CA1512: Use ArgumentOutOfRangeException throw helper
Property | Value |
---|---|
Rule ID | CA1512 |
Title | Use ArgumentOutOfRangeException throw helper |
Category | Maintainability |
Fix is breaking or non-breaking | Non-Breaking |
Enabled by default in .NET 8 | As suggestion |
Cause
Code checks whether an argument is less than or greater than a given value and then conditionally throws an ArgumentOutOfRangeException.
Rule description
Argument checks have a substantial impact on code size and often dominate the code for small functions and property setters. These checks prevent inlining and cause substantial instruction-cache pollution. Throw-helper methods such as ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfGreaterThan are simpler and more efficient than if
blocks that construct a new exception instance.
Example
The following code snippet shows violations of CA1512:
void M(int arg)
{
if (arg is 0)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(arg));
if (arg < 0)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(arg));
if (arg <= 0)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(arg));
if (arg <= 42)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(arg));
if (arg < 42)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(arg));
if (arg > 42)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(arg));
if (arg >= 42)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(arg));
if (arg == 42)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(arg));
if (arg != 42)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(arg));
}
The following code snippet shows the fixes:
void M(int arg)
{
ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfZero(arg);
ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNegative(arg);
ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNegativeOrZero(arg);
ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfLessThanOrEqual(arg, 42);
ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfLessThan(arg, 42);
ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfGreaterThan(arg, 42);
ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfGreaterThanOrEqual(arg, 42);
ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfEqual(arg, 42);
ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNotEqual(arg, 42);
}
How to fix violations
Replace the if
block that throws the exception with a call to one of the following throw-helper methods:
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfZero<T>(T, String)
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNegative<T>(T, String)
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNegativeOrZero<T>(T, String)
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfLessThanOrEqual<T>(T, T, String)
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfLessThan<T>(T, T, String)
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfGreaterThanOrEqual<T>(T, T, String)
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfGreaterThan<T>(T, T, String)
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfEqual<T>(T, T, String)
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNotEqual<T>(T, T, String)
Or, in Visual Studio, use the lightbulb menu to fix your code automatically.
When to suppress warnings
It's safe to suppress a violation of this rule if you're not concerned about the maintainability of your code. It is also fine to suppress violations that are identified to be false positives.
Suppress a warning
If you just want to suppress a single violation, add preprocessor directives to your source file to disable and then re-enable the rule.
#pragma warning disable CA1512
// The code that's violating the rule is on this line.
#pragma warning restore CA1512
To disable the rule for a file, folder, or project, set its severity to none
in the configuration file.
[*.{cs,vb}]
dotnet_diagnostic.CA1512.severity = none
For more information, see How to suppress code analysis warnings.