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title: Apache Maven PMD Plugin Version 3.16.0 Released
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date: '2022-02-15 20:34:34 -0500'
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<p>The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the<br />
  <a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-pmd-plugin/">Apache Maven PMD Plugin, version 3.16.0</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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</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><version></span>3.16.0<span class="nt"></version></span>
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<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12350599&amp;styleName=Text&amp;projectId=12317621">Release Notes &ndash; Apache Maven PMD Plugin &ndash; Version 3.16.0</a></p>
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<p>Bugs:</p>
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<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-325">MPMD-325</a> &ndash; Could not find class due to IncompatibleClassChangeError warning</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-324">MPMD-324</a> &ndash; Ruleset URLs have hyphen replaced with forwardslash</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-323">MPMD-323</a> &ndash; ResourceManager should use project base dir instead of pom location</li>
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<p>Improvement:</p>
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<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-328">MPMD-328</a> &ndash; Shared GitHub Actions</li>
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<p>Tasks:</p>
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<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-327">MPMD-327</a> &ndash; Upgrade to PMD 6.42.0</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-326">MPMD-326</a> &ndash; Set Maven 3.1.1 as minimum version</li>
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<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Maven team</p>
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