#2160 (comment)

Affects PMD Version:
6.20.0

Rule:
LawOfDemeter.

Description:
Direct access of fields is flagged as static access. Direct access of fields should be permitted when allowed for package-private.

Code Sample demonstrating the issue:

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class Person {
  LocalDate birthday;

  public static int compareByAge(Person a, Person b) {
    return a.birthday.compareTo(b.birthday);
  }
}

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