pmd-rules.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         name="Custom ruleset"
         xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">

    <description>
        Custom PMD ruleset.
    </description>

   <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml">
       <!-- conflicts with personal Vector class -->
        <exclude name="ReplaceVectorWithList"/>
       <!-- custom logger not created yet -->
        <exclude name="AvoidPrintStackTrace" />
       <!-- does not allow writing test structures beforehand -->
        <exclude name="JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert" />
       <!-- handled by checkstyle with custom settings -->
        <exclude name="UnusedImports" />
        <exclude name="GuardLogStatement" />
        <exclude name="JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage"/>
        <exclude name="JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
        <!--<exclude name="JUnit4TestShouldUseAfterAnnotation" />-->
        <!--<exclude name="JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation" />-->
        <exclude name="UseVarargs" />
        <exclude name="AccessorMethodGeneration" />
    </rule>
    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts">
        <properties>
            <property name="maximumAsserts" value="4" />
        </properties>
    </rule>
    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/AbstractClassWithoutAbstractMethod">
        <properties>
            <!-- Ignore @Test methods -->
            <property name="violationSuppressXPath"
                      value="//MethodDeclaration/../Annotation/MarkerAnnotation/Name[@Image='Test']" />
        </properties>
    </rule>
</ruleset>