﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="ToStringShouldNotReturnNullRule" FullName="Gendarme.Rules.BadPractice.ToStringShouldNotReturnNullRule"><TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public class ToStringShouldNotReturnNullRule : Gendarme.Rules.BadPractice.ReturnNullRule, Gendarme.Framework.ITypeRule" /><TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi beforefieldinit ToStringShouldNotReturnNullRule extends Gendarme.Rules.BadPractice.ReturnNullRule implements class Gendarme.Framework.IRule, class Gendarme.Framework.ITypeRule" /><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyName>Gendarme.Rules.BadPractice</AssemblyName><AssemblyVersion>4.2.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><Base><BaseTypeName>Gendarme.Rules.BadPractice.ReturnNullRule</BaseTypeName></Base><Interfaces><Interface><InterfaceName>Gendarme.Framework.ITypeRule</InterfaceName></Interface></Interfaces><Attributes><Attribute><AttributeName>Gendarme.Framework.Problem("This type contains a ToString() method that could return null.")</AttributeName></Attribute><Attribute><AttributeName>Gendarme.Framework.Solution("Return an appropriately descriptive string or an empty string instead of returning null.")</AttributeName></Attribute></Attributes><Docs><summary>
             This rule checks for overridden <c>ToString()</c> methods which return <c>null</c>.
             An appropriately descriptive string, or <c>string.Empty</c>, should be returned
             instead in order to make the value more useful (especially in debugging).
             </summary><remarks>Before Gendarme 2.4 this rule was named ToStringReturnsNull.</remarks><example>
             Bad example:
             <code>
             public override string ToString ()
             {
            	return (count == 0) ? null : count.ToString ();
             }
             </code></example><example>
             Good example:
             <code>
             public override string ToString ()
             {
            	return count.ToString ();
             }
             </code></example></Docs><Members><Member MemberName=".ctor"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public ToStringShouldNotReturnNullRule ();" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor() cil managed" /><MemberType>Constructor</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>4.2.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><Parameters /><Docs><summary>To be added.</summary><remarks>To be added.</remarks></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="CheckType"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public Gendarme.Framework.RuleResult CheckType (Mono.Cecil.TypeDefinition type);" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig newslot virtual instance valuetype Gendarme.Framework.RuleResult CheckType(class Mono.Cecil.TypeDefinition type) cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>4.2.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>Gendarme.Framework.RuleResult</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters><Parameter Name="type" Type="Mono.Cecil.TypeDefinition" /></Parameters><Docs><param name="type">To be added.</param><summary>To be added.</summary><returns>To be added.</returns><remarks>To be added.</remarks></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Report"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="protected override void Report (Mono.Cecil.MethodDefinition method, Mono.Cecil.Cil.Instruction ins);" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method familyhidebysig virtual instance void Report(class Mono.Cecil.MethodDefinition method, class Mono.Cecil.Cil.Instruction ins) cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>4.2.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters><Parameter Name="method" Type="Mono.Cecil.MethodDefinition" /><Parameter Name="ins" Type="Mono.Cecil.Cil.Instruction" /></Parameters><Docs><param name="method">To be added.</param><param name="ins">To be added.</param><summary>To be added.</summary><remarks>To be added.</remarks></Docs></Member></Members></Type>