There are several reasons for a method not to have a method body:

• It is an unintentional omission, and should be fixed.
• It is not yet, or never will be, supported. In this case a NotSupportedException should be thrown.
• The method is an intentionally-blank override. In this case a nested comment should explain the reason for the blank override.

Noncompliant Code Example

Sub DoSomething()
End Sub

Function DoSomething() As String
End Function

Compliant Solution

Sub DoSomething()
    ' Not implemented because of reason
End Sub

Function DoSomething() As String
    Throw New NotSupportedException
End Function

Exceptions

The following methods are ignored:

• empty Overridable or MustOverride methods,
• empty methods that override an MustOverride method,
• empty overrides in test assemblies.