PMD 7.17.0

Release date: 12-September-2025

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» Swift Rules

Swift Rules

Index of all built-in rules available for Swift

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Best Practices

Rules which enforce generally accepted best practices.

ProhibitedInterfaceBuilder: Creating views using Interface Builder should be avoided. Defining views by code allo…
UnavailableFunction: Due to Objective-C and Swift interoperability some functions are often required to be implemented…

Error Prone

Rules to detect constructs that are either broken, extremely confusing or prone to runtime errors.

ForceCast: Force casts should be avoided. This may lead to a crash if it’s not used carefully. F…
ForceTry: Force tries should be avoided. If the code being wrapped happens to raise and exception, our appl…

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