FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass - Configurable?

[blundell]

public class MyClass {

  private final String name;

  public MyClass() {
      this.name = "whatever";
  }

  public void onCreate() {
     someView.setListener(onSomeViewClick);
  }

  private final OnClickListener onSomeViewClick = new OnClickListener() {
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v) {
          // something
      }
  };


}

In the above example PMD - FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass will say that onSomeViewClick needs to be declared at the top of the class above the constructor etc.

However for readability purposes it is much better place below where the variable is used and treated like a method block.

Is there any configurable fields for FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass to allow the above to be valid? Or do I have a case to put this forward as a feature?

[blundell]

Any feedback?

[Andreas Dangel]

I can see your point. We could add a flag to ignore field declarations, that instantiate an anonymous class, like in your example. Would this work?
Other options, that come into mind are: suppressing (e.g. via @SuppressWarnings).

[Andreas Dangel]

I've implemented it as feature [#1244].