pmd-main.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="PMD ruleset for Checkstyle"
         xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0
                             http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
    <description>
        PMD ruleset for Checkstyle main code (copy from main repo)
    </description>
    <exclude-pattern>.*/src/test/.*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>.*/src/it/.*</exclude-pattern>

    <rule ref="config/pmd.xml">
      <!-- until https://github.com/checkstyle/sonar-checkstyle/issues/161 -->
      <exclude name="CommentRequired"/>
      <exclude name="AvoidCatchingGenericException"/>
      <exclude name="AvoidFileStream"/>
      <exclude name="ClassNamingConventions"/>
      <exclude name="TooManyMethods"/>
    </rule>

</ruleset>