Configuring Cobertura, PMD & Findbugs in Maven

pom.xml

    ...
    <reporting>
        <plugins>
            <!-- checks the test coverage -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${cobertura.version}</version>
            </plugin>

            <!-- checks the code statically for any issues -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${pmd.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <linkXref>true</linkXref>
                    <targetJdk>1.6</targetJdk>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

            <!-- checks the compiled bytecode for any issues -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${findbug.version}</version>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
        ...
    </reporting>
    ...