PMD in eclipse does not accept exclude-pattern
eclipse, pmd
Solution
You almost got it already! Use the following exclusion syntax:
<exclude-pattern>.*/test-output/.*</exclude-pattern>
This will exclude all files that have `/test-output/` somewhere in their absolute path. The pattern is the same in Eclipse and Ant/Maven, as long as the excluded folders are also called `test-output`.
Additional explanations and examples can be found in the PMD documentation.
Problem
I am using PMD under eclipse 4.3.1 / Kepler and I cannot exclude files and folders from the violation check. My folder structure ``` /any/path/to/the/workspace/myproject1 /any/path/to/the/workspace/myproject2 /any/path/to/the/workspace/myprojectWithPMDrulesFile/pmd-rules.xml ``` Now following folders get generated by testng ``` ...../myproject1/test-output ...../myproject2/test-output ``` Now I have configured following rules file: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ruleset xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="Xeno-PMD-rules" xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd"> <description>PMD Plugin preferences rule set</description> <exclude-pattern>.*/test-output/*.*</exclude-pattern> <exclude-pattern>/.*/test-output/.*</exclude-pattern> <exclude-pattern>**/test-output/**</exclude-pattern> <exclude-pattern>./test-output/.</exclude-pattern> <rule ref="rulesets/java/android.xml/CallSuperFirst"/> ... </ruleset> ``` In my case I have many hundred errors in the jquery.js file, which is in test-output. How can I exclude a specific folder and all files in it recursively? How to set the pattern to work under eclipse and under ANT/maven? hint: seems to be similar to: PMD exclude not working