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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    name="ONOS Rules"
+    xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
+    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd" >
+
+    <description>ONOS PMD rules</description>
+
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml" >
+        <exclude name="UselessParentheses" />
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml">
+      <exclude name="EmptyCatchBlock"/>
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml/EmptyCatchBlock">
+      <properties>
+	<property name="allowCommentedBlocks" value="true"/>
+      </properties>
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml"/>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/imports.xml"/>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/optimizations.xml">
+      <exclude name="LocalVariableCouldBeFinal" />
+      <exclude name="MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal" />
+      <exclude name="AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops" />
+    </rule>
+
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/strings.xml">
+      <exclude name="AvoidDuplicateLiterals" />
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/braces.xml"/>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/naming.xml">
+      <exclude name="AvoidInstantiatingObjectsInLoops" />
+      <exclude name="ShortMethodName" />
+      <exclude name="ShortVariable" />
+      <exclude name="LongVariable" />
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/clone.xml"/>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/strictexception.xml"/>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml">
+      <exclude name="GodClass" />
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/java/coupling.xml">
+      <exclude name="LawOfDemeter" />
+      <exclude name="ExcessiveImports" />
+    </rule>
+</ruleset>
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