[pmd-devel] [ANNOUNCE] PMD 7.14.0 released

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  * Downloads: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases%2F7.14.0
  * Documentation: https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.14.0/

    30-May-2025 - 7.14.0

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 7.14.0.

This is a minor release.

      Table Of Contents

  * 🚀 New and noteworthy
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#new-and-noteworthy>

      o PMD CLI now uses threaded execution by default
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#pmd-cli-now-uses-threaded-execution-by-default>
      o New Rule UnnecessaryWarningSuppression (experimental)
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#new-rule-unnecessarywarningsuppression-experimental>
      o Migrating to Central Publisher Portal
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#migrating-to-central-publisher-portal>
      o More CLI parameters shared between PMD and CPD
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#more-cli-parameters-shared-between-pmd-and-cpd>
  * 🐛 Fixed Issues
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#fixed-issues>
  * 🚨 API Changes
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#api-changes>

      o CLI
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#cli>
      o Deprecations
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#deprecations>
      o Experimental
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#experimental>
  * ✨ Merged pull requests
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#merged-pull-requests>
  * 📦 Dependency updates
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#dependency-updates>
  * 📈 Stats
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/05/pmd-7140-30-may-2025-released/#stats>

      🚀 New and noteworthy

        PMD CLI now uses threaded execution by default

In the PMD CLI, the |--threads| (|-t|) option can now accept a thread
count given relative to the number of cores of the machine. For instance,
it is now possible to write |-t 1C| to spawn one thread per core, or |-t 
0.5C|
to spawn one thread for every other core.

The thread count option now defaults to |1C|, meaning parallel execution
is used by default. You can disable this by using |-t 1|.

        New Rule UnnecessaryWarningSuppression (experimental)

This new Java rule |UnnecessaryWarningSuppression| 
<https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.14.0/pmd_rules_java_bestpractices.html#unnecessarywarningsuppression> 
reports unused suppression
annotations and comments. Violations of this rule cannot be suppressed.

How to use it? Just include it in your ruleset:

|<ruleref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UnnecessaryWarningSuppression"/> |

Note: This rule is currently experimental. It is available for now only 
for Java.
The rule for now only reports annotations specific to PMD, like 
|@SuppressWarnings("PMD")|.
In the future we might be able to check for other common ones like 
|@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")| or |"fallthrough"|.
Since violations of this rule cannot be suppressed, we opted here on the 
side of false-negatives and
don't report every unused case yet.
However, suppressing specific PMD rules is working as expected.

        Migrating to Central Publisher Portal

We've now migrated to Central Publisher Portal 
<https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-guide/>.
Snapshots of PMD are still available, however the repository URL 
changed. To consume these with maven, you can
use the following snippet:

|<repositories> <repository> <name>CentralPortalSnapshots</name> 
<id>central-portal-snapshots</id> 
<url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url> 
<releases> <enabled>false</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> 
<enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </repository> </repositories> |

Releases of PMD are available on Maven Central 
<https://central.sonatype.com/> as before without change.

        More CLI parameters shared between PMD and CPD

When executing PMD or CPD, the same parameters are now understood for 
selecting which files should
be analyzed. See File collection options 
<https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.14.0/pmd_userdocs_cli_reference.html#file-collection-options>
for a list of common, shared parameters that are valid for both commands.

      🐛 Fixed Issues

  * core
  * #648 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/648>: [core] Warn on
    unneeded suppression
  * #5700 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5700>: [core] Don't
    accidentally catch unexpected runtime exceptions in CpdAnalysis
  * #5705 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5705>: [cli] PMD's start
    script fails if PMD_HOME is set
  * java-bestpractices
  * #5061 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5061>: [java]
    UnusedLocalVariable false positive when variable is read as side
    effect of an assignment
  * #5621 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5621>: [java]
    UnusedPrivateMethod with method ref
  * #5724 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5724>: [java]
    ImplicitFunctionalInterface should not be reported on sealed interfaces
  * java-codestyle
  * #2462 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2462>: [java]
    LinguisticNaming must ignore setters that returns current type
    (Builder pattern)
  * #5634 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5634>: [java]
    CommentDefaultAccessModifier doesn't recognize //package // comment
    at expected location for constructors
  * java-design
  * #5568 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5568>: [java] High
    NPathComplexity in |switch| expression
  * #5647 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5647>: [java]
    NPathComplexity does not account for |return|s
  * java-errorprone
  * #5702 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5702>: [java]
    InvalidLogMessageFormat: Lombok @Slf4j annotation is not interpreted
    by PMD
  * java-performance
  * #5711 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5711>: [java]
    UseArraysAsList false positive with Sets
  * visualforce
  * #5476 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5476>: [visualforce] NPE
    when analyzing standard field references in visualforce page

      🚨 API Changes

        CLI

        Deprecations

  * CLI
  * The option |--ignore-list| has been deprecated. Use
    |--exclude-file-list| instead.
  * core
  * |AstInfo#getSuppressionComments|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/AstInfo.html#getSuppressionComments()>:
    Use |getAllSuppressionComments|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/AstInfo.html#getAllSuppressionComments()>
    or |getSuppressionComment|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/AstInfo.html#getSuppressionComment(int)>.
  * |AstInfo#withSuppressMap|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/AstInfo.html#withSuppressMap()>:
    Use |withSuppressionComments|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/AstInfo.html#withSuppressionComments(java.util.Collection)>
  * |AbstractTokenManager#suppressMap|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/javacc/AbstractTokenManager.html#suppressMap>:
    Don't use this map directly anymore. Instead,
    use |getSuppressionComments|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/javacc/AbstractTokenManager.html#getSuppressionComments()>.
  * |AbstractTokenManager#getSuppressMap|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/javacc/AbstractTokenManager.html#getSuppressMap()>:
    Use
    |getSuppressionComments|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/javacc/AbstractTokenManager.html#getSuppressionComments()>
    instead.
  * pmd-java
  * |ASTCompactConstructorDeclaration#getDeclarationNode|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-java/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTCompactConstructorDeclaration.html#getDeclarationNode()>:
    This method just returns |this| and isn't useful.
  * |JavaMetrics#NPATH|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-java/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/JavaMetrics.html#NPATH>:
    Use |NPATH_COMP|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-java/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/JavaMetrics.html#NPATH_COMP>,
    which is available on more nodes,
    and uses Long instead of BigInteger.

        Experimental

  * core
  * |SuppressionCommentImpl|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/SuppressionCommentImpl.html#>
  * |UnnecessaryPmdSuppressionRule|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/rule/impl/UnnecessaryPmdSuppressionRule.html#>
  * |RuleContext#addViolationNoSuppress|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/reporting/RuleContext.html#addViolationNoSuppress(net.sourceforge.pmd.reporting.Reportable,net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AstInfo,java.lang.String,java.lang.Object...)>
  * |ViolationSuppressor.SuppressionCommentWrapper|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/reporting/ViolationSuppressor.SuppressionCommentWrapper.html#>
  * pmd-java
  * |OverloadSelectionResult#getTypeToSearch|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-java/7.14.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/types/OverloadSelectionResult.html#getTypeToSearch()>

      ✨ Merged pull requests

  * #5584 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5584>: [ci] New workflow
    "Publish Snapshot" - Andreas Dangel <https://github.com/adangel>
    (@adangel <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5599 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5599>: [java] Rewrite NPath
    complexity metric - Clément Fournier <https://github.com/oowekyala>
    (@oowekyala <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #5609 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5609>: [core] Add rule to
    report unnecessary suppression comments/annotations - Clément
    Fournier <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #5699 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5699>: Fix #5702: [java]
    First-class support for lombok @Slf4j - Clément Fournier
    <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #5700 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5700>: [core] Don't
    accidentally catch unexpected runtime exceptions in CpdAnalysis -
    Elliotte Rusty Harold <https://github.com/elharo> (@elharo
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/elharo/profile/>)
  * #5712 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5712>: Fix #5711: [java]
    UseArrayAsList - only consider List.add - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5715 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5715>: Fix #5476:
    [visualforce] Resolve data types of standard object fields - Andreas
    Dangel <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5716 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5716>: Fix #5634: [java]
    CommentDefaultAccessModifier: Comment between annotation and
    constructor not recognized - Lukas Gräf
    <https://github.com/lukasgraef> (@lukasgraef)
  * #5726 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5726>: Fix #5724: [java]
    Implicit functional interface FP with sealed interface - Clément
    Fournier <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #5727 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5727>: Fix #5621: [java] Fix
    FPs with UnusedPrivateMethod - Clément Fournier
    <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #5728 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5728>: [ci] Improvements for
    "Publish Pull Requests" - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5730 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5730>: [ci] Refactor
    git-repo-sync - Andreas Dangel <https://github.com/adangel>
    (@adangel <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5731 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5731>: [cli] Share more CLI
    options between CPD and PMD - Clément Fournier
    <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #5736 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5736>: Fix #5061: [java]
    UnusedLocalVariable FP when using compound assignment - Lukas Gräf
    <https://github.com/lukasgraef> (@lukasgraef)
  * #5741 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5741>: [cli] Make CLI default
    to multithreaded - Clément Fournier <https://github.com/oowekyala>
    (@oowekyala <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #5742 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5742>: [ci]
    publish-snapshot/old build: migrate to central portal - Andreas
    Dangel <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5743 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5743>: [ci] Make build a
    reuseable workflow - Andreas Dangel <https://github.com/adangel>
    (@adangel <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5744 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5744>: Fix #5705: [cli]
    Always determine PMD_HOME based on script location - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5748 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5748>: [core] Reformat
    SarifLog to comply to coding standards - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5763 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5763>: [java] Support
    annotated constructor return type in symbol API - Clément Fournier
    <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #5764 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5764>: Fix #2462: [java]
    LinguisticNaming should ignore setters for Builders - Lukas Gräf
    <https://github.com/lukasgraef> (@lukasgraef)

      📦 Dependency updates

  * #5706 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5706>: Bump PMD from 7.12.0
    to 7.13.0
  * #5709 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5709>: Bump
    com.google.code.gson:gson from 2.13.0 to 2.13.1
  * #5710 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5710>: Bump
    com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.23.0 to 10.23.1
  * #5717 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5717>: Bump scalameta.version
    from 4.13.4 to 4.13.5
  * #5718 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5718>: Bump
    org.checkerframework:checker-qual from 3.49.2 to 3.49.3
  * #5719 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5719>: Bump org.jsoup:jsoup
    from 1.19.1 to 1.20.1
  * #5751 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5751>: Bump scalameta.version
    from 4.13.5 to 4.13.6
  * #5754 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5754>: Bump
    com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java from 4.30.2 to 4.31.0
  * #5766 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5766>: Bump
    io.github.git-commit-id:git-commit-id-maven-plugin from 9.0.1 to 9.0.2
  * #5767 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5767>: Bump
    org.mockito:mockito-core from 5.17.0 to 5.18.0
  * #5768 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5768>: Bump
    com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.23.1 to 10.24.0

      📈 Stats

  * 165 commits
  * 33 closed tickets & PRs
  * Days since last release: 35

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[pmd-devel] [ANNOUNCE] PMD 7.14.0 released