Release notes

Release 1.4.0 (September 2024)

Created a specific chapter for security related rules.
A rule server certificate usage.
A rule on not setting the option AllowDoctype to false when reading an XML file.
A rule on not using constant variable names as username, loginname, password etc.
A rule on not using hard-coded username and or password.

Moved the rule about not using eval-functions from the chapter Statements to Security, so STAT-14 became SECURITY-1.
Moved the rule about not using the shell escape function from the chapter Statements to Security, so STAT-16 became SECURITY-2.

A rule on consistent naming for class objects.
A rule on not instantiating abstract classes.
A rule on not using the command syntax.
A rule on not using iterator variables outside the for loop.
A rule on having the object of the class as the first output of a constructor.
A rule on a consistent class object name.
A rule on not calling functions with more input arguments than are expected.
A rule on classes not implementing properties inherited from superclasses.
A rule on not having Java dependencies in your code.
A rule on having the same method access permissions as those from of a superclass.

A rule on not using tab characters.
A rule on having all properties blocks before all methods blocks in classdef files.
A rule on including an else section to ifs that have an elseif section.
A rule on not using undocumented MATLAB-installed functions.
A rule on not missing method declarations and implementations.
A rule on mismatches between input and output declarations and implementations for methods.

The descriptions of the severity levels to match those currently used by TIOBE's TICS.
The severity levels and priorities of several rules.

Initial release