FAQ: How do I access the locals of a method in a custom rule? [Michael Fanning, David Kean]
Note: The custom rules API is likely to change in the next version of FxCop/Visual Studio.
Currently, the locals of a method are stored in a pseudo-instruction in the method's InstructionList. We plan to change this in a future version of the tool and the locals will directly hang off the method.
To access them, do the following:
public override ProblemCollection Check(Member member)
{
Method method = member as Method;
if (method == null)
return null;
if (method.Instructions.Length == 0)
return null;
LocalList locals = method.Instructions[0].Value as LocalList;
if (locals == null)
return null;
for (int i = 0; i < locals.Length; i++)
{
Local local = locals[i];
// Do something
}
return base.Problems;
}
In FxCop 1.35, the LocalList is foreachable.
