PMD 7.8.0 (29-November-2024) released

• Downloads: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases%2F7.8.0
• Documentation: https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.8.0/

29-November-2024 - 7.8.0

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 7.8.0.

This is a minor release.

Table Of Contents

• 🚀 New and noteworthy
• 🌟 New and changed rules
  • New Rules
• 🐛 Fixed Issues
• 🚨 API Changes
  • Deprecations
• ✨ Merged pull requests
• 📦 Dependency updates
• 📈 Stats

🚀 New and noteworthy

🌟 New and changed rules

New Rules

• The new Apex rule QueueableWithoutFinalizer detects when the Queueable interface
  is used but a Finalizer is not attached. Without attaching a Finalizer, there is no way of designing error
  recovery actions should the Queueable action fail.

🐛 Fixed Issues

• ant
• #1860: [ant] Reflective access warnings on java > 9 and java < 17
• apex
• #5302: [apex] New Rule: Queueable Should Attach Finalizer
• #5333: [apex] Token recognition errors for string containing unicode escape sequence
• html
• #5322: [html] CPD throws exception on when HTML file is missing closing tag
• java
• #5283: [java] AssertionError "this should be unreachable" with scala library
• #5293: [java] Deadlock when executing PMD in multiple threads
• #5324: [java] Issue with type inference of nested lambdas
• #5329: [java] Type inference issue with unknown method ref in call chain
• #5338: [java] Unresolved target type for lambdas make overload resolution fail
• java-bestpractices
• #4113: [java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert - false positive with SoftAssertionsExtension
• #5083: [java] UnusedPrivateMethod false positive when method reference has no target type
• #5097: [java] UnusedPrivateMethod FP with raw type missing from the classpath
• #5318: [java] PreserveStackTraceRule: false-positive on Pattern Matching with instanceof
• java-codestyle
• #5214: [java] Wrong message for LambdaCanBeMethodReference with method of enclosing class
• #5263: [java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName: false-positive in an enum that uses its own static variables
• #5315: [java] UnnecessaryImport false positive for on-demand imports
• java-design
• #4763: [java] SimplifyBooleanReturns - wrong suggested solution
• java-errorprone
• #5070: [java] ConfusingArgumentToVarargsMethod FP when types are unresolved
• java-performance
• #5287: [java] TooFewBranchesForSwitch false-positive with switch using list of case constants
• #5314: [java] InsufficientStringBufferDeclarationRule: Lack of handling for char type parameters
• #5320: [java] UseStringBufferLength: false-negative on StringBuffer of sb.toString().equals("")

🚨 API Changes

Deprecations

• pmd-coco
• CocoBaseListener is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• CocoBaseVisitor is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• CocoListener is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• CocoParser is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• CocoVisitor is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• pmd-gherkin
• GherkinBaseListener is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• GherkinBaseVisitor is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• GherkinListener is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• GherkinParser is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• GherkinVisitor is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended
  to be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• pmd-julia
• JuliaBaseListener is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended to
  be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• JuliaBaseVisitor is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended to
  be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• JuliaListener is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended to
  be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• JuliaParser is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended to
  be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• JuliaVisitor is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended to
  be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• pmd-kotlin
• UnicodeClasses is deprecated for removal. This class was never intended to
  be generated. It will be removed with no replacement.
• pmd-xml
• XMLLexer is deprecated for removal. Use net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.ast.XMLLexer
  instead (note different package ast instead of antlr4).

✨ Merged pull requests

• #5240: Release notes improvements - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5284: [apex] Use case-insensitive input stream to avoid choking on Unicode escape sequences - Willem A. Hajenius (@wahajenius)
• #5286: [ant] Formatter: avoid reflective access to determine console encoding - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5289: [java] TooFewBranchesForSwitch - allow list of case constants - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5296: [xml] Have pmd-xml Lexer in line with other antlr grammars - Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero (@jsotuyod)
• #5300: Add rule test cases for issues fixed with PMD 7.0.0 - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5303: [apex] New Rule: Queueable Should Attach Finalizer - Mitch Spano (@mitchspano)
• #5309: [java] Fix #5293: Parse number of type parameters eagerly - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5310: [java] Fix #5283 - inner class has public private modifiers - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5325: [java] Fix inference dependency issue with nested lambdas - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5326: [java] UseStringBufferLength - consider sb.toString().equals("") - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5328: [html] Test for a closing tag when determining node positions - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5330: [java] Propagate unknown type better when mref is unresolved - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5331: [java] PreserveStackTrace - consider instance type patterns - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5332: [java] InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration: Fix CCE for Character - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5334: [java] UnitTestShouldIncludeAssert - consider SoftAssertionsExtension - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
• #5335: [kotlin] Prevent auxiliary grammars from generating lexers - Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero (@jsotuyod)
• #5336: [gherkin] Remove generated gherkin code from coverage report - Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero (@jsotuyod)
• #5337: [doc] Introducing PMD Guru on Gurubase.io - Kursat Aktas (@kursataktas)
• #5339: [java] Allow lambdas with unresolved target types to succeed inference - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5340: [java] Fix #5097 - problem with unchecked conversion - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5341: [java] Fix #5083 - UnusedPrivateMethod false positive with mref without target type but with exact method - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5342: [julia] Ignore generated code in Julia module - Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero (@jsotuyod)
• #5345: [coco] Remove generated coco files form coverage - Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero (@jsotuyod)
• #5346: [typescript] Add cleanup after generating ts lexer - Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero (@jsotuyod)
• #5347: [tsql] Flag generated lexer as generated - Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero (@jsotuyod)
• #5352: [java] Add permitted subtypes to symbol API - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5353: [java] Fix #5263 - UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName FP with forward references - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5354: [apex] Updated the docs for UnusedMethod as per discussion #5200 - samc-gearset (@sam-gearset)
• #5370: [java] Fix #5214 - LambdaCanBeMethodReference issue with method of enclosing class - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5371: [doc] Improve docs on adding Antlr languages - Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero (@jsotuyod)
• #5372: [java] Fix #5315 - UnusedImport FP with import on demand - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5373: [java] Fix #4763 - wrong message for SimplifyBooleanReturns - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
• #5374: [java] Fix #5070 - confusing argument to varargs method FP when types are unknown - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)

📦 Dependency updates

• #5285: Bump pmd from 7.5.0 to 7.7.0
• #5288: Bump asm from 9.7 to 9.7.1
• #5290: Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin from 3.6.0 to 3.7.1
• #5301: Bump gems and bundler
• #5307: Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin from 3.3.2 to 3.4.0
• #5308: Bump webrick from 1.8.2 to 1.9.0 in /docs in the all-gems group across 1 directory
• #5312: Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.24.0 to 3.26.0
• #5316: Bump rouge from 4.4.0 to 4.5.0 in the all-gems group across 1 directory
• #5317: Bump org.apache.commons:commons-compress from 1.26.0 to 1.27.1
• #5348: Bump rouge from 4.5.0 to 4.5.1 in the all-gems group across 1 directory
• #5350: Bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.14.0 to 3.17.0
• #5356: Bump build-tools to 28
• #5357: Bump log4j.version from 2.23.0 to 2.24.2
• #5358: Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin from 3.7.1 to 3.8.1
• #5359: Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin from 3.0.1 to 3.1.1
• #5360: Bump io.github.apex-dev-tools:apex-ls_2.13 from 5.2.0 to 5.5.0
• #5361: Bump ant.version from 1.10.14 to 1.10.15
• #5362: Bump org.jetbrains:annotations from 24.1.0 to 26.0.1
• #5363: Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.18.1 to 10.20.1
• #5364: Bump info.picocli:picocli from 4.7.5 to 4.7.6
• #5365: Bump com.github.hazendaz.maven:coveralls-maven-plugin from 4.5.0-M3 to 4.5.0-M5
• #5366: Bump org.mockito:mockito-core from 4.11.0 to 5.14.2
• #5367: Bump surefire.version from 3.2.5 to 3.5.2
• #5368: Bump org.junit.platform:junit-platform-suite from 1.11.2 to 1.11.3

📈 Stats

• 216 commits
• 55 closed tickets & PRs
• Days since last release: 35