﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="PreferParamsArrayForVariableArgumentsRule" FullName="Gendarme.Rules.BadPractice.PreferParamsArrayForVariableArgumentsRule"><TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public class PreferParamsArrayForVariableArgumentsRule : Gendarme.Framework.Rule, Gendarme.Framework.IMethodRule" /><TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi beforefieldinit PreferParamsArrayForVariableArgumentsRule extends Gendarme.Framework.Rule implements class Gendarme.Framework.IMethodRule, class Gendarme.Framework.IRule" /><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyName>Gendarme.Rules.BadPractice</AssemblyName><AssemblyVersion>3.10.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><Base><BaseTypeName>Gendarme.Framework.Rule</BaseTypeName></Base><Interfaces><Interface><InterfaceName>Gendarme.Framework.IMethodRule</InterfaceName></Interface></Interfaces><Attributes><Attribute><AttributeName>Gendarme.Framework.FxCopCompatibility("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2230:UseParamsForVariableArguments")</AttributeName></Attribute><Attribute><AttributeName>Gendarme.Framework.Problem("The varags (__arglist in C#) calling convention should only be used for unmanaged interoperability purpose.")</AttributeName></Attribute><Attribute><AttributeName>Gendarme.Framework.Solution("Use params (C#) to support a variable number of parameters for managed code.")</AttributeName></Attribute></Attributes><Docs><summary>
            The rule warns for any method that use the (semi-documented) <c>vararg</c>
            calling convention (e.g. <c>__arglist</c> in C#) and that is not used for
            interoperability (i.e. pinvoke to unmanaged code).
            Using <c>params</c> (C#) can to achieve the same objective while <c>vararg</c>
            is not CLS compliant. The later will limit the usability of the method to CLS
            compliant language (e.g. Visual Basic does not support <c>vararg</c>.
            </summary><remarks>This rule is available since Gendarme 2.8</remarks><example>
            Bad example:
            <code>
            public void ShowItems_Bad (string header, __arglist)
            {
            	Console.WriteLine (header);
            	ArgIterator args = new ArgIterator (__arglist);
            	for (int i = 0; i &lt; args.GetRemainingCount (); i++) {
            		Console.WriteLine (__refvalue (args.GetNextArg (), string));
            	}
            }
            </code></example><example>
            Good example:
            <code>
            public void ShowItems (string header, params string [] items)
            {
            	Console.WriteLine (header);
            	for (int i = 0; i &lt; items.Length; i++) {
            		Console.WriteLine (items [i]);
            	}
            }
            </code></example><example>
            Good example (interoperability):
            <code>
            [DllImport ("libc.dll")]
            static extern int printf (string format, __arglist);
            </code></example></Docs><Members><Member MemberName=".ctor"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public PreferParamsArrayForVariableArgumentsRule ();" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor() cil managed" /><MemberType>Constructor</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>3.10.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><Parameters /><Docs><summary>To be added.</summary><remarks>To be added.</remarks></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="CheckMethod"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public Gendarme.Framework.RuleResult CheckMethod (Mono.Cecil.MethodDefinition method);" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig newslot virtual instance valuetype Gendarme.Framework.RuleResult CheckMethod(class Mono.Cecil.MethodDefinition method) cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>3.10.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>Gendarme.Framework.RuleResult</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters><Parameter Name="method" Type="Mono.Cecil.MethodDefinition" /></Parameters><Docs><param name="method">To be added.</param><summary>To be added.</summary><returns>To be added.</returns><remarks>To be added.</remarks></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Initialize"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override void Initialize (Gendarme.Framework.IRunner runner);" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual instance void Initialize(class Gendarme.Framework.IRunner runner) cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>3.10.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters><Parameter Name="runner" Type="Gendarme.Framework.IRunner" /></Parameters><Docs><param name="runner">To be added.</param><summary>To be added.</summary><remarks>To be added.</remarks></Docs></Member></Members></Type>