Gendarme.Rules.Correctness.AvoidConstructorsInStaticTypesRule(2.10)

AvoidConstructorsInStaticTypesRule

Assembly: Gendarme.Rules.Correctness
Version: 2.10

Description

This rule checks for types that contain only static members and fires if the type contains a visible instance constructor. This was a common mistake in the 1.x framework because C# adds a default, public, constructor if no other constructors are provided. Code using the framework 2.0 (and later) should change this type, if possible, into a static type.

Examples

Bad example:

// it is possible to instantiate this class since the
// C# compiler adds a default, public, constructor
public class Class {
    public static void Method ()
    {
    }
}

Good example:

public class Class {
    // this class cannot be instantiated
    private Class ()
    {
    }
    public static void Method ()
    {
    }
}