Can't import PMD Ruleset in Eclipse

Question

I would like to use the same Ruleset in my IDE (Eclipse) that my Sonar profile.

I got the PMD XML ruleset from the Sonar Permalinks and would like to import it into my P

Answer 1

The problem could be that Sonar is exporting your ruleset for v4.x format and your Eclipse plugin expects them in v5.x format.

Try changing your rules from:

    3

to

    3

Please note the ref attribute. A simple find and replace all will work out fine for you.