PMD for Gradle

pmd.gradle

configurations {
    pmdConf
}

task pmd << {
    println 'Running PMD static code analysis'
    ant {
        taskdef(name:'pmd', classname:'net.sourceforge.pmd.ant.PMDTask', classpath: configurations.pmdConf.asPath)

        pmd(shortFilenames:'true', failonruleviolation:'true', rulesetfiles:'rulesets/favorites.xml') {
            formatter(type:'text', toConsole:'true')
            println sourceSets.main.java.dump()
            fileset(dir: "src") {
                include(name: '**/*.java')
            }
        }
    }
}