| title | description | ms.date | ms.topic | f1_keywords | helpviewer_keywords | author | ms.author | manager | ms.subservice | monikerRange | ||||
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CA1048: Do not declare virtual members in sealed types |
A public type is sealed and declares a method that is both virtual (Overridable in Visual Basic) and not final. This rule does not report violations for delegate types, which must follow this pattern. |
11/04/2016 |
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mikejo5000 |
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mijacobs |
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| Item | Value |
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| RuleId | CA1048 |
| Category | Microsoft.Design |
| Breaking change | Breaking |
A public type is sealed and declares a method that is both virtual (Overridable in Visual Basic) and not final. This rule does not report violations for delegate types, which must follow this pattern.
Note
This rule has been deprecated. For more information, see Deprecated rules.
Types declare methods as virtual so that inheriting types can override the implementation of the virtual method. By definition, you cannot inherit from a sealed type, making a virtual method on a sealed type meaningless.
The Visual Basic and C# compilers do not allow types to violate this rule.
To fix a violation of this rule, make the method non-virtual or make the type inheritable.
Do not suppress a warning from this rule. Leaving the type in its current state can cause maintenance issues and does not provide any benefits.