ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Connect Rules"
  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>
    Connect Code ruleset
  </description>

  <!-- RedundantFieldInitializer -->
  <exclude-pattern>.*/ConnectConfig.*</exclude-pattern>

  <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/MissingOverride"/>
  <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UseCollectionIsEmpty"/>
  <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UseTryWithResources"/>

  <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/CloseResource"/>
  <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/UseLocaleWithCaseConversions"/>

  <!-- got a bit lazy, just added whole sections and excluded some unnecessary ones -->
  <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml">
    <!-- maybe add these ones back later on -->
    <exclude name="AvoidPrintStackTrace"/>
    <exclude name="GuardLogStatement"/>
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml">
    <exclude name="AvoidDuplicateLiterals"/>
    <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/><!-- Some things just don't change :shrug: -->
    <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName"/>
    <exclude name="BeanMembersShouldSerialize"/>
    <exclude name="UseProperClassLoader"/>
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/performance.xml">
    <exclude name="AvoidUsingShortType"/>
    <exclude name="AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops"/><!-- this is ok to some extend -->
    <exclude name="InefficientStringBuffering"/>
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/security.xml"/>

  <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AssignmentInOperand">
    <properties>
      <property name="allowWhile" value="true"/>
    </properties>
  </rule>
</ruleset>