| TypeName | SA1608ElementDocumentationMustNotHaveDefaultSummary |
| CheckId | SA1608 |
| Category | Documentation Rules |
The <summary> tag within an element's Xml header documentation contains the default text generated by Visual Studio during the creation of the element.
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.
Visual Studio provides helper functionality for adding new elements such as classes to a project. Visual Studio will create a default documentation header for the new class and fill in this header with default documentation text.
A violation of this rule occurs when the <summary> tag for a code element still contains the default documentation text generated by Visual Studio.
To fix a violation of this rule, replace the default documentation text with new text describing the contents of the code element.
The following example shows a class which contains the default summary text generated by Visual Studio.
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for the Example class.
/// </summary>
public class Example
{
}[SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.DocumentationRules", "SA1608:ElementDocumentationMustNotHaveDefaultSummary", Justification = "Reviewed.")]#pragma warning disable SA1608 // ElementDocumentationMustNotHaveDefaultSummary
#pragma warning restore SA1608 // ElementDocumentationMustNotHaveDefaultSummary