pmd-ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<ruleset name="PMD.rul" xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">

    <description>This ruleset was created from PMD.rul</description>

    <rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml">
        <exclude name="AvoidBranchingStatementAsLastInLoop"/>
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/java/braces.xml"/>
    <rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml">
        <!-- TODO: This warns about annotations, apparently fixed in a later version. -->
        <exclude name="AvoidDuplicateLiterals"/>
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml"/>

    <rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml">
        <exclude name="ConfusingTernary"/>
        <exclude name="EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract"/>
        <exclude name="AvoidSynchronizedAtMethodLevel"/>

        <!-- This check breaks on double checked locking which is safe in Java 6/7 -->
        <exclude name="NonThreadSafeSingleton"/>
        <!-- This check breaks the builder pattern, I didn't find the solution-->
        <exclude name="AccessorClassGeneration"/>
        <!-- TODO: Fix these -->
        <exclude name="AvoidReassigningParameters"/>
        <exclude name="GodClass"/>

    </rule>

    <rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts">
        <properties>
            <property name="problemDepth" value="5"/>
        </properties>
    </rule>

    <rule message="Commented blocks are ok" ref="rulesets/java/empty.xml/EmptyCatchBlock">
        <properties>
            <property name="allowCommentedBlocks" value="true"/>
        </properties>
    </rule>
</ruleset>