Using JDK 1.6 causes ParseException: Can't use generics unless running in JDK 1.5 mode! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MPMD-67 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPMD-67 Project: Maven 2.x PMD Plugin Issue Type: Bug Components: PMD Affects Versions: 2.2 Environment: Maven 2.0.8 JDK 1.6 Reporter: Will Hoover While using Maven PMD plugin with: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <configuration> <linkXref>true</linkXref> <sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding> <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens> <targetJdk> 1.6 </targetJdk> <excludes> <exclude>**/generated/*.java</exclude> </excludes> </configuration> </plugin> I get the following error even though JDK is 1.6: [WARNING] Failure executing PMD for: SomeGenericJavaClass.java net.sourceforge.pmd.PMDException: Error while parsing SomeGenericJavaClass.java at net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD.processFile(PMD.java:104) at net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD.processFile(PMD.java:64) at net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD.processFile(PMD.java:150) at org.apache.maven.plugin.pmd.PmdReport.executeReport(PmdReport.java:228) at org.apache.maven.reporting.AbstractMavenReport.generate(AbstractMavenReport.java:98) at org.apache.maven.plugins.site.ReportDocumentRenderer.renderDocument(ReportDocumentRenderer.java:139) at org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.DefaultSiteRenderer.renderModule(DefaultSiteRenderer.java:269) at org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.DefaultSiteRenderer.render(DefaultSiteRenderer.java:101) at org.apache.maven.plugins.site.SiteMojo.renderLocale(SiteMojo.java:129) at org.apache.maven.plugins.site.SiteMojo.execute(SiteMojo.java:96) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:447) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:539) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:480) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:459) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:311) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:278) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:143) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:333) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:126) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:282) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) Caused by: net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ParseException: Can't use generics unless running in JDK 1.5 mode! at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.checkForBadGenericsUsage(JavaParser.java:32) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.TypeArguments(JavaParser.java:1962) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.ClassOrInterfaceType(JavaParser.java:1911) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.ReferenceType(JavaParser.java:1862) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.Type(JavaParser.java:1793) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.ResultType(JavaParser.java:2182) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.MethodDeclaration(JavaParser.java:1382) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration(JavaParser.java:1064) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.ClassOrInterfaceBody(JavaParser.java:983) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration(JavaParser.java:494) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.TypeDeclaration(JavaParser.java:386) at net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser.CompilationUnit(JavaParser.java:145) at net.sourceforge.pmd.parsers.Java14Parser.parse(Java14Parser.java:23) at net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD.processFile(PMD.java:84) at net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD.processFile(PMD.java:64) at net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD.processFile(PMD.java:150) at org.apache.maven.plugin.pmd.PmdReport.executeReport(PmdReport.java:228) at org.apache.maven.reporting.AbstractMavenReport.generate(AbstractMavenReport.java:98) at org.apache.maven.plugins.site.ReportDocumentRenderer.renderDocument(ReportDocumentRenderer.java:139) at org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.DefaultSiteRenderer.renderModule(DefaultSiteRenderer.java:269) at org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.DefaultSiteRenderer.render(DefaultSiteRenderer.java:101) at org.apache.maven.plugins.site.SiteMojo.renderLocale(SiteMojo.java:129) at org.apache.maven.plugins.site.SiteMojo.execute(SiteMojo.java:96) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:447) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:539) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:480) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:459) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:311) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:278) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:143) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:333) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:126) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:282) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira