Why is this an issue?
There are several reasons for a method not to have a method body:
- It is an unintentional omission, and should be fixed.
- It is not yet, or never will be, supported. In this case a
NotSupportedException should be thrown.
- The method is an intentionally-blank override. In this case a nested comment should explain the reason for the blank override.
Noncompliant code example
public override void DoSomething()
{
}
public override void DoSomethingElse()
{
}
Compliant solution
public override void DoSomething()
{
// Do nothing because of X and Y.
}
public override void DoSomethingElse()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
Exceptions
The following methods are ignored:
- empty
virtual methods,
- empty methods that override an
abstract method,
- empty overrides in test assemblies.
