pmd-rules.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	name="Custom ruleset" xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">

	<description>
        Custom rules for checking JUnit test quality.
    </description>

	<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml" />
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml" />
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/imports.xml" />
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/imports.xml/TooManyStaticImports">
		<properties>
			<property name="maximumStaticImports" value="8" />
		</properties>
	</rule>
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml" />
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/AvoidDuplicateLiterals">
		<properties>
			<property name="skipAnnotations" value="true" />
		</properties>
	</rule>
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/codesize.xml" />
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/braces.xml" />
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/clone.xml" />
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/empty.xml" />
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/junit.xml">
		<exclude name="JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage" />
	</rule>
	<rule ref="rulesets/java/junit.xml/JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts">
		<properties>
			<property name="maximumAsserts" value="4" />
		</properties>
	</rule>
</ruleset>