified Rules

    The Java rule AssignmentToNonFinalStatic (java-errorprone) will now report on each
    assignment made within a constructor rather than on the field declaration. This makes it easier for developers to
    find the offending statements.

    The Java rule NoPackage (java-codestyle) will now report additionally enums
    📦 and annotations that do not have a package declaration.

    🛠 Fixed Issues

    • all
      • #1515: [core] Module pmd-lang-test is missing javadoc artifact
      • #1788: [cpd] [core] Use better ClassLoader for ServiceLoader in LanguageFactory
      • #1794: [core] Ruleset Compatibility fails with excluding rules
    • go
      • #1751: [go] Parsing errors encountered with escaped backslash
    • java
      • #1532: [java] NPE with incomplete auxclasspath
      • #1691: [java] Possible Data Race in JavaTypeDefinitionSimple.getGenericType
      • #1729: [java] JavaRuleViolation loses information in className field when class has package-private access level
    • java-bestpractices
      • #1190: [java] UnusedLocalVariable/UnusedPrivateField false-positive
      • #1720: [java] UnusedImports false positive for Javadoc link with array type
    • 💅 java-codestyle
      • #1755: [java] False negative in UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn when splitting statements across multiple lines
      • #1782: [java] NoPackage: False Negative for enums
    • java-design
      • #1760: [java] UseObjectForClearerAPI flags private methods

    API Changes

    No changes.

    External Contributions