pmd.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Benjamin ruleset"
    xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">

  <description>Common ruleset for all the code</description>

  <rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml"/>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/braces.xml"/>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/codesize.xml"/>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/coupling.xml">
    <!-- Gives a lot of false positives -->
    <exclude name="LawOfDemeter"/>
  </rule>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml">
    <!-- They are really handy for in-place map construction in test -->
    <exclude name="NonStaticInitializer"/>
  </rule>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/empty.xml"/>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/imports.xml"/>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/naming.xml"/>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml"/>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml"/>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/typeresolution.xml">
    <!-- Exclude the rule as it reports false positives on static wildcard imports due to a bug -->
    <!-- TODO should be removed when fixed in the next version of PMD -->
    <exclude name="UnusedImports"/>
  </rule>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml"/>
  <rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml"/>

</ruleset>