SuppressMessageAttribute Class

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Suppresses reporting of a specific static analysis tool rule violation, allowing multiple suppressions on a single code artifact.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute

Namespace:  System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.All, Inherited := False, AllowMultiple := True)> _
<ConditionalAttribute("CODE_ANALYSIS")> _
Public NotInheritable Class SuppressMessageAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.All, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = true)]
[ConditionalAttribute("CODE_ANALYSIS")]
public sealed class SuppressMessageAttribute : Attribute

The SuppressMessageAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 SuppressMessageAttribute Initializes a new instance of the SuppressMessageAttribute class, specifying the category of the static analysis tool and the identifier for an analysis rule.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Category Gets the category that identifies the classification of the attribute.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 CheckId Gets the identifier of the static analysis tool rule to be suppressed.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Justification Gets or sets the justification for suppressing the code analysis message.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 MessageId Gets or sets an optional argument that expands on exclusion criteria.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Scope Gets or sets the scope of the code that is relevant for the attribute.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Target Gets or sets a fully qualified path that represents the target of the attribute.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Equals Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetHashCode Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Match When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

This attribute can be applied to any application element.

NoteNote:

The ConditionalAttribute is applied to this class, specifying the preprocessing symbol "CODE_ANALYSIS" as the conditional symbol that determines whether the attribute call is included or omitted. If the symbol is defined, the attribute call is included; otherwise, the call is omitted.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.