[pmd-devel] [ANNOUNCE] PMD 6.17.0 Released

[Andreas D. <and...@pm...>]

  * Downloads: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases%2F6.17.0
  * Documentation: https://pmd.github.io/pmd-6.17.0/


    28-July-2019 - 6.17.0

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The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 6.17.0.

This is a minor release.


      New and noteworthy


        Updated PMD Designer

This PMD release ships a new version of the pmd-designer. For the
changes, see PMD Designer Changelog
<https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer/releases/tag/6.17.0>. It contains a
new feature to edit test cases directly within the designer. Any
feedback is highly appreciated.


        Lua support

Thanks to the contribution from Maikel Steneker
<https://github.com/maikelsteneker>, and built on top of the ongoing
efforts to fully support Antlr-based languages, PMD now has CPD support
for Lua <https://www.lua.org/>.

Being based on a proper Antlr grammar, CPD can:

  * ignore comments
  * honor comment-based suppressions
    <https://pmd.sourceforge.io/pmd-6.17.0/pmd_userdocs_cpd.html#suppression>


        Modified Rules

  *

    The Java rule |CloseResource|
    <https://pmd.sourceforge.io/pmd-6.17.0/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#closeresource>
    (|java-errorprone|) ignores now by default
    |java.io.ByteArrayInputStream| and |java.io.CharArrayWriter|. Such
    streams/writers do not need to be closed.

  *

    The Java rule |MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass|
    <https://pmd.sourceforge.io/pmd-6.17.0/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#missingstaticmethodinnoninstantiatableclass>
    (|java-errorprone|) has now the new property |annotations|. When one
    of the private constructors is annotated with one of the
    annotations, then the class is not considered non-instantiatable
    anymore and no violation will be reported. By default, Spring’s
    |@Autowired| and Java EE’s |@Inject| annotations are recognized.


      Fixed Issues

  * core
      o #1913 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1913>: [core] “-help”
        CLI option ends with status code != 0
  * doc
      o #1896 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1896>: [doc] Error in
        changelog 6.16.0 due to not properly closed rule tag
      o #1898 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1898>: [doc] Incorrect
        code example for DoubleBraceInitialization in documentation on
        website
      o #1906 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1906>: [doc] Broken
        link for adding own CPD languages
      o #1909 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1909>: [doc] Sample
        usage example refers to deprecated ruleset “basic.xml” instead
        of “quickstart.xml”
  * java
      o #1910 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1910>: [java] ATFD
        calculation problem
  * java-errorprone
      o #1749 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1749>: [java] DD False
        Positive in DataflowAnomalyAnalysis
      o #1832 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1832>: [java] False
        positives for MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass when
        DI is used
      o #1921 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1921>: [java]
        CloseResource false positive with ByteArrayInputStream
  * java-multithreading
      o #1903 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1903>: [java]
        UnsynchronizedStaticFormatter doesn’t allow block-level
        synchronization when using allowMethodLevelSynchronization=true
  * plsql
      o #1902 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1902>: [pslql]
        ParseException when parsing (+)
  * xml
      o #1666 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1666>: [xml] wrong
        cdata rule description and examples


      External Contributions

  * #1869 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1869>: [xml] fix #1666 wrong
    cdata rule description and examples - Artem
    <https://github.com/KroArtem>
  * #1892 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1892>: [lua] [cpd] Added CPD
    support for Lua - Maikel Steneker <https://github.com/maikelsteneker>
  * #1905 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1905>: [java]
    DataflowAnomalyAnalysis Rule in right order - YoonhoChoi96
    <https://github.com/YoonhoChoi96>
  * #1908 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1908>: [doc] Update ruleset
    filename from deprecated basic.xml to quickstart.xml - crunsk
    <https://github.com/crunsk>
  * #1916 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1916>: [java] Exclude
    Autowired and Inject for MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass
    - AnthonyKot <https://github.com/AnthonyKot>
  * #1917 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1917>: [core] Add ‘no error’
    return option, and assign it to the cli when the help command is
    invoked - Renato Oliveira <https://github.com/renatoliveira>