I have configured the maven pmd plugin into a maven parent pom that I use with a test project called MFactors3. When I build this tiny project using m2Eclipse in Eclipse PMD reports a good number of violations. When I build the same project from the command line PMD generates an empty violations file in the target/site folder.
My parent pom has sections taken right from the recommended maven pmd documentation. I'm not showing any of the pom material now since the plugin is being invoked and it run successfully.
Below is output from just running 'mvn pmd:pmd -X' from the command line. The configuration data looks exactly right. But no violations are detected. Why?
[DEBUG] Configuring mojo 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-pmd-plugin:2.7.1:pmd' with basic configurator -->
[DEBUG] (f) aggregate = false
[DEBUG] (f) compileSourceRoots = [/Users/Robert/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0-psgv/MFactors30 /src/main/java]
[DEBUG] (f) excludeRoots = [/Users/Robert/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0-psgv/MFactors30/target/generated-sources/stubs]
[DEBUG] (f) excludes = [**/*Bean.java, **/generated/*.java]
[DEBUG] (f) format = xml
[DEBUG] (f) includeTests = false
[DEBUG] (f) linkXRef = true
[DEBUG] (f) minimumPriority = 5
[DEBUG] (f) outputDirectory = /Users/Robert/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0-psgv/MFactors30/target/site
[DEBUG] (f) project = MavenProject: edu.psu.sweng497a:MFactors30:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT @ /Users/Robert/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0-psgv/MFactors30/pom.xml
[DEBUG] (f) reactorProjects = [MavenProject: edu.psu.sweng497a:MFactors30:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT @ /Users/Robert/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0-psgv/MFactors30/pom.xml]
[DEBUG] (f) skip = false
[DEBUG] (f) sourceEncoding = utf-8
[DEBUG] (f) targetDirectory = /Users/Robert/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0-psgv/MFactors30/target
[DEBUG] (f) targetJdk = 1.6
[DEBUG] (f) testSourceRoots = [/Users/Robert/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0-psgv/MFactors30/src/test/java]
[DEBUG] (f) xrefLocation = /Users/Robert/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0-psgv/MFactors30/target/site/xref
[DEBUG] (f) xrefTestLocation = /Users/Robert/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0-psgv/MFactors30/target/site/xref-test
[DEBUG] -- end configuration --
[DEBUG] Preparing ruleset: rulesets/basic.xml
[DEBUG] Before: rulesets/basic.xml After: basic.xml
[DEBUG] The resource 'rulesets/basic.xml' was not found with resourceLoader org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader.
[DEBUG] The resource 'rulesets/basic.xml' was not found with resourceLoader org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader.JarResourceLoader.
[DEBUG] The resource 'rulesets/basic.xml' was found as jar:file:/Users/Robert/.m2/repository/pmd/pmd/4.3/pmd-4.3.jar!/rulesets/basic.xml.
[DEBUG] Preparing ruleset: rulesets/unusedcode.xml
[DEBUG] Before: rulesets/unusedcode.xml After: unusedcode.xml
[DEBUG] The resource 'rulesets/unusedcode.xml' was not found with resourceLoader org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader.
[DEBUG] The resource 'rulesets/unusedcode.xml' was not found with resourceLoader org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader.JarResourceLoader.
[DEBUG] The resource 'rulesets/unusedcode.xml' was found as jar:file:/Users/Robert/.m2/repository/pmd/pmd/4.3/pmd-4.3.jar!/rulesets/unusedcode.xml.
[DEBUG] Preparing ruleset: rulesets/imports.xml
[DEBUG] Before: rulesets/imports.xml After: imports.xml
[DEBUG] The resource 'rulesets/imports.xml' was not found with resourceLoader org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader.
[DEBUG] The resource 'rulesets/imports.xml' was not found with resourceLoader org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader.JarResourceLoader.
[DEBUG] The resource 'rulesets/imports.xml' was found as jar:file:/Users/Robert/.m2/repository/pmd/pmd/4.3/pmd-4.3.jar!/rulesets/imports.xml.
[WARNING] Unable to locate Source XRef to link to - DISABLED
[DEBUG] Exclusions: **/*~,**/#*#,**/.#*,**/%*%,**/._*,**/CVS,**/CVS/**,**/.cvsignore,**/RCS,**/RCS/**,**/SCCS,**/SCCS/**,**/vssver.scc,**/project.pj,**/.svn,**/.svn/**,**/.arch-ids,**/.arch-ids/**,**/.bzr,**/.bzr/**,**/.MySCMServerInfo,**/.DS_Store,**/.metadata,**/.metadata/**,**/.hg,**/.hg/**,**/.git,**/.git/**,**/BitKeeper,**/BitKeeper/**,**/ChangeSet,**/ChangeSet/**,**/_darcs,**/_darcs/**,**/.darcsrepo,**/.darcsrepo/**,**/-darcs-backup*,**/.darcs-temp-mail,**/*Bean.java,**/generated/*.java
[DEBUG] Inclusions: **/*.java
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #link( href name target img position alt border width height ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #image( img alt border width height ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #banner( banner id ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #links( links ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #breadcrumbs( breadcrumbs ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #displayTree( display item ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #menuItem( item ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #mainMenu( menus ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #copyright( ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #publishDate( position publishDate version ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[DEBUG] Velocimacro : added #poweredByLogo( poweredBy ) : source = org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/resources/default-site.vm
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
