Thanks for the reply. Does the reporting section/site goal utilize that? I tried your suggestion but still receive the error.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jean-Baptiste Defard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:35 AM > To: 'Maven Users List' > Subject: RE: [m2] PMD plugin and custom rulesets > > Try putting in the build section: > <extensions> > <extension> > <groupId>pmd</groupId> > <artifactId>pmdcustomrules</artifactId> > <version>1.2</version> > </extension> > </extensions> > > -- > JB. > > >-----Message d'origine----- > >De : Jeff Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Envoyé : dimanche 6 janvier 2008 18:06 > >À : 'Maven Users List' > >Objet : [m2] PMD plugin and custom rulesets > > > >I have a jar for custom PMD rules; it has Java classes and the XML > >rulesets. > >The rulesets are in a top-level "/rulesets" dir. > > > >I have the jar as a POM dependency: > > <dependency> > > <groupId>pmd</groupId> > > <artifactId>pmdcustomrules</artifactId> > > <version>1.2</version> > > </dependency> > > > >I have the rulesets configured in the <reporting> section for the PMD > >plugin: > > <plugin> > > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > > <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId> > > <configuration> > > <rulesets> > > <ruleset>/rulesets/pmdruleset.xml</ruleset> > > <ruleset>/rulesets/anotherset.xml</ruleset> > > </rulesets> > > <targetJdk>1.4</targetJdk> > > </configuration> > > </plugin> > > </plugins> > > > >Running "mvn site" yields this error: > > Embedded error: Error rendering Maven report: Could not find resource > >'/rulesets/pmdruleset.xml'. > > > > > >Am I missing further configuration to get the custom rulesets on the > >classpath? > > > > > >The Maven PMD docs say rulesets are loadable from the classpath, so I > >assume > >this is a feasible approach I am taking... > >But the docs also say custom rulesets require an absolute path (which > >contradicts loading from the classpath statement, unless it means only > >the > >PMD jar rulesets). > >Specifying a hardcoded path to the rulesets in the jar is not a "nice" > >thing > >to do, as they are in a jar in the local repo! > > > >The Maven PMD plugin version is 2.2. I didn't see any JIRA issues that > >address this problem in 2.2 or the forthcoming 2.3. > > > >(I'm converting a product from m1 to m2. This setup works nicely for m1 > >and > >hope to do the same with m2.) > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]