Change log for the PMD Eclipse plugin
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v3.2.6 - March 30 2009

. Bug fix: Exception when the project ruleset file is not the default name
. PMD updated to v4.2.5
. installation unpacks plugin to make sure it can be used in eclipse fragments
. New project preference to handle high priority violations as Eclipse errors
    This must be enabled (the default) to get the same behavior as in previous versions

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v3.2.5 - October 13 2008

. PMD updated to v4.2.4
. plugin reorganization
. code cleanup
. all rule examples displayed in Rule Configuration panel
. Full file path now set on RuleContext.setSouceCodeFile(file) instead of workspace relative path

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v3.2.4 - April 11 2008

Runtime
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. Fix 1811828 RuntimeException in RuleSetFactory, default ruleset is used on error
. Fix 1903578 Handler error in Eclipse log
. Fix 1909929 clean violation review is not selective enough
. PMD updated to v4.2.1
. Use new standard PMD RuleSet serialization mechanism
. Use new PMD support for RuleReferences in RuleSets, instead of using Rule copies
. Use Java Project Build Path when invoking PMD to allow Type Resolution to work better
. Error type PMD Violations now show in Problems View for manual PMD invocations
. Workspace PMD Preferences allows enabling/disabling use of Java Project Build Path
. Workspace PMD Preferences removed DFA option, use DataflowAnomalyAnalysis rule instead
. Workspace Rules Configuration Rule table now shows RuleSet name
. Workspace Rules Configuration Rule table now shows Since attribute
. Workspace Rules Configuration now has Add Rule... button, defaulting to adding of an XPath Rule
. Workspace Rules Configuration Import Rule... dialog nows supports importing Rules by Reference (default) or by Copy
. Workspace Rules Configuration supports editing/adding of Exclude/Include patterns
. Workspace Rules Configuration supports launching of the PMD Rule Designer GUI
. Workspace Rules Configuration Rule editing dialog greatly enhanced to support presentation/editing of nearly all Rule details
. Workspace Rules Configuration Rule editing dialog shows when a Rule is a RuleReference
. Workspace Rules Configuration Rule editing dialog allows opening External Info URL in Browser
. Workspace Rules Configuration Rule editing dialog shows blue background when a Rule detail is overridden (e.g. what exactly have you customized)
. Project PMD Preference Rule table now sorts just like the Workspace Preferences version
. Project PMD Preference Rule table now shows RuleSet name
. Project PMD Preference Rule table now shows Rule Since attribute
. Project PMD Preference supports specifying arbitrary RuleSet file, default remains .ruleset

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v3.2.3 - Dec 02 2007

. PMD updated to v4.1
. dependency jars updated
. Fix 1661524 Working set functionality doesn't work
. Fix 1811828 RuntimeException in RuleSetFactory
. Fix NPE on empty rulesets
. Fix UI preference refresh bug
. xml rulesets now use indentation: human readable and easier to modify


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v3.2.2 - 24/06/2007

Runtime
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. Add PMD v4.0rc1 (java 1.4 retroweaver support)
. Fix 1671486 Rule set is not serialized/deserialized properly
. Fix 1703589 ConcurrentModificationException in RuleSet.apply
. Fix 1710977 Null Pointer Exception on click of Add Rule (remove the button)
. Fix 1737975 CPD view double-click selection&jump bug
. Remove the embedded PMD documentation and point to the PMD remote site.


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v3.2.1 - 15/02/2007

Runtime
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. Fix 1583788 StackOverflowError in rule edit window
. Fix 1641930 Creation of ruleset.xml file causes error in Eclipse
. Fix 1645449 Views broken in 3.2.0 with Eclipse 3.2.1 on Solaris


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v3.2.0 - 15/01/2007

Runtime
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. Upgrade to PMD v3.9
. Update and improve overview and outline views
. Refactor CPD views
. Fix major NullPointer and ClassCastException bugs
. Add support for JDK 6.0


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v3.1.7 - 05/10/2006

Runtime
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. Upgrade to PMD v3.8
. Fix NPE when searching for quickfixes for rules from project rulesets
. Fix 1541795 (at least it should)
. Fix 1554639 (thanks to Sven Jacob)
. Fix the refreshproblem of the dataflowanomalytable and a bug with overloaded methods in the dataflowview (Thanks to Sven Jacob)
. Fix 1417291 CCE when adding report (eclipse)
. Fix 1470054 Violation Details dlg has OK button which does nothing
. Fix 1470080 NPE in PMDRecord.findResource
. Fix 1481300 plugin throws NPE after move prjs to new workspace
. Fix 1486390 Exception during execution


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v3.1.6 - 09/06/2006

Runtime
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. Reconfigure the rebuild command to better handle huge projects
. Add the include derived files option
. make CPD "working set aware"
. remove some dead code
. limit the number of reported violations per file and per rule (default to 5)
. Add the possibility to use the PMD violation review style
. Refactor the plugin architecture to better accept future evolutions


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v3.1.5 - 12/04/2006

Runtime
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. Update to PMD v3.6
. Fix the default package issue when generating reports
. Fix BUG#1467817 Change the label of the rebuild_project question


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v3.1.4 - 06/02/2006

Runtime
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. Fix BUG#1357798 Source file utf-8 charset problem
. Fix BUG#1365407 Problems with PMD in Eclipse/Issue 1
. Update to PMD v3.5
. Fix NullPointerException on PriorityFilter class
. Fix NullPointerException and InvocationTargetException on ASTWriterImpl class
. Fix BUG#1365407 Problems with PMD in Eclipse/Issue 3
. Upgrade development environment to Eclipse 3.1.2
. Apply a patch to PMD v3.5
. Fix documentation about fragment plugin-id


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v3.1.3 - 17/01/2006

Runtime
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. Update to PMD v3.4 with regexp support


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v3.1.2 - 03/11/2005

Runtime
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. RFE#1334241-Add an extension point to declare custom rulesets
. BUG#1212311-Deselecting a rules should now work
. Fix the missing ShowDataflowView issue


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v3.1.1 - 01/11/2005

Runtime
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. RFE#1231112-Make the rule table columns sortable in preferences dialog (thanks to Brian R)
. BUG#1231108-Fix the resizing issue
. Upgrade to PMD 3.3
. Add a PMD perspective
. Add a Violations Overview view
. Add a Violation Outline view
. Add a Dataflow view
. Continue internal code refactoring


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v3.1.0 - 04/07/2005

Runtime
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. Migrate to PMD v3.2
. Migrate to Eclipse v3.1
. Add support for JDK 1.5
. Create a CPD report instead of displaying a window
. Fix Bug#1190624 (Completly refactor the CPD feature. see release notes)
. Fix other non documented bugs

Development
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. Continuing the refactoring.
. Forgive "small" commands.
. Use Castor to serialize project properties inside the project itself and no more inside
  the workspace .metadata
. Small improvements in the Plugin class


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v3.0.1 - 07/05/2005

Runtime
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. Fix Bug#1144793
. Fix Bug#1190624 (try)
. Fix PMD violations
. Continue refactoring

Development
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. Forgive the Xerces plungin and repackage the xercesImpl.jar inside the PMD Core plugin.


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v3.0.0 - 21/04/2005

Runtime
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. upgrade the core engine to PMD v3.0
. implement reports generation (RFE#1177802)


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v2.2.1 - 01/02/2005

Runtime
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. upgrade the core engine to PMD v2.2


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v2.2.0 - 23/01/2005

Runtime
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. upgrade the core engine to PMD v2.1 (fix 1095049)
. integrate to rule attributes when exporting rulesets (fix 1090032 & 1087079)


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v2.1.1 - 03/12/2004

Runtime
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. implements the "NOPMD" feature

Development
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. refining the refactoring of the property page
. implementing a Command framework

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v2.1.0 - 22/11/2004

Runtime
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. update to PMD v2.0
. update the icons (thanks to Ebu)
. fix error in the fragment how to

Development
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. begin the refactoring; apply MVC to GUIs; apply Command and CommandProcessor
  patterns for PMD and Eclipse resources operations.
. Before generalizing the refactoring, test on the property page.


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v2.0.6 - xx/07/2004

Runtime
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. fix DOMSerializer class not found.
  -> Package Xerces as an Eclipse feature because SUN JDK 1.4 packages an incomplete
     Xerces implementation


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v2.0.5 - 30/06/2004

Runtime
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. Upgrading to PMD v1.8



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v2.0.4 - 29/04/2004

Runtime
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. Upgrading to PMD v1.7



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v2.0.3 - 20/04/2004

Runtime
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. Fixing UTF-8 issues in some source files
. Upgrading to PMD v1.6
. Upgrading to Eclipse v3M8



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v2.0.2 - 19/12/2003

Runtime
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. Fixing malformed UTF-8 characters in generated xml files
  (thanks to Jacques Lebourgeois)



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v2.0.1 - 09/12/2003

Runtime
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. Fixing bug #852522 : PreferencesPage doesn't show up
. Adapting to Eclipse v3M5
. Fixing Java Model Exception handling


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v2.0.0 - 01/12/2003

Runtime
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. Fixing bug #819518 : AST writes out method return types incorrectly
. Fixing bug #820241 : VariableDeclaration doesn't show variable modifiers
. Fixing bug #850242 : PMD working from time to time
. Fixing bug #849558 : Cannot use pmd-eclipse plugin with Eclipse 2.1.2
. Fixing bug #841110 : PMD-eclipse not working after rule import and restart
. Fixing bug #838054 : PMD cannot run inside Eclipse
. Fixing bug #832250 : plugin exception in 1.2
. Adding the lazy check feature : suggest to not rebuild the project when the properties has changed.
. Adding the working set feature
. Previewing quickfix feature
. Refactoring to remove Eclipse internal APIs usage
. Refactoring to use the Eclipse adaptable framework instead of downcasting (where possible)
. Refactoring to adapt to Eclipse v3



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v1.2.1 - 30/10/2003

Runtime
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. Fixing JDK 1.3 runtime problem (for WSAD users for example)
  (thanks to Eduard Naum)
. Adding "scratchpad" ruleset in the drop down list when importing rulesets
. Refactoring JDK 1.3 compatibility feature so that it uses the compiler compliance option




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v1.2.0 - 27/10/2003

Runtime
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. Refactoring some classes to avoid the warnings about accessing private members from inner types.
. Adding the review feature (RFE#785023 and RFE#787086)
. Adding a Java 1.3 compatibility property for projects
. Upgrading to PMD 1.3.0
. Fixing encoding in rulesets (bug #810858)
. Fixing encoding of AST (bug #819520)

Development
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. Rebuild the build.xml file according to the "Create Ant Build File" feature




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v1.1.2 - 11/08/2003

Runtime
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. Fixing exception in violations view when display violations of a class in the default package
. Refactoring ruleset preferences. Moving the prefered ruleset from preference store to state location




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v1.1.1 - 05/08/2003

Runtime
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. Updating to PMD v1.2.1
. Fixing CoreException when refreshing violations view with Eclipse v3




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v1.1.0 - 30/07/2003

Runtime
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. Writing more docs (using PMD, using CPD, reporting bugs)
. Redesigning the way to configure the plugin (see doc)
. Adding a view that show PMD violations
. Grouping PMD menu items in a submenu to be less intrusive in the views context menu
. Updating to PMD v1.2




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v1.0.0 - 19/06/2003

Runtime
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. Fixing SWTException when PMD is run on a file with syntax error
  (thanks to Chris Grindstaff)
. Generalize above fix for all message dialog in the plugin
. Adding logging facility to help support (using commons-logging and Log4J)
. Removing error dialog when PMD is executed on a file with syntax error
  (the PMD exception is logged as a warning)
. Adding PMD actions on folder and package popup menus
  (request from Vladimir Bossica)
. Processing markers changes as batch operations so that performances are improved.
. Updating PMD engine to v1.1
. Fixing CPD usage to conform to new engine implementation
. Improving progress indicators accurracy
. Adding online help that points to official PMD help and a howto section
. When generating an AST :
     . place image information as an attribute instead of the tag body
     . add other attributes (lines and cols) to all tags even those without children




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v0.5.0 - 19/03/2003

Runtime
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. Adding PMD as a project incremental builder.
. Refactor some entries in the plugin.xml file.
. Adding a "Delete PMD marker" popup menu on project, java files and task view.
. Adding a "Generate AST" popup menu on java file.
. Enabling popups in resource view and package view
. Externalizing strings and messages.
. Adding support for i18n : english is the default locale and providing french as the
  first alternative locale.
. Using PMD v1.03

Development
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. Adding a ant build file
. Adapting .project to be compatible with both Eclipse 2.02 and WSAD v5.
