how to exclude classes from pmd rule by regexp

Question

Is there a way to exclude classes from PMD rule by class name pattern?

I'm looking for sth like:

<rule ref="rulesets/java/coupling.xml/ExcessiveImports">
    <exclude-pattern>.*Test\.class</exclude-pattern>
</rule>

I'm aware of violationSuppressXPath approach but I find it too ugly/complex.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here's a rule that'll ignore a specific rule if the class name ends with DTO:

  <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UnusedPrivateField">
    <properties>
      <!--Ignore UnusedPrivateField on classes where the class name ends with DTO-->
      <property name="violationSuppressXPath" value="//ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration['.*DTO']"/>
    </properties>
  </rule>

Ref https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1142.