pmd-custom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ruleset name="Sporniket Ruleset"
	xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
	xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">

	<!-- Customized PMD ruleset for Maven, for more information , see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/howtomakearuleset.html -->

	<description>This ruleset checks the code for discouraged programming
		constructs.</description>

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

	<rule ref="rulesets/java/empty.xml">
		<exclude name="EmptyCatchBlock" />
	</rule>
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/empty.xml/EmptyCatchBlock">
		<properties>
			<property name="allowCommentedBlocks" value="true" />
		</properties>
	</rule>

	<rule ref="rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml">
		<exclude name="UselessParentheses" />
	</rule>

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

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