This rule raises an issue when reflection is used to change the visibility of a class, method or field, and when it is used to directly update a field value. Altering or bypassing the accessibility of classes, methods, or fields violates the encapsulation principle and could lead to run-time errors.

Noncompliant Code Example

Imports System.Reflection

Dim dynClass = Type.GetType("MyInternalClass")
' Sensitive. Using BindingFlags.NonPublic will return non-public members
Dim bindingAttr As BindingFlags = BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.Static
Dim dynMethod As MethodInfo = dynClass.GetMethod("mymethod", bindingAttr)
Dim result = dynMethod.Invoke(dynClass, Nothing)