VV-ISTIC-TP2/exercises/pmd-help.md

PMD

Requirement

• Java 8 or above

Installation

• download latest release https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F7.5.0/pmd-dist-7.5.0-bin.zip
• unzip
• add the bin folder to your path

Usage

(Instruction for linux use pmd.bat for windows)

• Do not hesitate to have a look on the help page pmd -h
• Same thing for the check help pagepmd check -h
• Run the analysis pmd check -f text -R rulesets/java/quickstart.xml -d [PROJECT_PATH] -r [REPORT_FILE_PATH]

For more information consult the instructions given in https://pmd.github.io/pmd/pmd_userdocs_installation.html