pmd-ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ruleset xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
name="Default Maven PMD Plugin Ruleset"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">

<description>Project Circle PMD ruleset</description>

<rule ref="rulesets/java/quickstart.xml">
<exclude name="GuardLogStatement"/>
<exclude name="GenericsNaming"/>
<exclude name="ClassNamingConventions"/>
<exclude name="UnusedPrivateMethod"/>
<exclude name="UseUtilityClass"/>
<exclude name="UseLocaleWithCaseConversions"/>
</rule>

<!-- Overrides -->
<rule ref="category/java/design.xml/UseUtilityClass">
<properties>
<property
name="violationSuppressXPath"
value="ancestor::ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration[matches(@Image, '^.*Application$')]"/>
</properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/ClassNamingConventions">
<properties>
<property name="utilityClassPattern" value="[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+"/>
</properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UnusedPrivateMethod">
<properties>
<property
name="violationSuppressXPath"
value="ancestor::ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration/Annotation/MarkerAnnotation/Name[@Image='PostConstruct']"/>
</properties>
</rule>

</ruleset>