diff --git a/src/it/exclude-multi-list/invoker.properties b/src/it/exclude-multi-list/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fbf7d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/exclude-multi-list/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+invoker.goals = clean compile site
+
+# The expected result of the build, possible values are "success" (default) and "failure"
+invoker.buildResult = success
diff --git a/src/it/exclude-multi-list/pom.xml b/src/it/exclude-multi-list/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c700c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/exclude-multi-list/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ spotbugs-maven-plugin.it
+ common
+ testing
+ ../common.xml
+
+ excludeFile-multi-list
+ excludeFile-multi-list
+ jar
+
+
+
+ spotbugs-maven-plugin.it
+ build-tools
+ testing
+
+
+
+
+ true
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-jxr-plugin
+ @jxrPluginVersion@
+
+
+ com.github.spotbugs
+ spotbugs-maven-plugin
+
+ true
+ true
+
+ whizbang/lib-filter.xml
+ filters/lib-filter2.xml
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/it/exclude-multi-list/verify.groovy b/src/it/exclude-multi-list/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80d3f179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/exclude-multi-list/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2020 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper
+
+File spotbugsHtml = new File(basedir, 'target/site/spotbugs.html')
+assert spotbugsHtml.exists()
+
+File spotbugXdoc = new File(basedir, 'target/spotbugs.xml')
+assert spotbugXdoc.exists()
+
+File spotbugXml = new File(basedir, 'target/spotbugsXml.xml')
+assert spotbugXml.exists()
+
+
+println '***************************'
+println "Checking HTML file"
+println '***************************'
+
+def xhtmlParser = new XmlSlurper();
+xhtmlParser.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl", false)
+xhtmlParser.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/nonvalidating/load-external-dtd", false)
+def path = xhtmlParser.parse( spotbugsHtml )
+//*[@id="contentBox"]/div[2]/table/tbody/tr[2]/td[2]
+def spotbugsErrors = path.body.'**'.find {div -> div.@id == 'contentBox'}.section[1].table.tr[1].td[1].toInteger()
+println "Error Count is ${spotbugsErrors}"
+
+
+println '**********************************'
+println "Checking Spotbugs Native XML file"
+println '**********************************'
+
+path = new XmlSlurper().parse(spotbugXml)
+
+allNodes = path.depthFirst().collect{ it }
+def spotbugsXmlErrors = allNodes.findAll {it.name() == 'BugInstance'}.size()
+println "BugInstance size is ${spotbugsXmlErrors}"
+
+
+println '***************************'
+println "Checking xDoc file"
+println '***************************'
+
+path = new XmlSlurper().parse(spotbugXdoc)
+
+allNodes = path.depthFirst().collect{ it }
+def xdocErrors = allNodes.findAll {it.name() == 'BugInstance'}.size()
+println "BugInstance size is ${xdocErrors}"
+
+
+assert xdocErrors == spotbugsXmlErrors
+
+assert spotbugsErrors == spotbugsXmlErrors
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsMojo.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsMojo.groovy
index 5ff6438f..949ae593 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsMojo.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsMojo.groovy
@@ -330,6 +330,28 @@ class SpotBugsMojo extends AbstractMavenReport implements SpotBugsPluginsTrait {
@Parameter(property = "spotbugs.excludeFilterFile")
String excludeFilterFile
+ /**
+ *
+ * File name for exclude filter files. Bugs matching the filters are not reported.
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * This is an alternative to <excludeFilterFile> which allows multiple
+ * files to be specified as separate elements in a pom.
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * This parameter is resolved as resource, URL, then file. If successfully
+ * resolved, the contents of the configuration is copied into the
+ * ${project.build.directory}
+ * directory before being passed to Spotbugs as a filter file.
+ *
+ *
+ * @since 4.7.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+ */
+ @Parameter(property = "spotbugs.excludeFilterFiles")
+ List excludeFilterFiles
+
/**
*
* File names of the baseline files. Bugs found in the baseline files won't be reported.
@@ -961,6 +983,16 @@ class SpotBugsMojo extends AbstractMavenReport implements SpotBugsPluginsTrait {
}
+ if (excludeFilterFiles) {
+ log.debug(" Adding Exclude Filter Files ")
+
+ excludeFilterFiles.each { excludeFilter ->
+ args << "-exclude"
+ args << resourceHelper.getResourceFile(excludeFilter.trim())
+ }
+
+ }
+
if (excludeBugsFile) {
log.debug(" Adding Exclude Bug Files (Baselines)")
String[] excludeFiles = excludeBugsFile.split(SpotBugsInfo.COMMA)