[MPMD-239] Add documentation about upgrading PMD version at runtime

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.0
• Component/s: CPD, PMD
• Assignee: Andreas Dangel
• Reporter: Andreas Dangel
• Created: 27/May/17 18:56
• Updated: 21/Jan/18 17:32
• Resolved: 19/Aug/17 09:32

Description

The documentation should be similar to http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/examples/upgrading-checkstyle.html

Example configuration, to use m-pmd-p 3.8 + PMD "choose your version":

<project>
  <properties>
    <pmdVersion>...choose your version...</version>
  </properties>
...
  <build>
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.8</version>
          <dependencies>
            <dependency>
              <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
              <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
              <version>${pmdVersion}</version>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
              <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
              <artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
              <version>${pmdVersion}</version>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
              <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
              <artifactId>pmd-javascript</artifactId>
              <version>${pmdVersion}</version>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
              <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
              <artifactId>pmd-jsp</artifactId>
              <version>${pmdVersion}</version>
            </dependency>
          </dependencies>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
  </build>
...
</project>

See also https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/402