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PMD	PMD	CodeRabbit's guide to PMD.

PMD is an extensible multilanguage static code analyzer. It’s mainly concerned with Java.

:::note Tools are available under Pro-tier. :::

Files

PMD will run on files with the following extensions:

Configuration

PMD uses an XML configuration file.

PMD supports the following config files:

User-defined config file set at reviews.tools.pmd.config_file in your project's .coderabbit.yaml file or setting the "Review → Tools → PMD → Config File" field in CodeRabbit's settings page.
If no user-defined config file is found, we look for the following config file in the repo:
- ruleset.xml