Custom ruleset.xml

[draskov]

Hi,
I am really having a hard time finding an answer is it possible to define a custom ruleset file for the PMD plugin?

We are running the PMD plugin in Intellij and we have defined a custom file with some rules reconfigured there. Can this be applied also to the SonarCube PMD plugin?

Big thanks in advance.

[jborgers]

Yes, it can, with an extra plugin. See https://github.com/jborgers/sonar-pmd-custom

[Zempik]

@jborgers
Good afternoon. Thank you for developing the plugin.
Currently, the repository https://github.com/jborgers/sonar-pmd-custom redirects to https://github.com/jborgers/sonar-pmd-jpinpoint.
Is it now possible to add custom rules for other languages?

[jborgers]

Hi @Zempik

You are welcome.

To support other languages, sonar-pmd plugin will have to be extended. It used to support only Java and we extended it for Kotlin. I guess that should not be too hard. What is the language?
We are open to PR's.

sonar-pmd-custom was actually only used for our custom jpinpoint-rules and that's why we made it specific. But you can make one for your own custom ruleset easily by replacing the jpinpoint-rules properties/files with your own. The readme files should help.

[Zempik]

@jborgers
Thank you for the quick response. I'm referring to the PL/SQL (Oracle) language. My goal is to use XPath 2, which supports regex. SonarQube only supports XPath 1.0 without regex. Could you please tell me if there's a way to modify the "XPath rule template" from the plugin for use with the PL/SQL language?