Merge branch 'feature/252-Upgrade-pmd' into 'master'

Upgrade PMD and Checkstyle versions

See merge request !188

theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.java-conventions.gradle

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pmd {
   ruleSets = [] // Gradle requires to clean the rule sets first
   ruleSetFiles = files("$rootProject.projectDir/config/pmd.xml")
   ignoreFailures = false
-  toolVersion = "6.7.0"
+  toolVersion = "6.13.0"
 }
 
 checkstyle {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ checkstyle {
   configFile = file("$rootProject.projectDir/config/checkstyle.xml")
   maxWarnings = 0
   ignoreFailures = false
-  toolVersion = "8.12"
+  toolVersion = "8.19"
 }
 
 spotbugs {

theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/flink/serialization/StatsSerializer.java

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Serializer;
 import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Input;
 import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Output;
 import com.google.common.math.Stats;
-
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 /**
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
  */
 public class StatsSerializer extends Serializer<Stats> implements Serializable {
 
-  private static final long serialVersionUID = -1276866176534267373L; //NOPMD
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = -1276866176534267373L; // NOPMD
 
   @Override
   public void write(final Kryo kryo, final Output output, final Stats object) {