ruleset.xml

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

  <description>This ruleset checks my code for bad stuff</description>

  <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml">
    <exclude name="AvoidPrintStackTrace" />
    <exclude name="ReplaceHashtableWithMap" />
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/LooseCoupling">
    <properties>
      <property name="allowedTypes" value="javax.swing.UIDefaults" />
    </properties>
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml">
    <exclude name="AtLeastOneConstructor" />
    <exclude name="LocalVariableCouldBeFinal" />
    <exclude name="MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal" />
    <exclude name="ShortVariable" />
    <exclude name="UseDiamondOperator" />
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/design.xml">
    <exclude name="LawOfDemeter" />
    <exclude name="LoosePackageCoupling" />
    <exclude name="CouplingBetweenObjects" />
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/documentation.xml">
    <exclude name="CommentRequired" />
    <exclude name="CommentSize" />
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml">
    <exclude name="MissingSerialVersionUID" />
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/multithreading.xml">
    <exclude name="DoNotUseThreads" />
  </rule>
  <rule ref="category/java/performance.xml" />
  <rule ref="category/java/security.xml" />
</ruleset>