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28-February-2025 - 7.11.0
The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 7.11.0.
This is a minor release.
🚀 New and noteworthy
✨ New Rules
- The new Apex rule
AvoidStatefulDatabaseResultdetectsDatabase.Statefulimplementations that store database results in instance variables. This can cause serialization issues between successive batch iterations.
Signed Releases
We now not only sign the maven artifacts, but also our binary distribution files that you can download from GitHub Releases. See the page Signed Releases in our documentation for how to verify the files.
🐛 Fixed Issues
- apex-errorprone
- #5305: [apex] New Rule: Avoid Stateful Database Results
- java
- java-bestpractices
- java-codestyle
- #4822: [java] UnnecessaryCast false-positive for raw types
- #5073: [java] UnnecessaryCast false-positive for cast in return position of lambda
- #5440: [java] UnnecessaryCast reported in stream chain map() call that casts to more generic interface
- #5523: [java] UnnecessaryCast false-positive for integer operations in floating-point context
- #5541: [java] Fix IdenticalCatchBranch reporting branches that call different overloads
- java-design
- #5018: [java] FinalFieldCouldBeStatic false-positive for access of super class field
- plsql
- #5522: [plsql] Parse error for operator in TRIM function call
🚨 API Changes
Deprecations
- java
- The method
TypeOps#isContextDependent(JMethodSig)is deprecated for removal. UseisContextDependent(JExecutableSymbol)instead which is more flexible.
- The method
✨ Merged pull requests
- #5425: [apex] New Rule: Avoid Stateful Database Results - Mitch Spano (@mitchspano)
- #5491: [docs] Call render_release_notes.rb within docs - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5492: [docs] Add security page with known vulnerabilities - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5503: [java] AvoidSynchronizedAtMethodLevel: Fixed error in code example - Balazs Glatz (@gbq6)
- #5507: Fix #5486: [java] Fix UnusedPrivateMethod - always search decls in current AST - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5508: Fix #3359: [java] UnusedPrivateMethod: Ignore lombok.EqualsAndHashCode.Include - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5510: [ci] Add signed releases - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5524: [ci] New optimized workflow for pull requests - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5526: Fix #5523: [java] UnnecessaryCast FP with integer division - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
- #5527: Fix #5522: [plsql] Allow arbitrary expressions for TRIM - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5528: Fix #5442: [java] Fix stackoverflow with recursive generic types - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
- #5529: Fix #5493: [java] IllegalArgumentException with wildcard bound - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
- #5530: Fix #5073: [java] UnnecessaryCast FP with lambdas - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
- #5537: Fix #5504: [java] UnusedAssignment FP with continue in foreach loop - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
- #5538: Add project icon for IntelliJ IDEA - Vincent Potucek (@pankratz227)
- #5539: [plsql] Add OracleDBUtils as regression testing project - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5541: [java] Fix IdenticalCatchBranch reporting branches that call different overloads - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
- #5542: Add GitHub issue links in IDEA git log - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5544: [javacc] Move grammar files into src/main/javacc - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5551: [doc] Update contributors for 7.11.0 - Andreas Dangel (@adangel)
- #5552: Fix #4822: [java] UnnecessaryCast FP with unchecked cast - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
- #5553: Fix #5018: [java] FinalFieldCouldBeStatic FP with super field access - Clément Fournier (@oowekyala)
📦 Dependency updates
- #5490: Bump PMD from 7.9.0 to 7.10.0
- #5494: Bump liquid from 5.7.1 to 5.7.2 in the all-gems group across 1 directory
- #5497: Bump net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent from 1.16.1 to 1.17.0
- #5498: Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.25.3 to 3.27.3
- #5499: Bump org.mockito:mockito-core from 5.14.2 to 5.15.2
- #5500: Bump org.junit:junit-bom from 5.11.2 to 5.11.4
- #5501: Bump org.scala-lang:scala-reflect from 2.13.15 to 2.13.16
- #5516: Bump org.jetbrains:annotations from 26.0.1 to 26.0.2
- #5517: Bump net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy from 1.15.11 to 1.17.0
- #5518: Bump org.junit.platform:junit-platform-suite from 1.11.3 to 1.11.4
- #5519: Bump org.checkerframework:checker-qual from 3.48.3 to 3.49.0
- #5520: Bump com.google.guava:guava from 33.0.0-jre to 33.4.0-jre
- #5532: Bump net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent from 1.17.0 to 1.17.1
- #5533: Bump log4j.version from 2.24.2 to 2.24.3
- #5534: Bump com.google.code.gson:gson from 2.11.0 to 2.12.1
- #5535: Bump scalameta.version from 4.12.7 to 4.13.1.1
- #5536: Bump org.apache.groovy:groovy from 4.0.24 to 4.0.25
- #5545: Bump commons-logging:commons-logging from 1.3.4 to 1.3.5
- #5546: Bump scalameta.version from 4.13.1.1 to 4.13.2
- #5547: Bump net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy from 1.17.0 to 1.17.1
- #5548: Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.21.2 to 10.21.3
- #5549: Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin from 3.13.0 to 3.14.0
📈 Stats
- 97 commits
- 35 closed tickets & PRs
- Days since last release: 28