diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations/PmdOperation.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations/PmdOperation.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c7df76..0000000
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations/PmdOperation.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="false" name="PmdOperation" type="Application" factoryName="Application" nameIsGenerated="true">
-    <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" />
-    <module name="app" />
-    <method v="2">
-      <option name="Make" enabled="true" />
-    </method>
-  </configuration>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations/Run Tests.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations/Run Tests.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 65b2217..0000000
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations/Run Tests.xml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="false" name="Run Tests" type="JUnit" factoryName="JUnit">
-    <module name="app" />
-    <option name="PACKAGE_NAME" value="moog" />
-    <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="rife.bld.extension" />
-    <option name="METHOD_NAME" value="" />
-    <option name="TEST_OBJECT" value="directory" />
-    <dir value="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/test/java" />
-    <method v="2">
-      <option name="Make" enabled="true" />
-    </method>
-  </configuration>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a6cbb7..35919d7 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # [bld](https://rife2.com/bld) Extension to Perform Static Code Analysis with [PMD](https://pmd.github.io/)
 
-
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%20License%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 [![Java](https://img.shields.io/badge/java-17%2B-blue)](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk17-archive-downloads.html)
 [![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/1.9.1-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ public void pmdMain() throws Exception {
     new PmdOperation()
             .fromProject(this)
             .failOnViolation(true)
-            .inputPaths(srcMainDirectory().toPath())
+            .inputPaths(srcMainDirectory())
             .ruleSets("config/pmd.xml", "category/java/errorprone.xml")
             .execute();
 }
diff --git a/config/pmd.xml b/config/pmd.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d3203c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="erik"
+         xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 https://pmd.sourceforge.io/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
+    <description>Erik's Ruleset</description>
+    <!-- BEST PRACTICES -->
+    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml">
+        <exclude name="AvoidPrintStackTrace"/>
+        <exclude name="JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation"/>
+        <exclude name="JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
+        <exclude name="GuardLogStatement"/>
+    </rule>
+
+    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/MissingOverride">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="violationSuppressXPath"
+                      value="//MethodDeclaration[@Name='hashCode' or @Name='equals' or @Name='toString']"/>
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
+
+
+    <!-- CODE STYLE -->
+    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml">
+        <exclude name="AtLeastOneConstructor"/>
+        <exclude name="ClassNamingConventions"/>
+        <exclude name="CommentDefaultAccessModifier"/>
+        <exclude name="ConfusingTernary"/>
+        <exclude name="FieldNamingConventions"/>
+        <exclude name="LocalVariableCouldBeFinal"/>
+        <exclude name="LongVariable"/>
+        <exclude name="MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal"/>
+        <exclude name="OnlyOneReturn"/>
+        <exclude name="PackageCase"/>
+        <exclude name="ShortClassName"/>
+        <exclude name="ShortMethodName"/>
+        <exclude name="ShortVariable"/>
+        <exclude name="UseExplicitTypes"/>
+        <exclude name="UseUnderscoresInNumericLiterals"/>
+        <exclude name="UselessParentheses"/>
+    </rule>
+
+    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/UnnecessaryImport">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="violationSuppressRegex" value="Unused (static|.*\.\*).*"/>
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
+
+    <!-- DESIGN -->
+    <rule ref="category/java/design.xml">
+        <exclude name="AvoidCatchingGenericException"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidUncheckedExceptionsInSignatures"/>
+        <exclude name="CognitiveComplexity"/>
+        <exclude name="CyclomaticComplexity"/>
+        <exclude name="ExcessiveParameterList"/>
+        <exclude name="ExcessivePublicCount"/>
+        <exclude name="GodClass"/>
+        <exclude name="LawOfDemeter"/>
+        <exclude name="LoosePackageCoupling"/>
+        <exclude name="NPathComplexity"/>
+        <exclude name="NcssCount"/>
+        <exclude name="TooManyFields"/>
+        <exclude name="TooManyMethods"/>
+        <exclude name="UseObjectForClearerAPI"/>
+    </rule>
+
+    <!-- DOCUMENTATION -->
+    <rule ref="category/java/documentation.xml">
+        <exclude name="CommentRequired"/>
+        <exclude name="CommentSize"/>
+    </rule>
+
+    <!-- ERROR PRONE -->
+    <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml">
+        <exclude name="AssignmentInOperand"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidCatchingNPE"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidDuplicateLiterals"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingTypeName"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/>
+        <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
+    </rule>
+
+    <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AssignmentInOperand">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="allowWhile" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowFor" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowIf" value="true"/>
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AvoidDuplicateLiterals">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="skipAnnotations" value="true"/>
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
+
+    <!-- MULTITHREADING -->
+    <rule ref="category/java/multithreading.xml">
+    </rule>
+
+    <!-- PERFORMANCE -->
+    <rule ref="category/java/performance.xml">
+    </rule>
+
+    <!-- SECURITY -->
+    <rule ref="category/java/security.xml">
+    </rule>
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
index 8cf1fed..1df8415 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class PmdOperationBuild extends Project {
     public PmdOperationBuild() {
         pkg = "rife.bld.extension";
         name = "bld-pmd";
-        version = version(1, 0, 1);
+        version = version(1, 1, 0, "SNAPSHOT");
 
         javaRelease = 17;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperation.java
index 5a57508..7bd5997 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperation.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RulePriority;
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
 import rife.bld.operations.AbstractOperation;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
     /**
      * The default rule set.
+     * <p>
+     * Set to: {@code rulesets/java/quickstart.xml}
      */
     public static final String RULE_SET_DEFAULT = "rulesets/java/quickstart.xml";
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(PmdOperation.class.getName());
@@ -48,115 +51,83 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
     /**
      * The input paths (source) list.
      */
-    final List<Path> inputPaths_ = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final Collection<Path> inputPaths_ = new ArrayList<>();
     /**
      * The relative roots paths.
      */
-    final List<Path> relativizeRoots_ = new ArrayList<>();
-    /**
-     * The rule priority.
-     */
-    final RulePriority rulePriority_ = RulePriority.LOW;
+    private final Collection<Path> relativizeRoots_ = new ArrayList<>();
     /**
      * The rule sets list.
      */
-    final List<String> ruleSets_ = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final Collection<String> ruleSets_ = new ArrayList<>();
     /**
      * The cache location.
      */
-    Path cache_;
+    private Path cache_;
     /**
      * The encoding.
      */
-    Charset encoding_ = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+    private Charset encoding_ = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
     /**
      * The fail on violation toggle.
      */
-    boolean failOnViolation_;
+    private boolean failOnViolation_;
     /**
      * The forced language.
      */
-    LanguageVersion forcedLanguageVersion_;
+    private LanguageVersion forcedLanguageVersion_;
     /**
      * The path of the ignore file
      */
-    Path ignoreFile_;
+    private Path ignoreFile_;
     /**
      * The include line number toggle.
      */
-    boolean includeLineNumber_ = true;
+    private boolean includeLineNumber_ = true;
     /**
      * The incremental analysis toggle.
      */
-    boolean incrementalAnalysis_ = true;
+    private boolean incrementalAnalysis_ = true;
     /**
      * The input URI.
      */
-    URI inputUri_;
+    private URI inputUri_;
     /**
      * The default language version(s).
      */
-    List<LanguageVersion> languageVersions_;
-    /**
-     * The path to the report page.
-     */
-    Path reportFile_;
-    /**
-     * The report format.
-     */
-    String reportFormat_ = "text";
-    /**
-     * The report properties.
-     */
-    Properties reportProperties_ = null;
-    /**
-     * The show suppressed flag.
-     */
-    boolean showSuppressed_;
-    /**
-     * THe suppressed marker.
-     */
-    String suppressedMarker_ = "NOPMD";
-    /**
-     * The number of threads.
-     */
-    int threads_ = 1;
+    private Collection<LanguageVersion> languageVersions_ = new ArrayList<>();
     /**
      * The project reference.
      */
     private BaseProject project_;
-
     /**
-     * Adds paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     * The path to the report page.
      */
-    public PmdOperation addInputPath(Path... inputPath) {
-        inputPaths_.addAll(List.of(inputPath));
-        return this;
-    }
-
+    private Path reportFile_;
     /**
-     * Adds paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     * The report format.
      */
-    public PmdOperation addInputPath(Collection<Path> inputPath) {
-        inputPaths_.addAll(inputPath);
-        return this;
-    }
-
+    private String reportFormat_ = "text";
     /**
-     * Adds several paths to shorten paths that are output in the report.
+     * The report properties.
      */
-    public PmdOperation addRelativizeRoot(Path... relativeRoot) {
-        relativizeRoots_.addAll(List.of(relativeRoot));
-        return this;
-    }
-
+    private Properties reportProperties_;
     /**
-     * Adds several paths to shorten paths that are output in the report.
+     * The rule priority.
      */
-    public PmdOperation addRelativizeRoot(Collection<Path> relativeRoot) {
-        relativizeRoots_.addAll(relativeRoot);
-        return this;
-    }
+    private RulePriority rulePriority_ = RulePriority.LOW;
+    /**
+     * The show suppressed flag.
+     */
+    private boolean showSuppressed_;
+    /**
+     * THe suppressed marker.
+     */
+    private String suppressedMarker_ = "NOPMD";
+    /**
+     * The number of threads.
+     */
+    private int threads_ = 1;
 
     /**
      * Adds new rule set paths.
@@ -173,6 +144,10 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
      *     <li>{@code category/java/performance.xml}</li>
      *     <li>{@code category/java/security.xml}</li>
      * </ul>
+     *
+     * @param ruleSet one or more rule set
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #ruleSets(String...)
      */
     public PmdOperation addRuleSet(String... ruleSet) {
         ruleSets_.addAll(List.of(ruleSet));
@@ -194,9 +169,13 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
      *     <li>{@code category/java/performance.xml}</li>
      *     <li>{@code category/java/security.xml}</li>
      * </ul>
+     *
+     * @param ruleSet one or more rule set
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #ruleSets(Collection
      */
-    public PmdOperation addRuleSet(Collection<String> ruleSets) {
-        ruleSets_.addAll(ruleSets);
+    public PmdOperation addRuleSet(Collection<String> ruleSet) {
+        ruleSets_.addAll(ruleSet);
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -209,17 +188,23 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the default language to be used for all input files.
+     * Sets the default language version to be used for all input files.
+     *
+     * @param languageVersion one or more language version
+     * @return this operation
      */
-    public PmdOperation defaultLanguage(LanguageVersion... languageVersion) {
+    public PmdOperation defaultLanguageVersions(LanguageVersion... languageVersion) {
         languageVersions_.addAll(List.of(languageVersion));
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the default language to be used for all input files.
+     * Sets the default language version to be used for all input files.
+     *
+     * @param languageVersion the language versions
+     * @return this operation
      */
-    public PmdOperation defaultLanguage(Collection<LanguageVersion> languageVersion) {
+    public PmdOperation defaultLanguageVersions(Collection<LanguageVersion> languageVersion) {
         languageVersions_.addAll(languageVersion);
         return this;
     }
@@ -268,8 +253,11 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
 
     /**
      * Forces a language to be used for all input files, irrespective of file names.
+     *
+     * @param languageVersion the language version
+     * @return this operation
      */
-    public PmdOperation forceVersion(LanguageVersion languageVersion) {
+    public PmdOperation forceLanguageVersion(LanguageVersion languageVersion) {
         forcedLanguageVersion_ = languageVersion;
         return this;
     }
@@ -290,24 +278,51 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
      * <li>ruleSets={@code [rulesets/java/quickstart.xml]}</li>
      * <li>suppressedMarker={@code NOPMD}</li>
      * </ul>
+     *
+     * @param project the project
+     * @return this operation
      */
     public PmdOperation fromProject(BaseProject project) {
         project_ = project;
 
-        inputPaths_.add(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath());
-        inputPaths_.add(project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+        inputPaths(project.srcMainDirectory(), project.srcTestDirectory());
         ruleSets_.add(RULE_SET_DEFAULT);
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
      * Sets the path to the file containing a list of files to ignore, one path per line.
+     *
+     * @param ignoreFile the ignore file path
+     * @return this operation
      */
     public PmdOperation ignoreFile(Path ignoreFile) {
         ignoreFile_ = ignoreFile;
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the path to the file containing a list of files to ignore, one path per line.
+     *
+     * @param ignoreFile the ignore file path
+     * @return this operation
+     */
+    public PmdOperation ignoreFile(File ignoreFile) {
+        ignoreFile_ = ignoreFile.toPath();
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the path to the file containing a list of files to ignore, one path per line.
+     *
+     * @param ignoreFile the ignore file path
+     * @return this operation
+     */
+    public PmdOperation ignoreFile(String ignoreFile) {
+        ignoreFile_ = Paths.get(ignoreFile);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Enables or disables including the line number for the beginning of the violation in the analyzed source file URI.
      * <p>
@@ -330,6 +345,9 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
 
     /**
      * Creates a new initialized configuration.
+     *
+     * @param commandName the command name
+     * @return this operation
      */
     public PMDConfiguration initConfiguration(String commandName) {
         PMDConfiguration config = new PMDConfiguration();
@@ -344,7 +362,7 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
         config.setFailOnViolation(failOnViolation_);
 
         if (languageVersions_ != null) {
-            config.setDefaultLanguageVersions(languageVersions_);
+            config.setDefaultLanguageVersions(languageVersions_.stream().toList());
         }
 
         if (forcedLanguageVersion_ != null) {
@@ -360,9 +378,8 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
         if (inputPaths_.isEmpty()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(commandName + ": InputPaths required.");
         } else {
-            config.setInputPathList(inputPaths_);
+            config.setInputPathList(inputPaths_.stream().toList());
         }
-
         if (reportProperties_ != null) {
             config.setReportProperties(reportProperties_);
         }
@@ -381,9 +398,9 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
             config.setReportFile(reportFile_);
         }
 
-        config.addRelativizeRoots(relativizeRoots_);
+        config.addRelativizeRoots(relativizeRoots_.stream().toList());
         config.setReportFormat(reportFormat_);
-        config.setRuleSets(ruleSets_);
+        config.setRuleSets(ruleSets_.stream().toList());
         config.setShowSuppressedViolations(showSuppressed_);
         config.setSourceEncoding(encoding_);
         config.setSuppressMarker(suppressedMarker_);
@@ -393,8 +410,11 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
-     * Previously set paths will be disregarded.
+     * Sets paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     *
+     * @param inputPath one or more paths
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #addInputPaths(Path...) 
      */
     public PmdOperation inputPaths(Path... inputPath) {
         inputPaths_.clear();
@@ -403,18 +423,154 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
-     * Previously set paths will be disregarded.
+     * Sets paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     * <p>
+     * Previous entries are disregarded.
+     *
+     * @param inputPath one or more paths
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #addInputPaths(File...) 
+     */
+    public PmdOperation inputPaths(File... inputPath) {
+        inputPaths_.clear();
+        inputPaths_.addAll(Arrays.stream(inputPath).map(File::toPath).toList());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     * <p>
+     * Previous entries are disregarded.
+     * @param inputPath one or more paths
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #addInputPaths(String...) 
+     */
+    public PmdOperation inputPaths(String... inputPath) {
+        inputPaths_.clear();
+        inputPaths_.addAll(Arrays.stream(inputPath).map(Paths::get).toList());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets  paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     * <p>
+     * Previous entries are disregarded.
+     * @param inputPath the input paths
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #addInputPaths(Collection) 
      */
     public PmdOperation inputPaths(Collection<Path> inputPath) {
         inputPaths_.clear();
         inputPaths_.addAll(inputPath);
         return this;
     }
+    /**
+     * Adds paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.\
+     *
+     * @param inputPath one or more paths
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #inputPaths(Path...) 
+     */
+    public PmdOperation addInputPaths(Path... inputPath) {
+        inputPaths_.addAll(List.of(inputPath));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     *
+     * @param inputPath one or more paths
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #inputPaths(File...) 
+     */
+    public PmdOperation addInputPaths(File... inputPath) {
+        inputPaths_.addAll(Arrays.stream(inputPath).map(File::toPath).toList());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     *
+     * @param inputPath one or more paths
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #addInputPaths(String...) 
+     */
+    public PmdOperation addInputPaths(String... inputPath) {
+        inputPaths_.addAll(Arrays.stream(inputPath).map(Paths::get).toList());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     *
+     * @param inputPath the input paths
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #inputPaths(Collection) 
+     */
+    public PmdOperation addInputPaths(Collection<Path> inputPath) {
+        inputPaths_.addAll(inputPath);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns paths to source files, or directories containing source files to analyze.
+     *
+     * @return the input paths
+     */
+    public Collection<Path> inputPaths() {
+        return inputPaths_;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the default language versions.
+     *
+     * @param languageVersion one or more language versions
+     * @return this operation
+     */
+    public PmdOperation languageVersions(LanguageVersion... languageVersion) {
+        languageVersions_.addAll(List.of(languageVersion));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the default language versions.
+     *
+     * @param languageVersions the language versions
+     * @return this operation
+     */
+    public PmdOperation languageVersions(Collection<LanguageVersion> languageVersions) {
+        languageVersions_ = languageVersions;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the default language versions.
+     *
+     * @return the language versions
+     */
+    public Collection<LanguageVersion> languageVersions() {
+        return languageVersions_;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the minimum priority threshold when loading Rules from RuleSets.
+     *
+     * @return this operation
+     */
+    public PmdOperation minimumPriority(RulePriority priority) {
+        rulePriority_ = priority;
+        return this;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Performs the PMD analysis with the given config.
+     *
+     * @param commandName the command name
+     * @param config      the configuration
+     * @return the number of errors
+     * @throws RuntimeException if an error occurs
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings({"PMD.CloseResource", "PMD.AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops"})
     public int performPmdAnalysis(String commandName, PMDConfiguration config) throws RuntimeException {
         var pmd = PmdAnalysis.create(config);
         var report = pmd.performAnalysisAndCollectReport();
@@ -470,25 +626,105 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets several paths to shorten paths that are output in the report. Previous relative paths will be disregarded.
+     * Adds several paths to shorten paths that are output in the report.
+     *
+     * @param relativeRoot one or more relative root paths
+     * @return this operations
      */
     public PmdOperation relativizeRoots(Path... relativeRoot) {
-        relativizeRoots_.clear();
         relativizeRoots_.addAll(List.of(relativeRoot));
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets several paths to shorten paths that are output in the report. Previous relative paths will be disregarded.
+     * Adds several paths to shorten paths that are output in the report.
+     *
+     * @param relativeRoot one or more relative root paths
+     * @return this operations
+     */
+    public PmdOperation relativizeRoots(File... relativeRoot) {
+        relativizeRoots_.addAll(Arrays.stream(relativeRoot).map(File::toPath).toList());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds several paths to shorten paths that are output in the report.
+     *
+     * @param relativeRoot one or more relative root paths
+     * @return this operations
+     */
+    public PmdOperation relativizeRoots(String... relativeRoot) {
+        relativizeRoots_.addAll(Arrays.stream(relativeRoot).map(Paths::get).toList());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds several paths to shorten paths that are output in the report.
+     *
+     * @param relativeRoot the relative root paths
+     * @return this operations
      */
     public PmdOperation relativizeRoots(Collection<Path> relativeRoot) {
-        relativizeRoots_.clear();
         relativizeRoots_.addAll(relativeRoot);
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns paths to shorten paths that are output in the report.
+     *
+     * @return the relative root paths
+     */
+    public Collection<Path> relativizeRoots() {
+        return relativizeRoots_;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the path to the report page.
+     *
+     * @param reportFile the report file path
+     * @return this operation
+     */
+    public PmdOperation reportFile(Path reportFile) {
+        reportFile_ = reportFile;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the path to the report page.
+     *
+     * @param reportFile the report file path
+     * @return this operation
+     */
+    public PmdOperation reportFile(File reportFile) {
+        reportFile_ = reportFile.toPath();
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the path to the report page.
+     *
+     * @param reportFile the report file path
+     * @return this operation
+     */
+    public PmdOperation reportFile(String reportFile) {
+        reportFile_ = Paths.get(reportFile);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the path to the report page.
+     *
+     * @return the path
+     */
+    public Path reportFile() {
+        return reportFile_;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the output format of the analysis report. The default is {@code text}.
+     *
+     * @param reportFormat the report format
+     * @return this operation
      */
     public PmdOperation reportFormat(String reportFormat) {
         reportFormat_ = reportFormat;
@@ -496,7 +732,10 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the Report properties. These are used to create the Renderer.
+     * Sets the Report properties. These are used to create the Renderer.
+     *
+     * @param reportProperties the report properties
+     * @return this operation
      */
     public PmdOperation reportProperties(Properties reportProperties) {
         reportProperties_ = reportProperties;
@@ -504,7 +743,7 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the rule set path(s), disregarding any previously set paths.
+     * Sets new rule set paths, disregarding any previous entries.
      * <p>
      * The built-in rule set paths are:
      * <ul>
@@ -518,15 +757,19 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
      *     <li>{@code category/java/performance.xml}</li>
      *     <li>{@code category/java/security.xml}</li>
      * </ul>
+     *
+     * @param ruleSet one or more rule set
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #addRuleSet(String...)
      */
     public PmdOperation ruleSets(String... ruleSet) {
         ruleSets_.clear();
-        ruleSets_.addAll(Arrays.asList(ruleSet));
+        ruleSets_.addAll(List.of(ruleSet));
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the rule set path(s), disregarding any previously set paths.
+     * Sets new rule set paths, disregarding any previous entries.
      * <p>
      * The built-in rule set paths are:
      * <ul>
@@ -540,15 +783,31 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
      *     <li>{@code category/java/performance.xml}</li>
      *     <li>{@code category/java/security.xml}</li>
      * </ul>
+     *
+     * @param ruleSet one or more rule set
+     * @return this operation
+     * @see #addRuleSet(Collection)
      */
-    public PmdOperation ruleSets(Collection<String> ruleSets) {
+    public PmdOperation ruleSets(Collection<String> ruleSet) {
         ruleSets_.clear();
-        ruleSets_.addAll(ruleSets);
+        ruleSets_.addAll(ruleSet);
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the rule set paths.
+     *
+     * @return the rule sets
+     */
+    public Collection<String> ruleSets() {
+        return ruleSets_;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Enables or disables adding the suppressed rule violations to the report.
+     *
+     * @param showSuppressed {@code true} or {@code false}
+     * @return this operation
      */
     public PmdOperation showSuppressed(boolean showSuppressed) {
         showSuppressed_ = showSuppressed;
@@ -557,6 +816,9 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
 
     /**
      * Specifies the comment token that marks lines which should be ignored. The default is {@code NOPMD}.
+     *
+     * @param suppressedMarker the suppressed marker
+     * @return this operation
      */
     public PmdOperation suppressedMarker(String suppressedMarker) {
         suppressedMarker_ = suppressedMarker;
@@ -564,7 +826,10 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the number of threads to be used. The default is {code 1}.
+     * Sets the number of threads to be used. The default is {@code 1}.
+     *
+     * @param threads the number of threads
+     * @return this operation
      */
     public PmdOperation threads(int threads) {
         threads_ = threads;
@@ -573,6 +838,9 @@ public class PmdOperation extends AbstractOperation<PmdOperation> {
 
     /**
      * Sets the input URI to process for source code objects.
+     *
+     * @param inputUri the input URI
+     * @return this operation
      */
     public PmdOperation uri(URI inputUri) {
         inputUri_ = inputUri;
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationTest.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationTest.java
index 9987705..6cb5dce 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationTest.java
@@ -17,15 +17,23 @@
 package rife.bld.extension;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.PMDConfiguration;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RulePriority;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import rife.bld.BaseProject;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
@@ -38,36 +46,86 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
  */
 class PmdOperationTest {
     static final String CATEGORY_FOO = "category/foo.xml";
-    static final String CODE_STYLE = "category/java/codestyle.xml";
     static final Path CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE = Path.of("src/test/resources/java/CodeStyle.java");
-    static final int CODING_STYLE_ERRORS = 13;
+    static final String CODE_STYLE_XML = "category/java/codestyle.xml";
     static final String COMMAND_NAME = "pmd";
-    static final String ERROR_PRONE = "category/java/errorprone.xml";
-    static final int ERROR_PRONE_ERRORS = 6;
+    static final String DESIGN_XML = "category/java/design.xml";
+    static final String DOCUMENTATION_XML = "category/java/documentation.xml";
     static final Path ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE = Path.of("src/test/resources/java/ErrorProne.java");
+    static final String ERROR_PRONE_XML = "category/java/errorprone.xml";
+    static final String PERFORMANCE_XML = "category/java/performance.xml";
+    static final String SECURITY_XML = "category/java/security.xml";
     static final String TEST = "test";
 
     PmdOperation newPmdOperation() {
-        final PmdOperation pmdOperation = new PmdOperation();
-        pmdOperation.inputPaths(Path.of("src/main"), Path.of("src/test"));
-        pmdOperation.reportFile_ = Paths.get("build", COMMAND_NAME, "pmd-test-report.txt");
-        pmdOperation.cache_ = Paths.get("build", COMMAND_NAME, "pmd-cache");
-        pmdOperation.failOnViolation_ = false;
-        return pmdOperation;
+        return new PmdOperation()
+                .inputPaths(Path.of("src/main"), Path.of("src/test"))
+                .cache(Paths.get("build", COMMAND_NAME, "pmd-cache"))
+                .failOnViolation(false)
+                .reportFile(Paths.get("build", COMMAND_NAME, "pmd-test-report.txt"));
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testAddInputPaths() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, CODE_STYLE).inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE)
-                .addInputPath(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(36);
+    void testAddInputPath() {
+        var project = new BaseProject();
+        var pmd = new PmdOperation().fromProject(project);
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("default").containsExactly(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(),
+                project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        var err = pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME));
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd.addInputPaths(project.srcMainDirectory());
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("main").containsExactly(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath());
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd.addInputPaths(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(), project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("toPath(main, test)").containsExactly(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(),
+                project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd.addInputPaths(List.of(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(), project.srcTestDirectory().toPath()));
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("List(main, test)").containsExactly(
+                project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(),
+                project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
+                .isGreaterThan(0).isEqualTo(err);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testAddRuleSets() {
+        var pmd = new PmdOperation().fromProject(new BaseProject());
+
+        assertThat(pmd.ruleSets()).containsExactly(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT);
+
+        pmd.addRuleSet(ERROR_PRONE_XML);
+
+        assertThat(pmd.ruleSets()).containsExactly(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, ERROR_PRONE_XML);
+
+        var err = pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME));
+
+        pmd.ruleSets().clear();
+
+        pmd.addRuleSet(List.of(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, ERROR_PRONE_XML));
+
+        assertThat(pmd.ruleSets()).as("collection")
+                .containsExactly(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, ERROR_PRONE_XML);
+
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
+                .isGreaterThan(0).isEqualTo(err);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testCache() {
         var cache = Path.of("build/pmd/temp-cache");
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CODE_STYLE).inputPaths(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE).cache(cache);
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(CODING_STYLE_ERRORS);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CODE_STYLE_XML).inputPaths(List.of(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE)).cache(cache);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
         var f = cache.toFile();
         assertThat(f.exists()).as("file exits").isTrue();
         assertThat(f.delete()).as("delete file").isTrue();
@@ -75,7 +133,7 @@ class PmdOperationTest {
 
     @Test
     void testEncoding() {
-        PmdOperation pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).encoding("UTF-16");
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).encoding("UTF-16");
         PMDConfiguration config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
         assertThat(config.getSourceEncoding()).as("UTF-16").isEqualTo(StandardCharsets.UTF_16);
 
@@ -84,19 +142,45 @@ class PmdOperationTest {
         assertThat(config.getSourceEncoding()).as("ISO_8859").isEqualTo(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testExecute() {
+        var pmd = new PmdOperation().fromProject(new BaseProject());
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).containsExactly(Paths.get("src/main").toAbsolutePath(),
+                Paths.get("src/test").toAbsolutePath());
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd.inputPaths("src/main/java", "src/test/java")
+                .ruleSets("config/pmd.xml");
+
+        assertThat(pmd.ruleSets()).containsExactly("config/pmd.xml");
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testFailOnValidation() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("category/java/documentation.xml")
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(DOCUMENTATION_XML)
                 .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java/Documentation.java"));
-        assertThatCode(() -> pmd.failOnViolation(true).performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))
-        ).isInstanceOf(RuntimeException.class).hasMessageContaining('[' + TEST + ']');
+        assertThatCode(() -> pmd.failOnViolation(true).performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
+                .isInstanceOf(RuntimeException.class).hasMessageContaining('[' + TEST + ']');
     }
 
     @Test
     void testIgnoreFile() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE, CODE_STYLE).inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE)
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML, CODE_STYLE_XML)
                 .ignoreFile(Path.of("src/test/resources/ignore.txt"));
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd.inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
         assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(0);
+
+        pmd.ruleSets().clear();
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE)
+                .ignoreFile(new File("src/test/resources/ignore-single.txt"))
+                .performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(0);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -106,108 +190,174 @@ class PmdOperationTest {
         assertThat(config.isIgnoreIncrementalAnalysis()).isFalse();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testInputPaths() {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, CODE_STYLE_XML)
+                .inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).contains(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testJavaBestPractices() {
         var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("category/java/bestpractices.xml")
                 .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java/BestPractices.java"));
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(11);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testJavaCodeStyle() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CODE_STYLE).inputPaths(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(CODING_STYLE_ERRORS);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CODE_STYLE_XML).inputPaths(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testJavaCodeStyleAndErrorProne() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CODE_STYLE).inputPaths(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CODE_STYLE_XML).inputPaths(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
         assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
-                .as("code style").isEqualTo(CODING_STYLE_ERRORS);
-        pmd = pmd.addRuleSet(ERROR_PRONE).addInputPath(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
+                .as("code style").isGreaterThan(0);
+        pmd = pmd.ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML).inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
         assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
-                .as("code style + error prone").isEqualTo(29);
+                .as("code style + error prone").isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testJavaDesign() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("category/java/design.xml")
-                .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java/Design.java"))
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(DESIGN_XML)
+                .inputPaths("src/test/resources/java/Design.java")
                 .cache(Path.of("build/pmd/design-cache"));
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(4);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testJavaDocumentation() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("category/java/documentation.xml")
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(DOCUMENTATION_XML)
                 .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java/Documentation.java"));
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(4);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testJavaErrorProne() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE).inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(ERROR_PRONE_ERRORS);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML).inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testJavaMultiThreading() {
         var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("category/java/multithreading.xml")
                 .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java/MultiThreading.java"));
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(3);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testJavaPerformance() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("category/java/performance.xml")
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(PERFORMANCE_XML)
                 .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java/Performance.java"));
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(9);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testJavaQuickStart() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("rulesets/java/quickstart.xml")
-                .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java"));
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(34);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT)
+                .inputPaths(new File("src/test/resources/java/"));
+        assertThat(pmd.ruleSets()).containsExactly(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testJavaSecurity() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("category/java/security.xml")
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(SECURITY_XML)
                 .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java/Security.java"));
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testLanguageVersions() {
+        var language = LanguageRegistry.PMD.getLanguageById("java");
+        assertThat(language).isNotNull();
+
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .forceLanguageVersion(language.getLatestVersion())
+                .defaultLanguageVersions(language.getVersions())
+                .languageVersions(language.getVersion("22"))
+                .ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT);
+        assertThat(pmd.languageVersions()).contains(language.getDefaultVersion());
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        assertThat(pmd.defaultLanguageVersions(language.getVersion("17"), language.getVersion("21"))
+                .languageVersions(language.getVersions()).performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
+                .as("17 & 21").isGreaterThan(0);
+
     }
 
     @Test
     void testMainOperation() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().inputPaths(Path.of("src/main"))
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().inputPaths(new File("src/main"))
                 .performPmdAnalysis(TEST, newPmdOperation().initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME));
         assertThat(pmd).isEqualTo(0);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testPriority() {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().inputPaths(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE).minimumPriority(RulePriority.HIGH);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testRelativizeRoots() {
         var foo = Path.of("foo/bar");
         var bar = Path.of("bar/foo");
+        var baz = Path.of("baz/foz");
 
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).relativizeRoots(foo).addRelativizeRoot(bar);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(List.of(CATEGORY_FOO)).relativizeRoots(foo).relativizeRoots(bar.toFile())
+                .relativizeRoots(baz.toString()).relativizeRoots(List.of(foo, bar, baz));
         var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
-        assertThat(config.getRelativizeRoots()).contains(foo).contains(bar);
+        assertThat(config.getRelativizeRoots()).isEqualTo(pmd.relativizeRoots());
+        assertThat(config.getRelativizeRoots()).containsExactly(foo, bar, baz, foo, bar, baz);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testReportFile() throws FileNotFoundException {
+        var report = new File("build", "pmd-report-file");
+        report.deleteOnExit();
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(List.of(ERROR_PRONE_XML, DESIGN_XML)).reportFile(report);
+        pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME));
+        assertThat(report).exists();
+
+        try (var writer = new PrintWriter(report)) {
+            writer.write("");
+        }
+        assertThat(report).isEmpty();
+
+        pmd.reportFile(report.getAbsolutePath()).performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME));
+        assertThat(report).isNotEmpty();
     }
 
     @Test
     void testReportFormat() throws IOException {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE).reportFormat("xml").inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(ERROR_PRONE_ERRORS);
-        try (var br = Files.newBufferedReader(pmd.reportFile_)) {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML).reportFormat("xml").inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+        try (var br = Files.newBufferedReader(pmd.reportFile())) {
             assertThat(br.readLine()).as("xml report").startsWith("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>");
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testReportProperties() {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CODE_STYLE_XML, ERROR_PRONE_XML)
+                .includeLineNumber(true)
+                .reportProperties(new Properties());
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testRuleSetsConfigFile() {
         var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("src/test/resources/pmd.xml")
-                .ignoreFile(Path.of("src/test/resources/ignore-all.txt"));
+                .ignoreFile("src/test/resources/ignore-all.txt");
         assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(0);
     }
 
@@ -219,21 +369,21 @@ class PmdOperationTest {
 
     @Test
     void testShowSuppressed() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE).showSuppressed(true);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML).showSuppressed(true);
         var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
         assertThat(config.isShowSuppressedViolations()).isTrue();
     }
 
     @Test
     void testSuppressedMarker() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE).suppressedMarker(TEST);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML).suppressedMarker(TEST);
         var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
         assertThat(config.getSuppressMarker()).isEqualTo(TEST);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testThreads() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE).threads(5);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML).threads(5);
         var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
         assertThat(config.getThreads()).isEqualTo(5);
     }
@@ -241,15 +391,15 @@ class PmdOperationTest {
     @Test
     void testUri() throws URISyntaxException {
         var uri = new URI("https://example.com");
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE).uri(uri);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML).uri(uri);
         var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
         assertThat(config.getUri()).isEqualTo(uri);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testXml() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/pmd.xml"))
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().addInputPaths("src/test/resources/pmd.xml")
                 .ruleSets("src/test/resources/xml/basic.xml");
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(0);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/ignore-single.txt b/src/test/resources/ignore-single.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23190ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/ignore-single.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src/test/resources/java/ErrorProne.java
\ No newline at end of file