[MPMD-303] Configuration is ignored

**[Luigi Berrettini](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=luigiberrettini)** opened **[MPMD-303](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-303?redirect=false)** and commented

I configured the reporting plugin this way:

```
 
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-pmd-plugin
3.13.0


/category/java/bestpractices.xml
/category/java/errorprone.xml
/category/java/security.xml
/category/java/performance.xml
/category/java/multithreading.xml
/category/java/design.xml
/category/java/codestyle.xml
/category/java/documentation.xml

true
1
1
true
true
true
false
false
false

```

When I run **_mvn site_** or **_mvn pmd:pmd_** no output is display on the console and the default ruleset is used since only **_target\pmd\rulesets\maven-pmd-plugin-default.xml_** is generated.

Looking at the code on GitHub I see the repo contains only the default ruleset.

Moreover the build plugin configuration does not support rulesets which would be a nice to have.

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**Affects:** 3.13.0

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