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I am using PMD under eclipse 4.3.1 / Kepler and I cannot exclude files and folders from the violation check.

My folder structure

Now following folders get generated by testng

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Now I have configured following rules file:

In my case I have many hundred errors in the jquery.js file, which is in test-output.

How can I exclude a specific folder and all files in it recursively?

How to set the pattern to work under eclipse and under ANT/maven?

hint: seems to be similar to: PMD exclude not working

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You almost got it already! Use the following exclusion syntax:

This will exclude all files that have /test-output/ somewhere in their absolute path. The pattern is the same in Eclipse and Ant/Maven, as long as the excluded folders are also called test-output.

Additional explanations and examples can be found in the PMD documentation.

You can specify a working set under Project -> Properties -> PMD

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I find PMD very useful tool. So I have installed PMD eclipse plugin.

With PMD, we can define multiple ruleset files. One of the reason I have multiple rulesets file is that I need to exclude some classes from some rules say naming rules but not all. I achieved this by defined those rules in a separate ruleset file and using element. This is fine as far ant build is concerned. However, I would like to use the same ruleset files for PMD eclipse plugins to ensure that executing PMD using ant or eclipse generates same result.

I do not see an option to select multiple ruleset files for PMD eclipse plugin. Is there a way to select multiple ruleset files or any other alternative?

Please help.

Thanks

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A rulesets references rules and built-in rulesets - and it can reference custom rulesets too. Just create a wrapper-ruleset.xml for basic-ruleset.xml and codesize-ruleset.xml:

You can then use wrapper-ruleset.xml in Eclipse.

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