title: Howto use PMD plugin in Eclpise 4.3 running on Java 8
body: <p>PDM brings xerces jar which is not compatible with java 8 - this has been reported here: <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=432118" rel="nofollow">https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=432118</a></p>
  
  <p>This is the PMD plugin that I wouyld like to use: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/files/pmd-eclipse/update-site/" rel="nofollow">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/files/pmd-eclipse/update-site/</a></p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to install PMD in eclipse 4.3/4.4 on java 8?</p>