04-December-2015 - 5.3.6

Feature Request and Improvements:

• CPD: New command line parameter --ignore-usings: Ignore using directives in C# when comparing text.

Modified Rules:

• java-comments/CommentRequired: New property serialVersionUIDCommentRequired which controls the comment requirements
  for serialVersionUID fields. By default, no comment is required for this field.

Pull Requests:

• #25: Added option to exclude C# using directives from CPD analysis
• Note: This also contains the fix from #23
• #72: Added capability in Java and JSP parser for tracking tokens.
• #75: RuleSetFactory Performance Enhancement

Bugfixes:

• java-comments/CommentRequired
• #1434: CommentRequired raises violation on serialVersionUID field
• java-design/UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify
• #1438: UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify gives false positive
• java-finalizers/AvoidCallingFinalize
• #1440: NPE in AvoidCallingFinalize
• java-imports/UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName
• #1436: UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName false positive on clashing static imports with enums
• java-junit/JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage
• #1373: JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage is no longer compatible with TestNG
• java-migrating/JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation
• #1446: False positive with JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation when TestNG is used
• java-naming/SuspiciousEqualsMethodName
• #1431: SuspiciousEqualsMethodName false positive
• java-optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializer
• #1443: RedundantFieldInitializer: False positive for small floats
• java-unusedcode/UnusedPrivateField
• #1428: False positive in UnusedPrivateField when local variable hides member variable
• General
• #1429: Java - Parse Error: Cast in return expression
• #1425: Invalid XML Characters in Output
• #1441: PMD: Update documentation how to compile after modularization