PMD¶

By default, plugin activates if java sources available (src/main/java).

Default config contains all java checks, but some of them are disabled. Remove exclusion to enable disabled rule.

Warning

Pmd 6.0 changed rule groups. Default config was rewritten accordingly.

Output¶

23 PMD rule violations were found in 2 files

[Comments | CommentRequired] sample.(Sample.java:3) 
  headerCommentRequirement Required
  https://pmd.github.io/pmd-5.4.0/pmd-java/rules/java/comments.html#CommentRequired

...

Config¶

Tool config options with defaults:

quality {
    pmdVersion = '6.34.0'
    pmd = true // false to disable automatic plugin activation  
    // @deprecated enabled by default since gradle 6.4 (property only useful for enabling it in gradle 5.6 - 6.3)
    pmdIncremental = false // true to enable pmd incremental analysis
}

Suppress¶

To suppress violation:

@SuppressWarnings("PMD.CommentRequired")

To suppress all violations:

@SuppressWarnings("PMD")

Single line could be suppressed with comment:

if (x > 5) { // NOPMD
}