To define your own rules on how to handle the various warnings and errors that the analyzers in your project raise, you can create a ruleset file. For more information on how to create a custom ruleset, refer to Microsoft’s Visual Studio documentation on how to create a custom rule set.
In the Assets root folder, place a ruleset file named Default.ruleset. The rules you define in Default.ruleset apply to all predefined assemblies (for example Assembly-CSharp.dll
), and all assemblies that are built using .asmdef files.
To override the rules in Default.ruleset for a predefined assembly, create a .ruleset file in the root folder with the name [PredefinedAssemblyName].ruleset
. For example, the rules in Assembly-CSharp.ruleset
apply to the code in Assembly-CSharp.dll
. Only these .ruleset files are allowed inside the root folder:
Default.ruleset
Assembly-CSharp.ruleset
Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.ruleset
Assembly-CSharp-Editor.ruleset
Assembly-CSharp-Editor-firstpass.ruleset
To test ruleset files in Unity, follow these steps:
RethrowError.cs
.<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RuleSet Name="New Rule Set" Description=" " ToolsVersion="10.0">
<Rules AnalyzerId="ErrorProne.NET.CodeAnalyzers" RuleNamespace="ErrorProne.NET.CodeAnalyzers">
<Rule Id="ERP021" Action="Error" />
<Rule Id="EPC12" Action="None" />
</Rules>
</RuleSet>
The Default.ruleset
file defines the following rules:
After you add the ruleset files to your project, reimport any script that lives in an assembly where the rules should apply. This forces Unity to recompile the assembly using the new ruleset files. After recompilation, two messages will appear in the Console windowA Unity Editor window that shows errors, warnings and other messages generated by Unity, or your own scripts. More info
See in Glossary:
Assets\Subfolder\RethrowError.cs(15,19): error ERP021: Incorrect exception propagation. Use throw; instead.
Assets\RethrowError.cs(15,19): error ERP021: Incorrect exception propagation. Use throw; instead.
Notice that Unity applies the rules defined in Default.ruleset to both Assets/RethrowError.cs
and Assets/Subfolder/RethrowError.cs
.
In Assets/Subfolder, create a .ruleset file, and give it any name you like (in this exampleHello.ruleset
):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RuleSet Name="New Rule Set" Description=" " ToolsVersion="10.0">
<Rules AnalyzerId="ErrorProne.NET.CodeAnalyzers" RuleNamespace="ErrorProne.NET.CodeAnalyzers">
<Rule Id="ERP021" Action="Info" />
<Rule Id="EPC12" Action="Info" />
</Rules>
</RuleSet>
This new Hello.ruleset
file tells Unity to print both EPC12 and ERP021 to the Console, without treating them as warnings or errors.
After Unity compiles the project again, the following messages will appear in the Console window:
Assets\Subfolder\RethrowError.cs(14,23): info EPC12: Suspicious exception handling: only e.Message is observed in exception block.
Assets\Subfolder\RethrowError.cs(15,19): info ERP021: Incorrect exception propagation. Use throw; instead.
Assets\RethrowError.cs(15,19): error ERP021: Incorrect exception propagation. Use throw; instead.
The rules in Default.ruleset
still apply to Assets\RethrowError.cs
, but they no longer apply to Assets\Subfolder\RethrowError.cs
, because the rules in Hello.ruleset
override them.
For more information on all the allowed ruleset action files, refer to the Visual Studio documentation on Using the code analysis rule set editor.
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