PMD - Java Source Code Scanner
Continuing with the series of tools I’ve been posting on source code auditing and application security, here is PMD a Java Source Code Scanner.
PMD scans Java source code and looks for potential problems like:
Possible bugs - empty try/catch/finally/switch statements
Dead code - unused local variables, parameters and private methods
Suboptimal code - wasteful String/StringBuffer usage
Overcomplicated expressions - [...]
