latestVersion: 7.9.0

latestVersionDate: 27-December-2024

- version: 7.8.0

date: 29-November-2024

layout: post

title: PMD 7.9.0 released

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 7.9.0.

This is a minor release.

* [🚀 New and noteworthy](#new-and-noteworthy)

* [New: CPD support for Rust](#new-cpd-support-for-rust)

* [🐛 Fixed Issues](#fixed-issues)

* [🚨 API Changes](#api-changes)

* [Experimental API](#experimental-api)

* [✨ Merged pull requests](#merged-pull-requests)

* [📦 Dependency updates](#dependency-updates)

* [📈 Stats](#stats)

CPD now supports Rust, a blazingly fast and memory-efficient programming language.

It is shipped in the new module `pmd-rust`.

* cli

* [#5399](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5399): \[cli] Windows: PMD fails to start with special characters in path names

* [#5401](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5401): \[cli] Windows: Console output doesn't use unicode

* java

* [#5096](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5096): \[java] StackOverflowError with recursively bound type variable

* java-bestpractices

* [#4861](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4861): \[java] UnusedPrivateMethod - false positive with static methods in core JDK classes

* java-documentation

* [#2996](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2996): \[java] CommentSize rule violation is not suppressed at method level

* pmd-core: <a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/apidocs/pmd-core/7.9.0/net/sourceforge/pmd/reporting/RuleContext.html#addViolationWithPosition(net.sourceforge.pmd.reporting.Reportable,net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AstInfo,net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.FileLocation,java.lang.String,java.lang.Object...)"><code>RuleContext#addViolationWithPosition</code></a>

* [#4939](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4939): \[java] Fix #2996 - CommentSize/CommentContent suppression - [Clément Fournier](https://github.com/oowekyala) (@oowekyala)

* [#5376](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5376): \[java] Fix #4861 - UnusedPrivateMethod FP in JDK classes - [Clément Fournier](https://github.com/oowekyala) (@oowekyala)

* [#5387](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5387): \[java] Fix #5096 - StackOverflowError with recursively bounded tvar - [Clément Fournier](https://github.com/oowekyala) (@oowekyala)

* [#5400](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5400): Fix #5399: \[cli] pmd.bat: Quote all variables when using SET - [Andreas Dangel](https://github.com/adangel) (@adangel)

* [#5402](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5402): Fix #5401: \[cli] pmd.bat: set codepage to 65001 (UTF-8) - [Andreas Dangel](https://github.com/adangel) (@adangel)

* [#5404](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5404): \[doc] Update tools / integrations / ide plugins / news pages - [Andreas Dangel](https://github.com/adangel) (@adangel)

* [#5414](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5414): Add Rust CPD - [Julia Paluch](https://github.com/juliapaluch) (@juliapaluch)

* [#5375](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5375): Bump pmd from 7.7.0 to 7.8.0

* [#5377](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5377): Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.20.1 to 10.20.2

* [#5378](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5378): Bump net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy from 1.14.12 to 1.15.10

* [#5379](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5379): Bump io.github.git-commit-id:git-commit-id-maven-plugin from 7.0.0 to 9.0.1

* [#5380](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5380): Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-shade-plugin from 3.5.2 to 3.6.0

* [#5384](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5384): Bump org.apache.groovy:groovy from 4.0.19 to 4.0.24

* [#5390](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5390): Bump com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java from 4.28.2 to 4.29.1

* [#5391](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5391): Bump org.hamcrest:hamcrest from 2.2 to 3.0

* [#5392](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5392): Bump org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0

* [#5393](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5393): Bump org.jsoup:jsoup from 1.17.2 to 1.18.3

* [#5394](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5394): Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.4.2

* [#5395](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5395): Bump webrick from 1.9.0 to 1.9.1 in /docs in the all-gems group across 1 directory

* [#5405](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5405): Bump org.yaml:snakeyaml from 2.2 to 2.3

* [#5406](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5406): Bump io.github.apex-dev-tools:apex-ls_2.13 from 5.5.0 to 5.7.0

* [#5407](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5407): Bump net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent from 1.14.19 to 1.15.11

* [#5409](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5409): Bump net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy from 1.15.10 to 1.15.11

* [#5410](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5410): Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.6.3 to 3.11.2

* [#5411](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5411): Bump csv from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 in /docs in the all-gems group across 1 directory

* [#5417](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5417): Bump org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin from 2.7.11 to 2.9.1

* [#5418](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5418): Bump org.checkerframework:checker-qual from 3.48.1 to 3.48.3

* [#5419](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5419): Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0

* [#5422](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/5422): Bump the all-gems group across 2 directories with 2 updates

* 69 commits

* 12 closed tickets & PRs

* Days since last release: 28