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Kaushal Kumar commented on MPMD-67: ----------------------------------- <targetJdk> property was not working in <configuration> tag of maven-pmd-plugin, so i moved this property as common property in my pom.xml, like <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> <targetJdk>1.5</targetJdk> </properties> This worked for me. > Using JDK 1.6 causes ParseException: Can't use generics unless running in JDK > 1.5 mode! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MPMD-67 > URL: https://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 > Fix For: 2.3 > > > 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. 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