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PMD scans Java source code and looks for potential problems like possible bugs, dead code, sub-optimal code, overcomplicated expressions, duplicate code ... The XML results file it generates is read to create findings.
For more details, refer to http://pmd.sourceforge.net.
This data provider requires an extra download to extract the PMD binary in <SQUORE_HOME>/addons/tools/PMD_auto/. For more information, refer to the Installation and Administration Guide's Third-Party Plugins and Applications section.
PMD (plugin) has the following options:
Ruleset file (configFile) Specify the path to the PMD XML ruleset you want to use for this analysis. If you do not specify a ruleset, the default one from INSTALLDIR/addons/tools/PMD_autow ill be used.
The full command line syntax for PMD (plugin) is:
-d "type=PMD_auto,configFile=[text]"