PMD (PMD Core 7.0.0-rc1 API)

java.lang.Object
- net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD

```
@Deprecated
public final class PMD
extends Object
```
Deprecated.
This class is to be removed in PMD 7 in favor of a unified PmdCli entry point. PmdAnalysis should be used for non-CLI use-cases.

Entry point for PMD's CLI. Use runPmd(PMDConfiguration) or runPmd(String...) to mimic a CLI run. This class is not a supported programmatic API anymore, use PmdAnalysis for fine control over the PMD integration and execution.
Warning: This class is not intended to be instantiated or subclassed. It will be made final in PMD7.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class PMD.StatusCode
Deprecated.
This class is to be removed in PMD 7 in favor of a unified PmdCli entry point.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static void`	`main(String[] args)`	Deprecated. Entry to invoke PMD as command line tool.
`static PMD.StatusCode`	`runPmd(String... args)`	Deprecated. Parses the command line arguments and executes PMD.
`static PMD.StatusCode`	`runPmd(PMDConfiguration configuration)`	Deprecated. Execute PMD from a configuration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - main
```
public static void main(String[] args)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Entry to invoke PMD as command line tool. Note that this will invoke System.exit(int).
    
    Parameters:
    
    args - command line arguments
  - runPmd
```
public static PMD.StatusCode runPmd(String... args)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Parses the command line arguments and executes PMD. Returns the status code without exiting the VM. Note that the arguments parsing may itself fail and produce a PMD.StatusCode.ERROR. This will print the error message to standard error.
    
    Parameters:
    
    args - command line arguments
    
    Returns:
    
    the status code. Note that PMDConfiguration.isFailOnViolation() (flag --failOnViolation) may turn an PMD.StatusCode.OK into a PMD.StatusCode.VIOLATIONS_FOUND.
  - runPmd
```
public static PMD.StatusCode runPmd(PMDConfiguration configuration)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Execute PMD from a configuration. Returns the status code without exiting the VM. This is the main entry point to run a full PMD run with a manually created configuration.
    
    Parameters:
    
    configuration - Configuration to run
    
    Returns:
    
    the status code. Note that PMDConfiguration.isFailOnViolation() (flag --failOnViolation) may turn an PMD.StatusCode.OK into a PMD.StatusCode.VIOLATIONS_FOUND.