[pmd-devel] [ANNOUNCE] PMD 7.16.0 released

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  * Downloads: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases%2F7.16.0
  * Documentation: https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.16.0/

    25-July-2025 - 7.16.0

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 7.16.0.

This is a minor release.

      Table Of Contents

  * 🚀 New and noteworthy
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#new-and-noteworthy>

      o 🚀 New: Java 25 Support
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#new-java-25-support>
      o New: CPD support for CSS
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#new-cpd-support-for-css>
      o ✨ New Rules
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#new-rules>
  * 🐛 Fixed Issues
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#fixed-issues>
  * 🚨 API Changes
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#api-changes>

      o Experimental APIs that are now considered stable
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#experimental-apis-that-are-now-considered-stable>
  * ✨ Merged pull requests
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#merged-pull-requests>
  * 📦 Dependency updates
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#dependency-updates>
  * 📈 Stats
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/07/pmd-7160-25-july-2025-released/#stats>

      🚀 New and noteworthy

        🚀 New: Java 25 Support

This release of PMD brings support for Java 25.

There are the following new standard language features:
* JEP 511: Module Import Declarations <https://openjdk.org/jeps/511>
* JEP 512: Compact Source Files and Instance Main Methods 
<https://openjdk.org/jeps/512>
* JEP 513: Flexible Constructor Bodies <https://openjdk.org/jeps/513>

And one preview language feature:
* JEP 507: Primitive Types in Patterns, instanceof, and switch (Third 
Preview) <https://openjdk.org/jeps/507>

In order to analyze a project with PMD that uses these preview language 
features,
you'll need to enable it via the environment variable |PMD_JAVA_OPTS| 
and select the new language
version |25-preview|:

|exportPMD_JAVA_OPTS=--enable-preview 
pmdcheck--use-versionjava-25-preview... |

Note: Support for Java 23 preview language features have been removed. 
The version "23-preview"
is no longer available.

        New: CPD support for CSS

CPD now supports CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), a language for describing 
the rendering of structured
documents (such as HTML) on screen, on paper etc.
It is shipped with the new module |pmd-css|.

        ✨ New Rules

  * Two new rules have been added to Java's Error Prone category:
    |ReplaceJavaUtilCalendar|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.16.0/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#replacejavautilcalendar>
    and |ReplaceJavaUtilDate|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.16.0/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#replacejavautildate>.
    These rules help to migrate away from old Java APIs around
    |java.util.Calendar| and |java.util.Date|. It is recommended to use
    the modern |java.time| API instead, which
    is available since Java 8.

      🐛 Fixed Issues

  * core
  * #4328 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4328>: [ci] Improve Github
    Actions Workflows
  * #5597 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5597>: [core] POM
    Incompatibility with Maven 4
  * java
  * #5344 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5344>: [java]
    IllegalArgumentException: Invalid type reference for method or ctor
    type annotation: 16
  * #5478 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5478>: [java] Support Java 25
  * java-codestyle
  * #5892 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5892>: [java] ShortVariable
    false positive for java 22 unnamed variable |_|
  * java-design
  * #5858 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5858>: [java]
    FinalFieldCouldBeStatic false positive for array initializers
  * java-errorprone
  * #2862 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2862>: [java] New Rules:
    Avoid java.util.Date and Calendar classes

      🚨 API Changes

        Experimental APIs that are now considered stable

  * pmd-java
  * |ASTImportDeclaration#isModuleImport|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-java/7.16.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTImportDeclaration.html#isModuleImport()>
    is now stable API.
  * |ASTCompilationUnit#isCompact|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-java/7.16.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTCompilationUnit.html#isCompact()>
    is now stable API. Note, it was previously
    called |isSimpleCompilationUnit|.
  * |ASTImplicitClassDeclaration|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-java/7.16.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTImplicitClassDeclaration.html#>
    is now stable API.
  * |JavaVisitorBase#visit(ASTImplicitClassDeclaration, P)|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-java/7.16.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/JavaVisitorBase.html#visit(net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTImplicitClassDeclaration,P)>
    is now
    stable API.

      ✨ Merged pull requests

  * #5733 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5733>: [css] Add new CPD
    language - Thomas Prouvot <https://github.com/tprouvot> (@tprouvot)
  * #5859 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5859>: Fix #5858: [java] Fix
    false positive in FinalFieldCouldBeStatic for array initializers -
    Zbynek Konecny <https://github.com/zbynek> (@zbynek
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/zbynek/profile/>)
  * #5872 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5872>: [java] Add Support for
    Java 25 - Andreas Dangel <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5876 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5876>: chore: license header
    cleanup - Andreas Dangel <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5883 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5883>: Fix #2862: [java] Add
    rules discouraging the use of java.util.Calendar and java.util.Date
    - UncleOwen <https://github.com/UncleOwen> (@UncleOwen)
  * #5893 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5893>: chore: Fix Mockito
    javaagent warning for Java 21+ - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5894 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5894>: chore: Fix JUnit
    warning about invalid test factory - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5895 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5895>: Fix #5597: Move
    dogfood profile to separate settings.xml - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5899 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5899>: Fix #5344: [java] Just
    log invalid annotation target type - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5909 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5909>: [ci] Create a
    pre-release for snapshot builds - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5911 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5911>: [doc] Reference CPD
    Capable Languages in CPD CLI docu - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5914 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5914>: Fix #5892: [java]
    ShortVariable FP for java 22 Unnamed Variable - Lukas Gräf
    <https://github.com/lukasgraef> (@lukasgraef)
  * #5918 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5918>: chore: [cli] Improve
    symbolic link tests for Windows - Andreas Dangel
    <https://github.com/adangel> (@adangel
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)
  * #5920 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5920>: chore: [scala] Fix
    javadoc config - Andreas Dangel <https://github.com/adangel>
    (@adangel <https://sourceforge.net/u/adangel/profile/>)

      📦 Dependency updates

  * #5857 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5857>: Bump PMD from 7.14.0
    to 7.15.0
  * #5861 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5861>: Bump scalameta.version
    from 4.13.7 to 4.13.8
  * #5862 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5862>: Bump
    com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.25.1 to 10.26.1
  * #5863 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5863>: Bump
    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-pmd-plugin from 3.26.0 to 3.27.0
  * #5864 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5864>: Bump kotlin.version
    from 1.9.24 to 2.2.0
  * #5865 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5865>: Bump
    org.junit:junit-bom from 5.13.1 to 5.13.2
  * #5866 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5866>: Bump org.jsoup:jsoup
    from 1.20.1 to 1.21.1
  * #5884 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5884>: Bump
    org.junit:junit-bom from 5.13.2 to 5.13.3
  * #5885 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5885>: Bump
    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-gpg-plugin from 3.2.7 to 3.2.8
  * #5886 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5886>: Bump
    org.checkerframework:checker-qual from 3.49.4 to 3.49.5
  * #5889 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5889>: Bump
    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0
  * #5900 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5900>: Bump
    org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.17.0 to 3.18.0
  * #5901 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5901>: Bump
    io.github.apex-dev-tools:apex-parser from 4.4.0 to 4.4.1
  * #5902 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5902>: Bump log4j.version
    from 2.25.0 to 2.25.1
  * #5910 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5910>: Bump maven from 3.9.10
    to 3.9.11
  * #5921 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5921>: Bump build-tools from
    32 to 33
  * #5926 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5926>: chore(deps): bump
    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1
  * #5927 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5927>: chore(deps): bump
    ostruct from 0.6.2 to 0.6.3 in /.ci/files in the all-gems group
    across 1 directory
  * #5928 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5928>: chore(deps): bump
    marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment from 2.9.3 to 2.9.4 in the
    all-actions group
  * #5929 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5929>: chore(deps): Update gems

      📈 Stats

  * 100 commits
  * 21 closed tickets & PRs
  * Days since last release: 27

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