Goals available for this plugin:
Goal | Report? | Description |
---|---|---|
pmd:check | No | Fail the build if there were any PMD violations in the source code. |
pmd:cpd | Yes | Creates a report for PMD's CPD tool. See Finding duplicated code for more details. |
pmd:cpd-check | No | Fail the build if there were any CPD violations in the source code. |
pmd:help | No | Display help information on maven-pmd-plugin. Call mvn pmd:help -Ddetail=true
-Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details. |
pmd:pmd | Yes | Creates a PMD report. |
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:
Maven | 3.0 |
JDK | 1.7 |
Memory | No minimum requirement. |
Disk Space | No minimum requirement. |
You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:
<project> ... <build> <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM --> <pluginManagement> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.12.0</version> </plugin> ... </plugins> </pluginManagement> <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM --> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.12.0</version> </plugin> ... </plugins> </build> ... <!-- To use the report goals in your POM or parent POM --> <reporting> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.12.0</version> </plugin> ... </plugins> </reporting> ... </project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"