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<ruleset name="DependencyCheck Rules"
  xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0
    http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
  
  <rule name="LoggerChaining"
    message="Logger should be a field, don't chain it"
    class="net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.XPathRule"
    language="java">
    <description><![CDATA[
Loggers should be created as fields within the class for general
use, rather than chaining the call to getLogger() followed by
the work on the Logger.
    ]]></description>
    <properties>
      <property name="xpath">
        <value><![CDATA[
//PrimaryPrefix[Name/@Image = 'Logger.getLogger' and count(following-sibling::PrimarySuffix) > 2]
        ]]></value>
      </property>
    </properties>
    <example><![CDATA[
Logger.getLogger(Foo.class).log(Level.FINEST, "Don't do this");
    ]]></example>
  </rule>
</ruleset>
