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SA1613

TypeName SA1613ElementParameterDocumentationMustDeclareParameterName
CheckId SA1613
Category Documentation Rules

Cause

A <param> tag within a C# element's documentation header is missing a name attribute containing the name of the parameter.

Rule description

C# syntax provides a mechanism for inserting documentation for classes and elements directly into the code, through the use of Xml documentation headers. For an introduction to these headers and a description of the header syntax, see the following article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/xmldoc/xml-documentation-comments.

A violation of this rule occurs if the documentation for an element contains a <param> tag which is missing a name attribute, or which contains an empty name attribute.

How to fix violations

To fix a violation of this rule, add or fill-in the name attribute for the <param> tag to indicate the name of the parameter that the documentation is for.

The following example shows a method with a valid documentation header:

/// <summary>
/// Joins a first name and a last name together into a single string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="firstName">The first name to join.</param>
/// <param name="lastName">The last name to join.</param>
/// <returns>The joined names.</returns>
public string JoinNames(string firstName, string lastName)
{
    return firstName + " " + lastName;
}

How to suppress violations

[SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.DocumentationRules", "SA1613:ElementParameterDocumentationMustDeclareParameterName", Justification = "Reviewed.")]
#pragma warning disable SA1613 // ElementParameterDocumentationMustDeclareParameterName
#pragma warning restore SA1613 // ElementParameterDocumentationMustDeclareParameterName