PMD 6.20.0 Released

• Downloads: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases%2F6.20.0
• Documentation: https://pmd.github.io/pmd-6.20.0/

29-November-2019 - 6.20.0

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 6.20.0.

This is a minor release.

Table Of Contents

• Fixed Issues
• External Contributions

Fixed Issues

• apex
  • #2092: [apex] ApexLexer logs visible when Apex is the selected language upon starting the designer
  • #2136: [apex] Provide access to underlying query of SoqlExpression
• core
  • #2002: [doc] Issue with http://pmdapplied.com/ linking to a gambling Web site
  • #2062: [core] Shortnames parameter does not work with Ant
  • #2090: [ci] Release notes and draft releases
  • #2096: [core] Referencing category errorprone.xml produces deprecation warnings for InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat
• java
  • #1861: [java] Be more lenient with version numbers
  • #2105: [java] Wrong name for inner classes in violations
• java-bestpractices
  • #2016: [java] UnusedImports: False positive if wildcard is used and only static methods
• java-codestyle
  • #1362: [java] LinguisticNaming flags Predicates with boolean-style names
  • #2029: [java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName false-positive for non-static nested classes
  • #2098: [java] UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName: regression / false positive
• java-design
  • #2075: [java] ImmutableField false positive with inner class
  • #2125: [java] ImmutableField: False positive when variable is updated in conditional loop
• java-errorprone
  • #2102: [java] False positive MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass when inheritors are instantiable

External Contributions

• #2088: [java] Add more version shortcuts for older java - Henning Schmiedehausen
• #2089: [core] Minor unrelated improvements to code - Gonzalo Exequiel Ibars Ingman
• #2091: [core] Fix pmd warnings (IdenticalCatchCases) - Gonzalo Exequiel Ibars Ingman
• #2106: [java] Wrong name for inner classes - Andi Pabst
• #2121: [java] Predicates treated like booleans - Ozan Gulle