GetNbLinesOfCode_GuaranteedIfPDBFound Method (ExtensionMethodsHelpers)

Try gets a number of lines of code for an application . This value is guaranteed not being zero if the code element is in an assembly for which PDB file has been found and parsed.

Syntax

[Extension()]
public static Nullable<uint> GetNbLinesOfCode_GuaranteedIfPDBFound( 
   ICodeElement codeElement
)

Parameters

codeElement: The code element for which we want to obtain the number of line of code

Remarks

The metric ICodeContainer.NbLinesOfCode is computed from number of sequence points obtained at analysis time when parsing a PDB file.
As a consequence, if a PDB file is not found, all associated ICodeElement objects have a null NbLinesOfCode.

s However there are several cases where this metric is not defined for a code elements declared in an assembly with PDB file found:
- Abstract method
- Implicit constructor
- Field
- Interface
- Enumeration
- Namespace, assembly or code base that contains only interfaces and enumerations

This method is returning a non-null, non-zero value if satisfies the PDB found condition.
- This value is 1 for any abstract method, implicit constructor or field.
- In all other cases, is a ICodeElementParent object, and this methods returns NbLinesOfCode + ICodeElementParent.MeAndRecursiveChildren.Count.
Notice that in the peculiar case where is a ICodeBase, the PDB found condition means that a PDB file must have been resolved for all application assemblies at analysis time.
Notice that this method returns null for any third-party code element.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, 10, 8, 7and Linux, MacOS with net10.0, net9.0 or net8.0 installed

Reference

ExtensionMethodsHelpers Class
ExtensionMethodsHelpers Members
PDBFound Property
NbLinesOfCode Property