Using reflection to ensure properties are properly cased

Question

Similar to my previous question about determining if all classes in a given namespace are serializable, is there a way I can make assertions about all public properties on all classes in a given namespace? I'd like to determine that they are cased properly (eg. start with a capital char) and are all marked as virtual/overridable; is there a way I can do this using reflection?

Answer 1

Have you tried using FxCop - this is a tool that integrates with Visual Studio and enforces coding styles.

Answer 2

Coding standards like that are a useless way of enforcing better quality code - they're a pathetic alternative to documentation and example. I mean, why not prefix all properties with 'prp' to make it really clear.

Still, if you must have such rules, you want StyleCop. Its a style checking tool that integrates with Visual Studio or can be run stand-alone (with MSBuild) against your code.

Or you can use ReSharper that comes with its own style rules (conflicting with the StyleCop defaults, of course).