rulesets/ を rulesets/java/ に変更するというアドバイスは役に立ちましたが、次の 1 つのルールも変更する必要がありました。
<rule ref="rulesets/java/controversial.xml/UnusedModifier">
<priority>5</priority>
</rule>
に
<rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml/UnusedModifier">
<priority>5</priority>
</rule>
これは、PMD-plugin 4.0.2 で動作しているソナーの PMD 構成ファイルです。
<?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="pmd-eclipse"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/UnusedNullCheckInEquals">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/StringInstantiation">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/ConstructorCallsOverridableMethod">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml/AvoidCatchingNPE">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml/AvoidRethrowingException">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/migrating.xml/ReplaceEnumerationWithIterator">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/optimizations.xml/AvoidArrayLoops">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml/UnusedFormalParameter">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/ClassCastExceptionWithToArray">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml/AvoidThrowingNullPointerException">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml/UnusedPrivateField">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/UseIndexOfChar">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/BigIntegerInstantiation">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/FinalFieldCouldBeStatic">
<priority>4</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/naming.xml/SuspiciousEqualsMethodName">
<priority>2</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/InstantiationToGetClass">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/naming.xml/SuspiciousHashcodeMethodName">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/coupling.xml/LooseCoupling">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml/UnusedLocalVariable">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/UnnecessaryCaseChange">
<priority>4</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/SingularField">
<priority>4</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/CloseResource">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml/AvoidCatchingThrowable">
<priority>2</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/CollapsibleIfStatements">
<priority>4</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/UselessOperationOnImmutable">
<priority>2</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/clone.xml/CloneMethodMustImplementCloneable">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/UselessOverridingMethod">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml/UnusedModifier">
<priority>5</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/PreserveStackTrace">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/optimizations.xml/UseArraysAsList">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/EqualsNull">
<priority>2</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/BrokenNullCheck">
<priority>2</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/logging-jakarta-commons.xml/UseCorrectExceptionLogging">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/InefficientStringBuffering">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/sunsecure.xml/ArrayIsStoredDirectly">
<priority>2</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/finalizers.xml/FinalizeOverloaded">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/controversial.xml/DontImportSun">
<priority>4</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/imports.xml/DontImportJavaLang">
<priority>4</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/StringBufferInstantiationWithChar">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/optimizations.xml/UseArrayListInsteadOfVector">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/StringToString">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/SimplifyConditional">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/migrating.xml/ReplaceVectorWithList">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/codesize.xml/NcssMethodCount">
<priority>3</priority>
<properties>
<property name="minimum" value="50" />
</properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/logging-java.xml/AvoidPrintStackTrace">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/naming.xml/MethodWithSameNameAsEnclosingClass">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/naming.xml/SuspiciousConstantFieldName">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/codesize.xml/NcssTypeCount">
<priority>3</priority>
<properties>
<property name="minimum" value="800" />
</properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/AvoidInstanceofChecksInCatchClause">
<priority>4</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/migrating.xml/IntegerInstantiation">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/migrating.xml/AvoidAssertAsIdentifier">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/finalizers.xml/AvoidCallingFinalize">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/BooleanInstantiation">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/UnconditionalIfStatement">
<priority>2</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/clone.xml/CloneThrowsCloneNotSupportedException">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/migrating.xml/ReplaceHashtableWithMap">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/AvoidDecimalLiteralsInBigDecimalConstructor">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml/SignatureDeclareThrowsException">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/finalizers.xml/EmptyFinalizer">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/IdempotentOperations">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml/ExceptionAsFlowControl">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/finalizers.xml/FinalizeDoesNotCallSuperFinalize">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/UseStringBufferLength">
<priority>4</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/migrating.xml/AvoidEnumAsIdentifier">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/logging-java.xml/SystemPrintln">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/UselessStringValueOf">
<priority>4</priority>
</rule>
<rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml/AvoidDuplicateLiterals">
<priority>3</priority>
</rule>
</ruleset>