Custom ruleset not working after the update

[anukacjay]

Describe the bug
After the updating to version 7.0.0 the I get an error when running the custom ruleset.

Apex PMD Output
stderr:[ERROR] Cannot load ruleset category/vf/security.xml/VfCsrf: Cannot resolve rule/ruleset reference 'category/vf/security.xml/VfCsrf'. Make sure the resource is a valid file or URL and is on the CLASSPATH. Use --debug (or a fine log level) to see the current classpath.
Failed Exit Code: 1

Apex PMD Settings

• pmdBinPath:
• rulesets:
• additionalClassPaths:

Apex File

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Versions (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• vscode:

[adangel]

The update from PMD 6 to PMD 7 is a major version change.
Please check out https://docs.pmd-code.org/latest/pmd_userdocs_migrating_to_pmd7.html for the necessary changes.

According to your error message, this section is relevant for you:
https://docs.pmd-code.org/latest/pmd_userdocs_migrating_to_pmd7.html#approaching-700

If you use Visualforce, then you need to change “vf” to “visualforce”, e.g. category/vf/security.xml ➡️ category/visualforce/security.xml