pmd-ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<ruleset name="Custom Rules"
    xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 https://pmd.sourceforge.io/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">

    <description>HtmlUnit rules</description>
    <exclude-pattern>.*/src/test/resources/.*</exclude-pattern>

    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName">
        <properties>
            <property name="reportStaticMethods" value="false" />
            <property name="reportStaticFields" value="false" />
        </properties>
    </rule>

    <!-- i think there is no need to guard error log statements -->
    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/GuardLogStatement">
        <properties>
            <property name="logLevels" value="trace,debug,info,warn,log,finest,finer,fine,info,warning" />
        </properties>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml">
        <exclude name="AccessorMethodGeneration"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml">
        <exclude name="AtLeastOneConstructor"/>
        <exclude name="ClassNamingConventions"/>
        <exclude name="CommentDefaultAccessModifier"/>
        <exclude name="FieldNamingConventions"/>
        <exclude name="IdenticalCatchBranches"/>
        <exclude name="LongVariable"/>
        <exclude name="MethodNamingConventions"/>
        <exclude name="OnlyOneReturn"/>
        <exclude name="ShortClassName"/>
        <exclude name="ShortMethodName"/>
        <exclude name="ShortVariable"/>
        <exclude name="UnnecessaryBoxing"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="category/java/design.xml">
        <exclude name="AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts"/>
        <exclude name="CognitiveComplexity"/>
        <exclude name="CollapsibleIfStatements"/>
        <exclude name="CouplingBetweenObjects"/>
        <exclude name="CyclomaticComplexity"/>
        <exclude name="ExcessiveImports"/>
        <exclude name="ExcessivePublicCount"/>
        <exclude name="GodClass"/>
        <exclude name="LawOfDemeter"/>
        <exclude name="NcssCount"/>
        <exclude name="NPathComplexity"/>
        <exclude name="SimplifyBooleanReturns"/>
        <exclude name="TooManyMethods"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="category/java/documentation.xml">
        <exclude name="CommentSize"/>
        <exclude name="CommentRequired"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml">
        <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/>
        <exclude name="MissingSerialVersionUID"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="category/java/multithreading.xml" />

    <rule ref="category/java/performance.xml">
        <!-- todo reenable this and check -->
        <exclude name="AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="category/java/security.xml" />

</ruleset>