How to make a new rule setSay you want to pick specific rules from various rule sets. You can do this by making your own rule set. Create a new ruleset.xml fileUse one of the current rulesets as an example. Copy and paste it into your new file, delete all the old rules from it, and change the name and description. Like this: <?xml version="1.0"?> <ruleset name="customruleset"> <description> This ruleset checks my code for bad stuff </description> </ruleset> Add some rule references to itAfter you add these references it'll look something like this: <?xml version="1.0"?> <ruleset name="customruleset"> <description> This ruleset checks my code for bad stuff </description> <!-- Here's some rules we'll specify one at a time --> <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml/UnusedLocalVariable"/> <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml/UnusedPrivateField"/> <rule ref="rulesets/imports.xml/DuplicateImports"/> <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/UnnecessaryConversionTemporaryRule"/> <!-- Note we want everything from braces.xml except the WhileLoopsMustUseBracesRule --> <rule ref="rulesets/braces.xml"> <exclude name="WhileLoopsMustUseBracesRule"/> </rule> </ruleset> Reference it in your Ant taskYou can specify the full path to your custom ruleset name alongside of the built-in PMD rulesets - like this: <pmd rulesetfiles="/home/tom/data/pmd/pmd/rulesets/favorites.xml,rulesets/unusedcode.xml"> <formatter type="xml" toFile="foo.xml"/> <fileset dir="/home/tom/data/pmd/pmd/src"> <include name="**/*.java"/> </fileset> </pmd> To see it in your IDE, add it to rulesets/rulesets.propertiesAt least, that's the way some of the IDE plugins do it. Some have other ways of adding custom rulesets. Send us feedbackIf you have suggestions on clarifying this document, please post them to the forum . Thanks! |