TrySaveRuleFile(IProject,IRuleFileRef,IGroup,String) Method

Try save code rules and queries defined in a rule file defined by .

Syntax

[Extension()]
public static bool TrySaveRuleFile( 
   IProject project,
   IRuleFileRef ruleFileRef,
   IGroup group,
   out string failureReason
)

project: The NDepend project used to resolve rule file absolute path from ruleFileRef
ruleFileRef: The reference to the rule file.
group: The group of code queries and rules to save.
failureReason: If the method returns false, failureReason is not null not empty, and explains in plain-english why code queries and rules haven't been saved to the rule file.

true if the rules have been properly saved to the rule file, else returns false.

Requirements

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