Rule class abstract

One structural or semantic check.

M4 ships structural rules under lib/checks/structural/; M8 plugs in semantic rules under lib/checks/semantic/ against the same interface, so the runner doesn't grow new code for either.

Implementers

• EmptyValuesRule
• GlossaryRule
• KeyFormatRule
• LengthRatioRule
• MissingKeysRule
• NamespaceRequiredRule
• OrphanMetadataRule
• PlaceholderMatchRule
• PluralCategoriesRule
• SourceEqualityRule
• UntranslatedEnglishRule

Constructors

Rule()

const

Properties

defaultSeverity → IssueSeverity

Default severity. May be overridden per-issue.

no setter

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setter, inherited

name → String

Stable rule identifier (snake_case). Used by the report formatter to group findings and by users to silence/ack via state file (post-v1.0).

no setter

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

run(DialectProject project) → List<Issue>

Inspect project and return findings. May return an empty list. Should NOT throw — turn unexpected conditions into Issues so the report surfaces them rather than crashing.

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

inherited