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C# static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs, Vulnerabilities, Security Hotspots, and Code Smells in your C# code

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Filtered: 12 rules found
api-design
    Impact
      Clean code attribute
        1. Custom attributes should be marked with "System.AttributeUsageAttribute"

           Code Smell
        2. Assemblies should explicitly specify COM visibility

           Code Smell
        3. Assemblies should be marked as CLS compliant

           Code Smell
        4. "Generic.List" instances should not be part of public APIs

           Code Smell
        5. Classes that provide "Equals(<T>)" should implement "IEquatable<T>"

           Code Smell
        6. Exception types should be "public"

           Code Smell
        7. "ServiceContract" and "OperationContract" attributes should be used together

           Code Smell
        8. Caller information parameters should come at the end of the parameter list

           Bug
        9. Generic type parameters should be co/contravariant when possible

           Code Smell
        10. Method parameters should be declared with base types

           Code Smell
        11. "is" should not be used with "this"

           Code Smell
        12. Properties should not make collection or array copies

           Code Smell

        Exception types should be "public"

        intentionality - complete
        maintainability
        Code Smell
        • error-handling
        • api-design

        Why is this an issue?

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        The point of having custom exception types is to convey more information than is available in standard types. But custom exception types must be public for that to work.

        If a method throws a non-public exception, the best you can do on the caller’s side is to catch the closest public base of the class. However, you lose all the information that the new exception type carries.

        This rule will raise an issue if you directly inherit one of the following exception types in a non-public class:

        • Exception
        • SystemException
        • ApplicationException
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