I'm using Ant 1.9.4.
When I run the following target:
<presetdef name="pmd.scan">
<pmd rulesetfiles="${root.dir}/scripts/pmd5_rules.xml" minimumPriority="${pmd.minimum.priority}">
<formatter type="xml" toFile="${pmd.report.xml}" showSuppressed="true">
<param name="linePrefix" value=".line"/>
</formatter>
<fileset refid="pmd.files"/>
<sourceLanguage name="java" version="1.8"/>
</pmd>
</presetdef>
I end up with formatter doesn't support the nested "param" element. How to resolve this?
Nested <param>
elements under <formatter>
were added to PMD 5.0.0 in 2012:
Ant changes: Removed - 'linePrefix' attribute, use
<param name="linePrefix">
instead
Make sure you're using at least version 5.0.0 of PMD.