SA1604.md

SA1604

TypeName	SA1604ElementDocumentationMustHaveSummary
CheckId	SA1604
Category	Documentation Rules

Cause

The Xml header documentation for a C# element is missing a <summary> tag.

Rule description

C# syntax provides a mechanism for inserting documentation for classes and elements directly into the code, through the use of Xml documentation headers. For an introduction to these headers and a description of the header syntax, see the following article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/xmldoc/xml-documentation-comments.

A violation of this rule occurs when the element documentation is missing a <summary> tag.

How to fix violations

To fix a violation of this rule, add and fill-in a <summary> tag for the element, containing a description of the element.

The following example shows a class containing a documentation header without a summary.

/// <remarks>A remark.</remarks>
public class Customer
{
}

How to suppress violations

[SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.DocumentationRules", "SA1604:ElementDocumentationMustHaveSummary", Justification = "Reviewed.")]

#pragma warning disable SA1604 // ElementDocumentationMustHaveSummary
#pragma warning restore SA1604 // ElementDocumentationMustHaveSummary