Version 1.2.3

Bumped PMD to version 7.9.0
Bumped JUnit to version 5.11.4

.github/workflows/bld.yml

@@ -4,29 +4,28 @@ on: [ push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch ]
 
 jobs:
   build-bld-project:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java-version: [ 17, 19, 20 ]
+        java-version: [ 17, 21, 24 ]
+        kotlin-version: [ 1.9.25, 2.0.21, 2.1.20 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          distribution: 'zulu'
+          distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
 
-      - name: Grant execute permission for bld
+      - name: Download dependencies
-        run: chmod +x bld
-
-      - name: Download the dependencies
         run: ./bld download
 
-      - name: Run tests with bld
+      - name: Run tests
         run: ./bld compile test

.github/workflows/pages.yml

@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          distribution: 'zulu'
+          distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
 
       - name: Build Javadocs
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v3
 
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
         with:
           # Upload generated Javadocs repository
-          path: 'build/javadoc/'
+          path: "build/javadoc/"
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v1
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

.idea/bld.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="BldConfiguration">
+    <events />
+  </component>
+</project>

.idea/copyright/Apache_License.xml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <component name="CopyrightManager">
   <copyright>
-    <option name="notice" value=" Copyright &amp;#36;today.year the original author or authors.&#10; &#10; Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the &quot;License&quot;);&#10;  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.&#10;  You may obtain a copy of the License at&#10; &#10;      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0&#10; &#10; Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software&#10; distributed under the License is distributed on an &quot;AS IS&quot; BASIS,&#10; WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.&#10; See the License for the specific language governing permissions and&#10; limitations under the License." />
+    <option name="notice" value="Copyright 2023-&amp;#36;today.year the original author or authors.&#10; &#10;Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the &quot;License&quot;);&#10;you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.&#10;You may obtain a copy of the License at&#10;&#10;    https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0&#10;&#10;Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software&#10;distributed under the License is distributed on an &quot;AS IS&quot; BASIS,&#10;WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.&#10;See the License for the specific language governing permissions and&#10;limitations under the License." />
     <option name="myName" value="Apache License" />
   </copyright>
 </component>

.idea/icon.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
+<svg width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 179 108" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:space="preserve" xmlns:serif="http://www.serif.com/" style="fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:2;">
+    <g transform="matrix(1,0,0,1,-210.511,-96.3382)">
+        <g transform="matrix(1,0,0,1,-23.3386,-649.816)">
+            <g transform="matrix(0.221288,0,0,0.24,73.9536,390.254)">
+                <path d="M722.568,1482.92L722.568,1921.1L808.968,1921.1L808.968,1888.7C822.168,1907.9 846.168,1930.1 893.568,1930.1C933.168,1930.1 961.968,1917.5 985.368,1893.5C1012.97,1865.9 1027.37,1827.5 1027.37,1786.1C1027.37,1741.7 1011.17,1705.1 985.368,1680.5C961.968,1658.3 928.968,1644.5 892.368,1644.5C862.968,1644.5 830.568,1654.1 808.968,1683.5L808.968,1482.92L722.568,1482.92ZM871.368,1718.9C888.768,1718.9 903.768,1723.7 917.568,1736.9C930.168,1748.9 938.568,1766.3 938.568,1787.9C938.568,1807.7 930.168,1825.1 917.568,1837.1C904.368,1849.7 887.568,1855.7 872.568,1855.7C856.368,1855.7 837.168,1849.1 823.368,1835.9C813.168,1826.3 803.568,1810.1 803.568,1787.9C803.568,1765.1 812.568,1749.5 822.768,1738.7C836.568,1724.3 852.768,1718.9 871.368,1718.9Z" style="fill:rgb(35,146,255);fill-rule:nonzero;"/>
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+            </g>
+        </g>
+    </g>
+</svg>

.idea/intellij-javadocs-4.0.1.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="JavaDocConfiguration">
+    <GENERAL>
+      <MODE>UPDATE</MODE>
+      <OVERRIDDEN_METHODS>false</OVERRIDDEN_METHODS>
+      <SPLITTED_CLASS_NAME>true</SPLITTED_CLASS_NAME>
+      <LEVELS>
+        <LEVEL>METHOD</LEVEL>
+        <LEVEL>TYPE</LEVEL>
+        <LEVEL>FIELD</LEVEL>
+      </LEVELS>
+      <VISIBILITIES>
+        <VISIBILITY>DEFAULT</VISIBILITY>
+        <VISIBILITY>PUBLIC</VISIBILITY>
+        <VISIBILITY>PROTECTED</VISIBILITY>
+      </VISIBILITIES>
+    </GENERAL>
+    <TEMPLATES>
+      <CLASSES>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+interface\s+\w+.*</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The interface ${name}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;        * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+        * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+enum\s+\w+.*</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The enum ${name}.\n
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+class\s+\w+.*</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The type ${name}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;        * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+        * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The type ${name}.\n
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+      </CLASSES>
+      <CONSTRUCTORS>
+        <CONSTRUCTOR>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * Instantiates a new ${name}.\n
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CONSTRUCTOR>
+      </CONSTRUCTORS>
+      <METHODS>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*\s*.*(\w(\s*&lt;.+&gt;)*)+\s+get\w+\s*\(.*\).+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * Gets ${partName}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;         * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+         * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt;
+         *\n
+         * @return the ${partName}\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*\s*.*(void|\w(\s*&lt;.+&gt;)*)+\s+set\w+\s*\(.*\).+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * Sets ${partName}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;         * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+         * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt;
+         *\n
+         * @return the ${partName}\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>^.*((public\s+static)|(static\s+public))\s+void\s+main\s*\(\s*String\s*(\[\s*\]|\.\.\.)\s+\w+\s*\).+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The entry point of application.\n
+
+     &lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+     * @param ${element.parameterList.parameters[0].name} the input arguments\n
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * ${name}&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt; ${return}&lt;/#if&gt;.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;         * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+         * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt;
+         *\n
+         * @return the ${return}\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+      </METHODS>
+      <FIELDS>
+        <FIELD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+static.*(\w\s\w)+.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The constant ${element.getName()}.\n
+ */</VALUE>
+        </FIELD>
+        <FIELD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.*(\w\s\w)+.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+    &lt;#if element.parent.isInterface()&gt;
+        * The constant ${element.getName()}.\n
+&lt;#else&gt;
+        * The ${name}.\n
+&lt;/#if&gt; */</VALUE>
+        </FIELD>
+        <FIELD>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+    &lt;#if element.parent.isEnum()&gt;
+        *${name} ${typeName}.\n
+&lt;#else&gt;
+        * The ${name}.\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;*/</VALUE>
+        </FIELD>
+      </FIELDS>
+    </TEMPLATES>
+  </component>
+</project>

.idea/libraries/bld.xml

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
   <library name="bld">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.0-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
     <excluded>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />

.idea/libraries/compile.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" />
     </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>

.idea/libraries/runtime.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" />
     </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>

.idea/libraries/test.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" />
     </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>

.idea/misc.xml

@@ -9,30 +9,18 @@
     <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="addInputPath" />
     <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="addRelativizeRoot" />
     <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="addRuleSet" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="cache" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="debug" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="defaultLanguage" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="encoding" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="failOnViolation" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="forceVersion" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="fromProject" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="ignoreFile" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="incrementalAnalysis" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="inputPaths" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="relativizeRoots" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="reportFormat" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="ruleSets" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="showSuppressed" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="suppressedMarker" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="threads" />
-    <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation" method="uri" />
     <pattern value="rife.bld.extension.PmdOperationBuild" method="jacoco" />
   </component>
   <component name="PDMPlugin">
     <option name="customRuleSets">
       <list>
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-jacoco-report/config/pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-checkstyle/config/pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-exec/config/pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-testng/config/pmd.xml" />
         <option value="K:\java\semver\config\pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-pitest/config/pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-generated-version/config/pmd.xml" />
       </list>
     </option>
     <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />

.idea/runConfigurations/PmdOperation.xml

@@ -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>

.idea/runConfigurations/Run Tests.xml

@@ -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>

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 {
     "version": "0.2.0",
     "configurations": [
-        {
-            "type": "java",
-            "name": "Run Main",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "mainClass": "rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation      },
         {
             "type": "java",
             "name": "Run Tests",

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
         "src/main/java",
         "src/main/resources",
         "src/test/java",
-        "src/bld/java"
+        "src/test/resources",
+        "src/bld/java",
+        "src/bld/resources"
     ],
     "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
     "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}bld-1.7.0-SNAPSHOT.jar",
+        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1.jar",
-        "lib/compile/*.jar",
+        "lib/**/*.jar"
-        "lib/runtime/*.jar",
-        "lib/test/*.jar"
     ]
 }

README.md

@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
-# [Bld](https://rife2.com/bld) Extension to Perform Static Code Analysis with [PMD](https://pmd.github.io/)
+# [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/1.7.0-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
+[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/2.2.1-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
 [![Release](https://flat.badgen.net/maven/v/metadata-url/repo.rife2.com/releases/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-pmd/maven-metadata.xml?color=blue)](https://repo.rife2.com/#/releases/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-pmd)
 [![Snapshot](https://flat.badgen.net/maven/v/metadata-url/repo.rife2.com/snapshots/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-pmd/maven-metadata.xml?label=snapshot)](https://repo.rife2.com/#/snapshots/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-pmd)
 [![GitHub CI](https://github.com/rife2/bld-pmd/actions/workflows/bld.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rife2/bld-pmd/actions/workflows/bld.yml)
 
-To install, please refer to the [extensions documentation](https://github.com/rife2/bld/wiki/Extensions).
+To install the latest version, add the following to the `lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties` file:
 
-To check all source code using the [java quickstart rule](https://pmd.github.io/pmd/pmd_rules_java.html), add the following to your build file
+```properties
+bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd
+```
+
+For more information, please refer to the [extensions](https://github.com/rife2/bld/wiki/Extensions) documentation.
+
+## Check Source with PMD
+
+To check all source  Codecode using the [Java Quickstart](https://docs.pmd-code.org/latest/pmd_rules_java.html) configuration, add the following to your build file:
 
 ```java
-@BuildCommand
+@BuildCommand(summary = "Checks source code with PMD")
 public void pmd() throws Exception {
     new PmdOperation()
         .fromProject(this)
@@ -21,26 +28,26 @@ public void pmd() throws Exception {
 }
 ```
 
-```text
+```console
 ./bld pmd test
 ```
 
-To check the main source directory using a custom rule, [java error prone rule](https://pmd.github.io/pmd/pmd_rules_java.html) and failing on any violation.
+To check the main source directory using a custom ruleset, [Java Error Prone](https://docs.pmd-code.org/latest/pmd_rules_java.html#error-prone) configuration, and failing on any violation.
 
 ```java
-@BuildCommand
+@BuildCommand(value = "pmd-main", summary = "Checks main source code with PMD")
 public void pmdMain() throws Exception {
     new PmdOperation()
             .fromProject(this)
             .failOnViolation(true)
-            .inputPaths(this.srcMainDirectory().toPath())
+            .inputPaths(srcMainDirectory())
             .ruleSets("config/pmd.xml", "category/java/errorprone.xml")
             .execute();
 }
 ```
 
-```text
+```console
-./bld compile pmdMain
+./bld compile pmd-main
 ```
 
 Please check the [PmdOperation documentation](https://rife2.github.io/bld-pmd/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperation.html#method-summary) for all available configuration options.

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="GuardLogStatement"/>
+        <exclude name="UnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
+        <exclude name="UnitTestShouldUseTestAnnotation"/>
+    </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>

lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
-bld.extensions=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.0-SNAPSHOT
-bld.repositories=RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES,MAVEN_CENTRAL
 bld.downloadLocation=
-bld.version=1.7.1
+bld.repositories=MAVEN_LOCAL,MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
+bld.version=2.2.1

src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java

@@ -1,68 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023-2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package rife.bld.extension;
 
-import rife.bld.BuildCommand;
 import rife.bld.Project;
 import rife.bld.publish.PublishDeveloper;
 import rife.bld.publish.PublishLicense;
 import rife.bld.publish.PublishScm;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.MAVEN_CENTRAL;
+import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.*;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.RIFE2_RELEASES;
+import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.*;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.compile;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.runtime;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.test;
 import static rife.bld.operations.JavadocOptions.DocLinkOption.NO_MISSING;
 
 public class PmdOperationBuild extends Project {
     public PmdOperationBuild() {
         pkg = "rife.bld.extension";
         name = "bld-pmd";
-        version = version(0, 9, 2);
+        version = version(1, 2, 3);
 
         javaRelease = 17;
+
         downloadSources = true;
         autoDownloadPurge = true;
-        repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES);
         
-        var pmd = version(7, 0, 0, "rc3");
+        repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES, RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS);
-        var rife2 = version(1,7,0);
+
+        var pmd = version(7, 13, 0);
         scope(compile)
-                .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "rife2", rife2))
+                .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(2, 2, 1)))
-                .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(1, 7, 1)))
                 .include(dependency("net.sourceforge.pmd", "pmd-java", pmd));
         scope(runtime)
-                .include(dependency("net.sourceforge.pmd", "pmd-java", pmd))
+                .include(dependency("org.slf4j", "slf4j-simple", version(2, 0, 17)));
-                .include(dependency("org.slf4j", "slf4j-simple", version(2,0,7)));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 0)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 12, 2)))
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 0)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 12, 2)))
-                .include(dependency("org.assertj:assertj-joda-time:2.2.0"));
+                .include(dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-core", version(3, 27, 3)));
 
         javadocOperation()
                 .javadocOptions()
+                .author()
                 .docLint(NO_MISSING)
                 .link("https://rife2.github.io/bld/")
                 .link("https://rife2.github.io/rife2/")
                 .link("https://javadoc.io/doc/net.sourceforge.pmd/pmd-core/latest/");
 
         publishOperation()
-                // .repository(MAVEN_LOCAL)
                 .repository(version.isSnapshot() ? repository("rife2-snapshot") : repository("rife2"))
+                .repository(repository("github"))
                 .info()
                 .groupId("com.uwyn.rife2")
                 .artifactId("bld-pmd")
                 .description("bld Extension to Perform Static Code Analysis with PMD")
                 .url("https://github.com/rife2/bld-pmd")
-                .developer(new PublishDeveloper().id("ethauvin").name("Erik C. Thauvin").email("erik@thauvin.net")
+                .developer(new PublishDeveloper()
-                        .url("https://erik.thauvin.net/"))
+                        .id("ethauvin").name("Erik C. Thauvin")
-                .license(new PublishLicense().name("The Apache License, Version 2.0")
+                        .email("erik@thauvin.net")
-                        .url("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"))
+                        .url("https://erik.thauvin.net/")
-                .scm(new PublishScm().connection("scm:git:https://github.com/rife2/bld-pmd.git")
+                )
+                .license(new PublishLicense()
+                        .name("The Apache License, Version 2.0")
+                        .url("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
+                )
+                .scm(new PublishScm()
+                        .connection("scm:git:https://github.com/rife2/bld-pmd.git")
                         .developerConnection("scm:git:git@github.com:rife2/bld-pmd.git")
-                        .url("https://github.com/rife2/bld-pmd"))
+                        .url("https://github.com/rife2/bld-pmd")
+                )
                 .signKey(property("sign.key"))
                 .signPassphrase(property("sign.passphrase"));
     }
@@ -70,11 +88,4 @@ public class PmdOperationBuild extends Project {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         new PmdOperationBuild().start(args);
     }
-
-    @BuildCommand(summary = "Generates JaCoCo Reports")
-    public void jacoco() throws IOException {
-        new JacocoReportOperation()
-                .fromProject(this)
-                .execute();
-    }
 }

src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationTest.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,15 +16,26 @@
 
 package rife.bld.extension;
 
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.PMDConfiguration;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RulePriority;
+import org.assertj.core.api.AutoCloseableSoftAssertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import rife.bld.BaseProject;
+import rife.bld.operations.exceptions.ExitStatusException;
 
+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;
@@ -36,37 +47,148 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
  * @since 1.0
  */
 class PmdOperationTest {
+    static final String BAR = "bar";
     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 String DESIGN_XML = "category/java/design.xml";
-    static final int ERROR_PRONE_ERRORS = 8;
+    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 File FILE_BAR = new File(BAR);
+    static final String FOO = "foo";
+    static final File FILE_FOO = new File(FOO);
+    static final Path PATH_BAR = Path.of(BAR);
+    static final Path PATH_FOO = Path.of(FOO);
+    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();
+        return new PmdOperation()
-        pmdOperation.inputPaths(Path.of("src/main"), Path.of("src/test"));
+                .inputPaths(Path.of("src/main"), Path.of("src/test"))
-        pmdOperation.reportFile = Paths.get("build", COMMAND_NAME, "pmd-test-report.txt");
+                .cache("build/" + COMMAND_NAME + "/pmd-cache")
-        pmdOperation.cache = Paths.get("build", COMMAND_NAME, "pmd-cache");
+                .failOnViolation(false)
-        pmdOperation.failOnViolation = false;
+                .reportFile(Paths.get("build", COMMAND_NAME, "pmd-test-report.txt"));
-        return pmdOperation;
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testAddInputPaths() {
+    void testAddExcludes() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, CODE_STYLE).inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE)
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).addExcludes(PATH_FOO);
-                .addInputPath(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(36);
+        assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(PATH_FOO);
+
+        pmd = pmd.addExcludes(PATH_BAR);
+        config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testCache() {
+    void testAddExcludesFiles() {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).addExcludesFiles(FILE_FOO);
+        var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(FILE_FOO.toPath());
+
+        pmd = pmd.addExcludesFiles(FILE_BAR);
+        config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(FILE_FOO.toPath(), FILE_BAR.toPath());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testAddExcludesStrings() {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).addExcludesStrings(FOO);
+        var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(PATH_FOO);
+
+        pmd = pmd.addExcludesStrings(BAR);
+        config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testAddInputPaths() throws ExitStatusException {
+        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 = pmd.addInputPaths(project.srcMainDirectory(), project.srcTestDirectory());
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("File...").containsExactly(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(),
+                project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd = pmd.addInputPathsFiles(List.of(project.srcMainDirectory(), project.srcTestDirectory()));
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("List(File...)")
+                .containsExactly(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(), project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd = pmd.addInputPaths(project.srcMainDirectory().getAbsolutePath(),
+                project.srcTestDirectory().getAbsolutePath());
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("String...")
+                .containsExactly(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(), project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd = pmd.addInputPathsStrings(
+                List.of(project.srcMainDirectory().getAbsolutePath(), project.srcTestDirectory().getAbsolutePath()));
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("List(String...)")
+                .containsExactly(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(), project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd = pmd.addInputPaths(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(), project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("Path...")
+                .containsExactly(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(), project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        pmd.inputPaths().clear();
+        pmd = pmd.addInputPaths(List.of(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(), project.srcTestDirectory().toPath()));
+
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("List(Path)")
+                .containsExactly(project.srcMainDirectory().toPath(), project.srcTestDirectory().toPath());
+
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
+                .isGreaterThan(0).isEqualTo(err);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testAddRuleSets() throws ExitStatusException {
+        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() throws ExitStatusException {
         var cache = Path.of("build/pmd/temp-cache");
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CODE_STYLE).inputPaths(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE).cache(cache);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(CODING_STYLE_ERRORS);
+                .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();
@@ -75,23 +197,124 @@ class PmdOperationTest {
     @Test
     void testEncoding() {
         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);
+
+        pmd = pmd.encoding(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1);
+        config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getSourceEncoding()).as("ISO_8859").isEqualTo(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testExcludes() {
+        var foz = Path.of("foz/baz");
+        var baz = Path.of("baz/foz");
+
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).excludes(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR);
         var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
-        assertThat(config.getSourceEncoding()).isEqualTo(StandardCharsets.UTF_16);
+        assertThat(pmd.excludes()).containsExactly(List.of(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR).toArray(new Path[0]));
+        assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(List.of(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR).toArray(new Path[0]));
+
+        var excludes = List.of(List.of(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR), List.of(foz, baz));
+        for (var exclude : excludes) {
+            pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).excludes(exclude);
+            config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+            assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(exclude.toArray(new Path[0]));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testExcludesFiles() {
+        var foz = new File("foz");
+        var baz = new File("baz");
+
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).excludesFiles(FILE_FOO, FILE_BAR);
+        var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(FILE_FOO.toPath(), FILE_BAR.toPath());
+
+        var excludes = List.of(List.of(FILE_FOO, FILE_BAR), List.of(foz, baz));
+        for (var exclude : excludes) {
+            pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).excludesFiles(exclude);
+            config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+            assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(exclude.stream().map(File::toPath).toArray(Path[]::new));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testExcludesStrings() {
+        var foz = "foz";
+        var baz = "baz";
+
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).excludesStrings(FOO, BAR);
+        var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(pmd.excludes()).containsExactly(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR);
+        assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR);
+
+        var excludes = List.of(List.of(FOO, BAR), List.of(foz, baz));
+        for (var exclude : excludes) {
+            pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).excludesStrings(exclude);
+            config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+            assertThat(config.getExcludes()).containsExactly(exclude.stream().map(Paths::get).toArray(Path[]::new));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testExecute() throws ExitStatusException {
+        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 testExecuteNoProject() {
+        var pmd = new PmdOperation();
+        assertThatCode(pmd::execute).isInstanceOf(ExitStatusException.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testFailOnError() {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("src/test/resources/xml/old.xml")
+                .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java/Documentation.java"));
+        assertThatCode(() -> pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
+                .isInstanceOf(ExitStatusException.class);
+        assertThatCode(() -> pmd.failOnError(false).performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
+                .doesNotThrowAnyException();
     }
 
     @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))
+        assertThatCode(() -> pmd.failOnViolation(true).performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
-        ).isInstanceOf(RuntimeException.class).hasMessageContaining('[' + TEST + ']');
+                .isInstanceOf(ExitStatusException.class);
+        assertThatCode(() -> pmd.failOnViolation(false).performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
+                .doesNotThrowAnyException();
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testIgnoreFile() {
+    void testIgnoreFile() throws ExitStatusException {
-        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
@@ -102,133 +325,244 @@ class PmdOperationTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testJavaBestPractices() {
+    void testInputPaths() throws ExitStatusException {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, CODE_STYLE_XML)
+                .inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("Path....").containsExactly(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, CODE_STYLE_XML)
+                .inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE.toFile(), CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE.toFile());
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("File...").containsExactly(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, CODE_STYLE_XML)
+                .inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE.toString(), CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE.toString());
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("String...").containsExactly(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, CODE_STYLE_XML)
+                .inputPathsFiles(List.of(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE.toFile(), CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE.toFile()));
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("List(Path...)").containsExactly(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT, CODE_STYLE_XML)
+                .inputPathsStrings(List.of(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE.toString(), CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE.toString()));
+        assertThat(pmd.inputPaths()).as("List(String...)").containsExactly(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE, CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testJavaBestPractices() throws ExitStatusException {
         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() {
+    void testJavaCodeStyle() throws ExitStatusException {
-        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))).isEqualTo(CODING_STYLE_ERRORS);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testJavaCodeStyleAndErrorProne() {
+    void testJavaCodeStyleAndErrorProne() throws ExitStatusException {
-        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);
+                .as("code style").isGreaterThan(0);
-        pmd = pmd.addRuleSet(ERROR_PRONE).addInputPath(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
+
+        pmd = pmd.ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML).inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
         assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME)))
-                .as("code style + error prone").isEqualTo(34);
+                .as("code style + error prone").isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testJavaDesign() {
+    void testJavaDesign() throws ExitStatusException {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("category/java/design.xml")
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
-                .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java/Design.java"))
+                .ruleSets(DESIGN_XML)
-                .cache(Path.of("build/pmd/design-cache"));
+                .inputPaths("src/test/resources/java/Design.java")
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(4);
+                .cache(new File("build/pmd/design-cache"));
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testJavaDocumentation() {
+    void testJavaDocumentation() throws ExitStatusException {
-        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() {
+    void testJavaErrorProne() throws ExitStatusException {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE).inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE_XML).inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(ERROR_PRONE_ERRORS);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testJavaMultiThreading() {
+    void testJavaMultiThreading() throws ExitStatusException {
         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() {
+    void testJavaPerformance() throws ExitStatusException {
-        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() {
+    void testJavaQuickStart() throws ExitStatusException {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("rulesets/java/quickstart.xml")
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT)
-                .inputPaths(Path.of("src/test/resources/java"));
+                .inputPaths(new File("src/test/resources/java/"));
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(34);
+        assertThat(pmd.ruleSets()).containsExactly(PmdOperation.RULE_SET_DEFAULT);
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isGreaterThan(0);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testJavaSecurity() {
+    void testJavaSecurity() throws ExitStatusException {
-        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 testMainOperation() {
+    void testLanguageVersions() throws ExitStatusException {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().inputPaths(Path.of("src/main"))
+        var language = LanguageRegistry.PMD.getLanguageById("java");
+        assertThat(language).isNotNull();
+
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation()
+                .forceLanguageVersion(language.getLatestVersion())
+                .defaultLanguageVersions(language.getVersions())
+                .languageVersions(language.getDefaultVersion())
+                .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() throws ExitStatusException {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().inputPaths(new File("src/main"))
                 .performPmdAnalysis(TEST, newPmdOperation().initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME));
         assertThat(pmd).isEqualTo(0);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testRelativizeRoots() {
+    void testPrependAuxClasspath() {
-        var foo = Path.of("foo/bar");
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).prependAuxClasspath(FOO, BAR);
-        var bar = Path.of("bar/foo");
+        assertThat(pmd.prependAuxClasspath()).isEqualTo(FOO + File.pathSeparator + BAR);
-
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(CATEGORY_FOO).relativizeRoots(foo).addRelativizeRoot(bar);
-        var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
-        assertThat(config.getRelativizeRoots()).contains(foo).contains(bar);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testReportFormat() throws IOException {
+    void testPriority() throws ExitStatusException {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(ERROR_PRONE).reportFormat("xml").inputPaths(ERROR_PRONE_SAMPLE);
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().inputPaths(CODE_STYLE_SAMPLE).minimumPriority(RulePriority.HIGH);
-        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(ERROR_PRONE_ERRORS);
-        try (var br = Files.newBufferedReader(pmd.reportFile)) {
-            assertThat(br.readLine()).as("xml report").startsWith("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>");
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testRuleSetsConfigFile() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("src/test/resources/pmd.xml")
-                .ignoreFile(Path.of("src/test/resources/ignore-all.txt"));
         assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(0);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testRuleSetsEmpty() {
+    void testRelativizeRoots() {
-        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("");
+        var baz = Path.of("baz/foz");
+
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(List.of(CATEGORY_FOO)).relativizeRoots(PATH_FOO).
+                relativizeRoots(PATH_BAR.toFile()).relativizeRoots(baz.toString())
+                .relativizeRoots(List.of(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR, baz));
+        var config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getRelativizeRoots()).isEqualTo(pmd.relativizeRoots())
+                .containsExactly(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR, baz, PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR, baz);
+
+        pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(List.of(CATEGORY_FOO))
+                .relativizeRootsFiles(List.of(PATH_FOO.toFile(), PATH_BAR.toFile(), baz.toFile()));
+        config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getRelativizeRoots()).as("List(File...)").isEqualTo(pmd.relativizeRoots())
+                .containsExactly(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR, baz);
+
+        pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets(List.of(CATEGORY_FOO))
+                .relativizeRootsStrings(List.of(PATH_FOO.toString(), PATH_BAR.toString(), baz.toString()));
+        config = pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME);
+        assertThat(config.getRelativizeRoots()).as("List(String....)").isEqualTo(pmd.relativizeRoots())
+                .containsExactly(PATH_FOO, PATH_BAR, baz);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testReportFile() throws FileNotFoundException, ExitStatusException {
+        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, ExitStatusException {
+        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 softly = new AutoCloseableSoftAssertions()) {
+            try (var br = Files.newBufferedReader(pmd.reportFile())) {
+                softly.assertThat(br.readLine()).as("xml report")
+                        .startsWith("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testReportProperties() throws ExitStatusException {
+        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() throws ExitStatusException {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("src/test/resources/pmd.xml")
+                .ignoreFile("src/test/resources/ignore-all.txt");
+        assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRuleSetsEmpty() throws ExitStatusException {
+        var pmd = newPmdOperation().ruleSets("").failOnError(false);
         assertThat(pmd.performPmdAnalysis(TEST, pmd.initConfiguration(COMMAND_NAME))).isEqualTo(0);
     }
 
     @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);
     }
@@ -236,15 +570,15 @@ 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() {
+    void testXml() throws ExitStatusException {
-        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);
     }
 }

src/test/resources/ignore-single.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src/test/resources/java/ErrorProne.java

src/test/resources/java/BestPractices.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

src/test/resources/java/CodeStyle.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

src/test/resources/java/Design.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

src/test/resources/java/Documentation.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

src/test/resources/java/ErrorProne.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

src/test/resources/java/MultiThreading.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

src/test/resources/java/Performance.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

src/test/resources/java/Security.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

src/test/resources/pmd.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<ruleset name="test"
+<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         name="test"
          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 -->

src/test/resources/xml/basic.xml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 
-<ruleset name="Basic"
+<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         name="Basic"
          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>
         The Basic ruleset contains a collection of good practices which should be followed.

src/test/resources/xml/old.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         name="old"
+         xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 https://pmd.sourceforge.io/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
+    <description>Deprecated (old) rule</description>
+    <rule ref="category/java/performance.xml/UnnecessaryWrapperObjectCreation"/>
+</ruleset>