PMD is a Java source code analyzer. It finds
unused variables, empty catch blocks, unnecessary
object creation, and more. It includes CPD, a tool to detect chunks of identical code.
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There are several new rules (LocalVariableCouldBeFinal, MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal, AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops, ArrayIsStoredDirectly, MethodReturnsInternalArray, AssignmentToNonFinalStatic, and AvoidConcatenatingNonLiteralsInStringBuffer), a few bugfixes, and a few new features. CPD supports any language, the symbol table code is much cleaner, the "run PMD" scripts are now in the "bin/" directory vs the "etc/" directory, and the rule overriding works better.
