Index of all built-in rules available for VM
Best Practices
Rules which enforce generally accepted best practices.
- AvoidReassigningParameters: Reassigning values to incoming parameters is not recommended. Use temporary local variables inst…
- UnusedMacroParameter: Avoid unused macro parameters. They should be deleted.
Design
Rules that help you discover design issues.
- AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts: Avoid creating deeply nested if-then statements since they are harder to read and error-prone to …
- CollapsibleIfStatements: Sometimes two consecutive ‘if’ statements can be consolidated by separating their conditions with…
- ExcessiveTemplateLength: The template is too long. It should be broken up into smaller pieces.
- NoInlineJavaScript: Avoid inline JavaScript. Import .js files instead.
- NoInlineStyles: Avoid inline styles. Use css classes instead.
Error Prone
Rules to detect constructs that are either broken, extremely confusing or prone to runtime errors.
- EmptyForeachStmt: Empty foreach statements should be deleted.
- EmptyIfStmt: Empty if statements should be deleted.
Additional rulesets
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Basic Velocity (
rulesets/vm/basic.xml
):Deprecated This ruleset is for backwards compatibility.
It contains the following rules:
AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts, AvoidReassigningParameters, CollapsibleIfStatements, EmptyForeachStmt, EmptyIfStmt, ExcessiveTemplateLength, NoInlineJavaScript, NoInlineStyles, UnusedMacroParameter