pmd-ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="example pmd 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 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">

    <description>Sample ruleset</description>

    <rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml"/>
    <rule ref="rulesets/java/braces.xml"/>
    <rule ref="rulesets/java/clone.xml"/>

    <rule ref="rulesets/java/empty.xml"/>
    <rule ref="rulesets/java/finalizers.xml"/>
    <rule ref="rulesets/java/imports.xml">
      <exclude name="UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName"/>
      <exclude name="TooManyStaticImports"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="rulesets/java/optimizations.xml">
        <exclude name="AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops"/>
        <exclude name="LocalVariableCouldBeFinal"/>
        <exclude name="MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal"/>
        <exclude name="RedundantFieldInitializer"/>
        <exclude name="PrematureDeclaration"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml">
        <exclude name="AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes"/>
        <exclude name="SignatureDeclareThrowsException"/>
        <exclude name="AvoidCatchingGenericException"/>
        <exclude name="ExceptionAsFlowControl"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml"/>
</ruleset>