Exclude complete namespace from FxCop code analysis?

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hangy picture hangy · Dec 9, 2008 · Viewed 8.6k times · Source

Is it possible to exclude a complete namespace from all FxCop analysis while still analyzing the rest of the assembly using the SuppressMessageAttribute?

In my current case, I have a bunch of classes generated by LINQ to SQL which cause a lot of FxCop issues, and obviously, I will not modify all of those to match FxCop standards, as a lot of those modifications would be gone if I re-generated the classes.

I know that FxCop has a project option to suppress analysis on generated code, but it does not seem to recognize the entity and context classes created by LINQ 2 SQL as generated code.

Answer

Justin Niessner picture Justin Niessner · Sep 1, 2010

If you tag your classes with the [GeneratedCode] attribute, you can use the /ignoregeneratedcode flag with FxCop as described in this MSDN post:

FAQ: How do I prevent FxCop from firing warnings against generated code

You may have to add a new code file and implement new partial classes there to add the attribute to the classes:

[GeneratedCode]
public partial class MainDataContext { }

Just make sure you add everything to the correct namespace when you create your new file.

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