SA1604 - Visual-Stylecop/Visual-StyleCop GitHub Wiki

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

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: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302121.aspx.

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

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 invalid Xml within its documentation header. The closing tag for the <summary> node is invalid.

/// <summary>

/// Represents a customer in the database.

/// </summary>

public class Customer

{

}

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