﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="EqualsShouldHandleNullArgRule" FullName="Gendarme.Rules.BadPractice.EqualsShouldHandleNullArgRule"><TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public class EqualsShouldHandleNullArgRule : Gendarme.Framework.Rule, Gendarme.Framework.ITypeRule" /><TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi beforefieldinit EqualsShouldHandleNullArgRule extends Gendarme.Framework.Rule 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.Framework.Rule</BaseTypeName></Base><Interfaces><Interface><InterfaceName>Gendarme.Framework.ITypeRule</InterfaceName></Interface></Interfaces><Attributes><Attribute><AttributeName>Gendarme.Framework.Problem("This Equals method does not handle null arguments as it should.")</AttributeName></Attribute><Attribute><AttributeName>Gendarme.Framework.Solution("Modify the method implementation to return false if a null argument is found.")</AttributeName></Attribute></Attributes><Docs><summary>
             This rule ensures that <c>Equals(object)</c> methods return <c>false</c> when the 
             object parameter is <c>null</c>.
             </summary><remarks>To be added.</remarks><example>
             Bad example:
             <code>
             public bool Equals (object obj)
             {
            	// this would throw a NullReferenceException instead of returning false
            	return ToString ().Equals (obj.ToString ());
             }
             </code></example><example>
             Good example:
             <code>
             public override bool Equals (object obj)
             {
            	if (obj == null) {
            		return false;
            	}
            	return ToString ().Equals (obj.ToString ());
             }
             </code></example></Docs><Members><Member MemberName=".ctor"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public EqualsShouldHandleNullArgRule ();" /><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></Members></Type>