Ant xml example for JAVA code PMD.

JAVA_PMD.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<project name="XXX Application Build with PMD" default="run"
	basedir="../">
	<description>
		Ant build sample for running
		- PMD,
	</description>

	<!-- Change the paths to your individual installation directories -->
	<property name="pmd.home.dir" location="${basedir}/tools/pmd/" />
	<property name="lib.dir" location="${basedir}/map/lib" />
	<property name="src.dir" location="${basedir}/map/app/" />
	<property name="bin.dir" location="${basedir}/bin" />
	<property name="htm.dir" location="${basedir}/html" />
	<property name="report.dir" location="${basedir}/report" />
	<property name="report.pmd.dir" location="${report.dir}/pmd" />

	<!-- Task of clean -->
	<target name="clean" description="Delete all result to start with a clean build.">
		<delete dir="${report.pmd.dir}" />
		<delete dir="${report.temp.dir}" />
		<delete dir="${bin.dir}" />
	</target>
	
	<!-- Task of prepare report -->
	<target name="prepare.report.dir" description="Prepares the reports folder">
		<mkdir dir="${report.pmd.dir}" />
	</target>
	
	<!-- -->
	<path id="pmd2.classpath">
		<pathelement location="${build}" />
		<fileset dir="${pmd.home.dir}/lib/">
			<include name="*.jar" />
		</fileset>
	</path>

	<!-- Task of PMD -->
	<taskdef name="pmd" classname="net.sourceforge.pmd.ant.PMDTask"
		classpathref="pmd2.classpath" />
	<target name="report.pmd">
		<mkdir dir="${report.pmd.dir}" />
		<!-- <pmd rulesetfiles="${pmd.home.dir}/lib/rulesets/pmd-ruleset.xml"> -->
		<pmd>
			<formatter type="xml" toFile="${report.pmd.dir}/pmd_report.xml" />
			<ruleset>rulesets/java/basic.xml</ruleset> <!-- references file in PMD's .jar -->
			<fileset dir="${src.dir}">
				<include name="**/*.java" />
			</fileset>
		</pmd>
		<xslt in="${report.pmd.dir}/pmd_report.xml" style="${pmd.home.dir}/etc/xslt/pmd-report-per-class.xslt"
			out="${report.pmd.dir}/pmd_report.html" />
	</target>

	<!-- -->
	<target name="run" description="Run the build" depends="clean,prepare.report.dir,report.pmd">
	</target>
</project>