[pmd-devel] [ANNOUNCE] PMD 7.20.0 released

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  * Downloads: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases%2F7.20.0
  * Documentation: https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.20.0/

    30-December-2025 - 7.20.0

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 7.20.0.

This is a minor release.

      Table Of Contents

  * 🌟️ Changed Rules
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/12/pmd-7200-30-december-2025-released/#changed-rules>
  * 🐛️ Fixed Issues
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/12/pmd-7200-30-december-2025-released/#fixed-issues>
  * 🚨️ API Changes
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/12/pmd-7200-30-december-2025-released/#api-changes>

      o Experimental API
        <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/12/pmd-7200-30-december-2025-released/#experimental-api>
  * ✨️ Merged pull requests
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/12/pmd-7200-30-december-2025-released/#merged-pull-requests>
  * 📦️ Dependency updates
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/12/pmd-7200-30-december-2025-released/#dependency-updates>
  * 📈️ Stats
    <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/2025/12/pmd-7200-30-december-2025-released/#stats>

      🌟️ Changed Rules

  * The Java rule |OnlyOneReturn|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.20.0/pmd_rules_java_codestyle.html#onlyonereturn>
    has a new property |ignoredMethodNames|. This property by
    default is set to |compareTo| and |equals|, thus this rule now by
    default allows multiple return statements
    for these methods. To restore the old behavior, simply set this
    property to an empty value.

      🐛️ Fixed Issues

  * core
  * #6330 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6330>: [core] "Unable to
    create ValueRepresentation" when using @LiteralText (XPath)
  * java
  * #6234 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6234>: [java] Parser fails
    to parse switch expressions in super() constructor calls
  * #6299 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6299>: [java] Fix grammar
    of switch label
  * java-bestpractices
  * #4282 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4282>: [java]
    GuardLogStatement: False positive when guard is not a direct parent
  * #6028 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6028>: [java]
    UnusedPrivateMethod: False positive with raw type for generic method
  * #6257 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6257>: [java]
    UnusedLocalVariable: False positive with instanceof pattern guard
  * #6291 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6291>: [java]
    EnumComparison: False positive for any object when object.equals(null)
  * #6328 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6328>: [java]
    UnusedLocalVariable: False positive for pattern variable in for-each
    without braces
  * java-codestyle
  * #4257 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4257>: [java]
    OnlyOneReturn: False positive with equals method
  * #5043 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5043>: [java]
    LambdaCanBeMethodReference: False positive on overloaded methods
  * #6237 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6237>: [java]
    UnnecessaryCast: ContextedRuntimeException when parsing switch
    expression with lambdas
  * #6279 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6279>: [java]
    EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract: False positive for final
    empty methods
  * #6284 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6284>: [java]
    UnnecessaryConstructor: False positive for JavaDoc-bearing constructor
  * java-errorprone
  * #6276 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6276>: [java]
    NullAssignment: False positive when assigning null to a final field
    in a constructor
  * #6343 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6343>: [java]
    MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass: False negative when
    method in nested class returns null
  * java-performance
  * #4158 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4158>: [java]
    BigIntegerInstantiation: False negative with compile-time constant
  * #4910 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4910>: [java]
    ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse: False positive within if-statement
    without curly braces
  * #5877 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5877>: [java]
    AvoidArrayLoops: False negative when break inside switch statement
  * maintenance
  * #6230 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/6230>: [core] Single module
    snapshot build fails

      🚨️ API Changes

        Experimental API

  * pmd-java: |OverloadSelectionResult#hadSeveralApplicableOverloads|
    <https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-java/7.20.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/types/OverloadSelectionResult.html#hadSeveralApplicableOverloads()>

      ✨️ Merged pull requests

  * #6262 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6262>: [java]
    UnusedLocalVariable: fix false positive with guard in switch -
    Zbynek Konecny <https://github.com/zbynek> (@zbynek
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/zbynek/profile/>)
  * #6285 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6285>: [java] Fix #5043: FP
    in LambdaCanBeMethodReference when method ref would be ambiguous -
    Clément Fournier <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #6287 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6287>: [doc] Explain how to
    build or pull snapshot dependencies for single module builds -
    Marcel <https://github.com/mrclmh> (@mrclmh)
  * #6288 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6288>: [java] Fix #6279:
    EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract should ignore final
    methods - Marcel <https://github.com/mrclmh> (@mrclmh)
  * #6292 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6292>: [java] Fix #6291:
    EnumComparison FP when comparing with null - Clément Fournier
    <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #6293 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6293>: [java] Fix #6276:
    NullAssignment should not report assigning null to a final field in
    a constructor - Lukas Gräf <https://github.com/lukasgraef> (@lukasgraef)
  * #6294 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6294>: [java] Fix #6028:
    UnusedPrivateMethod FP - Clément Fournier
    <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #6295 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6295>: [java] Fix #6237:
    UnnecessaryCast error with switch expr returning lambdas - Clément
    Fournier <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #6296 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6296>: [java] Fix #4282:
    GuardLogStatement only detects guard methods immediately around it -
    Marcel <https://github.com/mrclmh> (@mrclmh)
  * #6299 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6299>: [java] Fix grammar of
    switch label - Clément Fournier <https://github.com/oowekyala>
    (@oowekyala <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #6309 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6309>: [java] Fix #4257:
    Allow ignoring methods in OnlyOneReturn - Marcel
    <https://github.com/mrclmh> (@mrclmh)
  * #6311 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6311>: [java] Fix #6284:
    UnnecessaryConstructor reporting false-positive on JavaDoc-bearing
    constructor - Marcel <https://github.com/mrclmh> (@mrclmh)
  * #6313 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6313>: [java] Fix #4910:
    if-statement triggers ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse - Marcel
    <https://github.com/mrclmh> (@mrclmh)
  * #6316 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6316>: [java] Fix #5877:
    AvoidArrayLoops false-negative when break inside switch statement -
    Marcel <https://github.com/mrclmh> (@mrclmh)
  * #6342 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6342>: [core] Fix #6330:
    Cannot access Chars attribute from XPath - Clément Fournier
    <https://github.com/oowekyala> (@oowekyala
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/oowekyala/profile/>)
  * #6344 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6344>: [java] Fix #6328:
    UnusedLocalVariable should consider pattern variable in for-each
    without curly braces - Mohamed Hamed <https://github.com/mdhamed238>
    (@mdhamed238)
  * #6348 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6348>: [jsp] Fix malformed
    Javadoc HTML in JspDocStyleTest - Gianmarco
    <https://github.com/gianmarcoschifone> (@gianmarcoschifone)
  * #6359 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6359>: [java] Fix #6234:
    Parser fails to parse switch expressions in super() constructor
    calls - Mohamed Hamed <https://github.com/mdhamed238> (@mdhamed238)
  * #6360 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6360>: [java] Fix #4158:
    BigIntegerInstantiation false-negative with compile-time constant -
    Lukas Gräf <https://github.com/lukasgraef> (@lukasgraef)
  * #6361 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6361>: [vf] Fix invalid
    Javadoc syntax in VfDocStyleTest - Gianmarco
    <https://github.com/gianmarcoschifone> (@gianmarcoschifone)
  * #6363 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6363>: [apex] Add sca-extra
    ruleset for Salesforce Apex testing - Beech Horn
    <https://github.com/metalshark> (@metalshark
    <https://sourceforge.net/u/metalshark/profile/>)

      📦️ Dependency updates

  * #6286 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6286>: Bump PMD from 7.18.0
    to 7.19.0
  * #6300 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6300>: chore(deps): bump
    actions/checkout from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1
  * #6301 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6301>: chore(deps): bump
    org.checkerframework:checker-qual from 3.52.0 to 3.52.1
  * #6302 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6302>: chore(deps): bump
    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin from 3.3.1 to 3.4.0
  * #6303 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6303>: chore(deps-dev): bump
    net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy from 1.18.1 to 1.18.2
  * #6304 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6304>: chore(deps): bump
    com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 12.1.2 to 12.2.0
  * #6305 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6305>: chore(deps): bump
    org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin from 5.3.0.6276 to
    5.4.0.6343
  * #6306 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6306>: chore(deps): bump
    webrick from 1.9.1 to 1.9.2 in /docs
  * #6318 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6318>: chore(deps): bump
    actions/create-github-app-token from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1
  * #6319 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6319>: chore(deps): bump
    actions/setup-java from 5.0.0 to 5.1.0
  * #6320 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6320>: chore(deps): bump
    ruby/setup-ruby from 1.268.0 to 1.269.0
  * #6321 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6321>: chore(deps-dev): bump
    net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent from 1.18.1 to 1.18.2
  * #6323 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6323>: chore(deps): bump
    com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java from 4.33.1 to 4.33.2
  * #6324 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6324>: chore(deps): bump
    io.github.apex-dev-tools:apex-ls_2.13 from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2
  * #6325 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6325>: chore(deps): bump
    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin from 3.7.1 to 3.8.0
  * #6329 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6329>: chore(deps): bump
    org.mozilla:rhino from 1.7.15 to 1.7.15.1
  * #6331 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6331>: chore(deps): bump
    actions/upload-artifact from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0
  * #6332 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6332>: chore(deps): bump
    org.mockito:mockito-core from 5.20.0 to 5.21.0
  * #6333 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6333>: chore(deps): bump
    actions/download-artifact from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0
  * #6334 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6334>: chore(deps): bump
    ruby/setup-ruby from 1.269.0 to 1.270.0
  * #6335 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6335>: chore(deps): bump
    com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 12.2.0 to 12.3.0
  * #6336 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6336>: chore(deps): bump
    actions/cache from 4.3.0 to 5.0.1
  * #6337 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6337>: chore(deps): bump
    bigdecimal from 3.3.1 to 4.0.0 in /docs
  * #6339 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6339>: chore(deps): bump
    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.1
  * #6341 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6341>: chore(deps): bump
    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-source-plugin from 3.3.1 to 3.4.0
  * #6347 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6347>: chore(deps-dev): bump
    org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core from 2.25.2 to 2.25.3 in /pmd-java
  * #6350 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6350>: chore(deps): bump
    com.github.siom79.japicmp:japicmp-maven-plugin from 0.24.2 to 0.25.1
  * #6352 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6352>: chore(deps): bump
    ruby/setup-ruby from 1.270.0 to 1.275.0
  * #6353 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6353>: chore(deps): bump
    org.ow2.asm:asm from 9.9 to 9.9.1
  * #6354 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6354>: chore(deps-dev): bump
    net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent from 1.18.2 to 1.18.3
  * #6356 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6356>: chore(deps): bump
    org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin from 5.4.0.6343 to
    5.5.0.6356
  * #6357 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6357>: chore(deps): bump
    org.apache.commons:commons-text from 1.14.0 to 1.15.0
  * #6358 <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/6358>: chore(deps): bump
    bigdecimal from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 in /docs

      📈️ Stats

  * 102 commits
  * 39 closed tickets & PRs
  * Days since last release: 32

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