GCop410.md

GCop 410

"This method seems unnecessary as it only calls the base virtual method."

Rule description

The only reason for overriding a virtual method is to change its behaviour. An override tells us there is something different, even if the base is called in there as well, but it should do something else also.

Therefore there is no good reason to override a method that only calls its base implementation. Such method is complete noise.

Example

public class SomeSubClass: SomeBaseClass
{
    protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnInit(e);
    }
    ...
}

should be 🡻

public class SomeSubClass: SomeBaseClass
{
    ...
}

OR 🡻

public class SomeSubClass: SomeBaseClass
{
    protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
    {    
        base.OnInit(e); // optional
        SomeOtherLogicAlso();
    }
    ...
}