Pass System.Uri objects instead of strings

A call is made to a method that has a string parameter whose name contains "uri", "Uri", "urn", "Urn", "url", or "Url"; and the declaring type of the method contains a corresponding method overload that has a System.Uri parameter.

A parameter name is split into tokens based on the camel casing convention, and then each token is checked to see whether it equals "uri", "Uri", "urn", "Urn", "url", or "Url". If there is a match, the parameter is assumed to represent a uniform resource identifier (URI). A string representation of a URI is prone to parsing and encoding errors, and can lead to security vulnerabilities. The Uri class provides these services in a safe and secure manner. When there is a choice between two overloads that differ only regarding the representation of a URI, the user should choose the overload that takes a Uri argument.

To fix a violation of this rule, call the overload that takes the Uri argument.

It is safe to suppress a warning from this rule if the string parameter does not represent a URI.

The following example shows a method, ErrorProne, which violates the rule and a method, SaferWay, which correctly calls the Uri overload.

Imports System

Namespace DesignLibrary

   Class History

      Friend Sub AddToHistory(uriString As String)
      End Sub 

      Friend Sub AddToHistory(uriType As Uri)
      End Sub 

   End Class 

   Public Class Browser

      Dim uriHistory As New History()

      Sub ErrorProne()
         uriHistory.AddToHistory("http://www.adventure-works.com")
      End Sub 

      Sub SaferWay()
         Try 
            Dim newUri As New Uri("http://www.adventure-works.com")
            uriHistory.AddToHistory(newUri)
         Catch uriException As UriFormatException
         End Try 
      End Sub 

   End Class 

End Namespace

String URI overloads call System.Uri overloads

URI properties should not be strings

URI parameters should not be strings

URI return values should not be strings