Gendarme.Rules.Design.Generic.PreferGenericsOverRefObjectRule(git)

PreferGenericsOverRefObjectRule

Assembly: Gendarme.Rules.Design.Generic
Version: git

Description

This rule fires if a method has a reference argument (ref or out in C#) to System.Object. These methods can generally be rewritten in .NET 2.0 using generics which provides type safety, eliminates casts, and makes the API easier to consume.

Examples

Bad example:

// common before 2.0 but we can do better now
public bool TryGetValue (string key, ref object value)
{
    // ...
}

Good example:

public bool TryGetValue<T> (string key, ref T value)
{
    // ...
}

Notes

• This rule applies only to assemblies targeting .NET 2.0 and later.

Source code

You can browse the latest source code of this rule on github.com