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 – [...]
