Package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule

Contains Rule and RuleSet related classes.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Rule	This is the basic Rule interface for PMD rules.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractRule	Basic abstract implementation of all parser-independent methods of the Rule interface.
AbstractVisitorRule
InternalApiBridge	Internal API.
RuleReference	This class represents a Rule which is a reference to Rule defined in another RuleSet.
RuleSet	This class represents a collection of rules along with some optional filter patterns that can preclude their application on specific files.
RuleSet.RuleSetBuilder	A builder class to create a ruleset.
RuleSetLoader	Configurable object to load rulesets from XML resources.
RuleSetWriter	This class represents a way to serialize a RuleSet to an XML configuration file.
RuleTargetSelector	A strategy for selecting nodes that will be targeted by a rule.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
RulePriority	These are the possible Rule priority values.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
RuleSetLoadException	An exception that is thrown when something wrong occurs while loading rulesets.