Release Notes 5.4.1
Version 5.4.1 of the PMD Open Source Project, released December 4, 2015.
Feature Request and Improvements
- CPD: New command line parameter –ignore-usings: Ignore using directives in C# when comparing text.
Modified Rules
- java-comments/CommentRequired: New property serialVersionUIDCommentRequired which controls the comment requirements for serialVersionUID fields. By default, no comment is required for this field.
Pull Requests
- #25: Added option to exclude C# using directives from CPD analysis
- #72: Added capability in Java and JSP parser for tracking tokens.
- #74: Fix rendering CommentDefaultAccessModifier description as code
- #75: RuleSetFactory Performance Enhancement
Bugfixes
- java-comments/CommentDefaultAccessModifier
- #1430: CommentDefaultAccessModifier triggers on field annotated with @VisibleForTesting
- java-comments/CommentRequired
- #1434: CommentRequired raises violation on serialVersionUID field
- java-design/UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify
- #1438: UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify gives false positive
- java-finalizers/AvoidCallingFinalize
- #1440: NPE in AvoidCallingFinalize
- java-imports/UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName
- #1436: UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName false positive on clashing static imports with enums
- java-junit/JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage
- #1373: JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage is no longer compatible with TestNG
- java-migrating/JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation
- #1446: False positive with JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation when TestNG is used
- java-naming/SuspiciousEqualsMethodName
- #1431: SuspiciousEqualsMethodName false positive
- java-optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializer
- #1443: RedundantFieldInitializer: False positive for small floats
- java-unnecessary/UselessQualifiedThis
- #1422: UselessQualifiedThis: False positive with Java 8 Function
- java-unusedcode/UnusedPrivateField
- #1428: False positive in UnusedPrivateField when local variable hides member variable
- General