== Why is this an issue?

There are several reasons for a method not to have a method body:


* It is an unintentional omission, and should be fixed.
* It is not yet, or never will be, supported. In this case a ``++NotSupportedException++`` should be thrown.
* The method is an intentionally-blank override. In this case a nested comment should explain the reason for the blank override.

=== Noncompliant code example

[source,csharp]
----
public override void DoSomething() 
{
}

public override void DoSomethingElse() 
{
}
----

=== Compliant solution

[source,csharp]
----
public override void DoSomething() 
{
  // Do nothing because of X and Y.
}

public override void DoSomethingElse() 
{
  throw new NotSupportedException();
}
----

=== Exceptions

The following methods are ignored:

* empty ``++virtual++`` methods,
* empty methods that override an ``++abstract++`` method,
* empty overrides in test assemblies.

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=== on 11 Nov 2020, 19:45:36 Andrei Epure wrote:
\[~nicolas.harraudeau] I believe this rule could also apply to local functions and to property setters, right?


 

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public void Method()
{
  void EmptyLocalFunction {} // Noncompliant
}

public int Property
{
  set {} // Noncompliant
}
 {code}
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=== on 16 Nov 2020, 14:19:07 Nicolas Harraudeau wrote:
\[~andrei.epure] Yes. We already do it for nested functions in python. I don't see any reason to not do the same for C#.

=== on 16 Nov 2020, 17:39:11 Andrei Epure wrote:
thanks. I opened \https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-dotnet/issues/3753 for this.

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