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title: Apache Maven PMD Plugin Version 3.12.0 Released
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date: '2019-04-23 17:27:44 -0400'
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<p>The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the<br />
<a href="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-pmd-plugin/">Apache Maven PMD Plugin, version 3.12.0</a></p>
<p>A Maven plugin for the PMD toolkit, that produces a report on both code rule<br />
violations and detected copy and paste fragments, as well as being able to fail<br />
the build based on these metrics.</p>
<p>You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the<br />
<a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-pmd-plugin/download.cgi">download page</a>.</p>
<p>You should specify the version in your project&rsquo;s plugin configuration:</p>
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<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317621&amp;version=12344380">Release Notes &ndash; Apache Maven PMD Plugin &ndash; Version 3.12.0</a></p>
<p>Bugs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-277">MPMD-277</a> &ndash; Plugin tries to download local submodules from repo</li>
</ul>
<p>New Features:</p>
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<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-280">MPMD-280</a> &ndash; Support targetJdk 12</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-281">MPMD-281</a> &ndash; Display found violations grouped by priority</li>
</ul>
<p>Improvements:</p>
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<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-279">MPMD-279</a> &ndash; Improve documentation of maxAllowedViolations</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-282">MPMD-282</a> &ndash; Add rule name to HTML report</li>
</ul>
<p>Dependency upgrades:</p>
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<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-275">MPMD-275</a> &ndash; Upgrade to PMD 6.13.0</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-284">MPMD-284</a> &ndash; Upgrade parent to 33</li>
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<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Maven team</p>
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