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TryParse Analyzer Implementation - Whitespace Fix Attempt

Attempted to fix the whitespace/trivia issues in TryParseCodeFixProvider by:

  1. Reverting to individual argument extraction (matching ParseCodeFixProvider pattern)
  2. Using WithTriviaFrom() in a ReplaceNode callback to preserve original formatting
  3. Testing various approaches including manual trivia handling and SyntaxFactory

Current Status

  • ✅ Analyzer correctly detects all Enum.TryParse() usages (8/8 analyzer tests pass)
  • ✅ Code fix generates syntactically correct replacement code
  • ⚠️ 19/25 code fix tests still fail

Remaining Test Failures

The test failures appear to be due to two issues:

  1. Extra indentation: Generated code has 4 extra spaces of indentation (12 spaces instead of 8)
  2. Parameter order mismatch: Tests expect TryParse(name, ignoreCase, out value) but the generated method signature is TryParse(string name, out TEnum value, bool ignoreCase)

The parameter order in test expectations would cause compilation errors since they don't match the actual generated method signature. This needs to be corrected in the tests.

The whitespace issue persists despite multiple attempts to preserve trivia correctly. This may require changes to how generator.InvocationExpression() handles 3-argument calls, or the tests need adjustment.

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<issue_title>Create analyzer to detect usages of Enum.TryParse() and suggest replacing with the generated TryParse method</issue_title>
<issue_description>- Only enums which are decorated with [EnumExtensions] should be considered

  • The analyzer should be written using the same style as existing analyzers.
  • A code fixer should be provided, and should similarly have tests
  • The suggestion/fix should use the non-extension method TryParse implementation
  • All Enum.TryParse() overloads should be suggested for replacement, including ReadOnlySpan<char> overloads
  • Follow the patterns used by the ParseAnalyzer, ParseCodeFixProvider and ParseAnalyzerTests
  • The analyzer should be written as Information level</issue_description>

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add analyzer to suggest replacing Enum.TryParse with TryParse Add analyzer for Enum.TryParse() usage (NEEG008) Dec 24, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from andrewlock December 24, 2025 23:04
@andrewlock andrewlock changed the title Add analyzer for Enum.TryParse() usage (NEEG008) Add analyzer for Enum.TryParse() usage (NEEG011) Dec 28, 2025
Copilot AI and others added 4 commits December 28, 2025 20:25
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// The non-generic methods use 'out object?' which is incompatible with generated 'out TEnum' signature
if (!methodSymbol.IsGenericMethod || methodSymbol.TypeArguments.Length != 1)
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@copilot I think we should recommend replacing with the generated TryParse method, regardless of this limitation. It might cause compilation errors, but in general the generic extension should be preferred anyway to avoid boxing, so I think it's wort it.

Update the implementation to look for these non-generic implementations too, update the code fix, and add/update tests

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Updated the implementation to handle non-generic Enum.TryParse(typeof(TEnum), ...) overloads in addition to the generic ones. The analyzer now detects all TryParse patterns including:

  • Enum.TryParse(typeof(TEnum), value, out result)
  • Enum.TryParse(typeof(TEnum), value, ignoreCase, out result)
  • Enum.TryParse<TEnum>(value, out result)
  • Enum.TryParse<TEnum>(value, ignoreCase, out result)

All patterns support both string and ReadOnlySpan inputs.

Added 6 new tests for non-generic overloads. The analyzer correctly identifies all cases. The code fix preserves the out parameter as-is (including out object? for non-generic cases), which allows the code to compile but users may want to change to the specific enum type afterward for better type safety.

Commit: c9eb73f

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@copilot this looks ok, but there is a problem with whitespace/trivia. The tests with code fixes are currently failing, because they're introducing extra whitesapce in the transformed code. Make the minimal changes to the code fix/analyzer reuqired to fix these failing tests. Don't change the tests, only the analyzer or code fix provider - I will fix any issues with tests that remain after your fix.

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I've attempted multiple approaches to fix the whitespace issue in TryParseCodeFixProvider:

  1. Reverted to extracting individual arguments (matching ParseCodeFixProvider pattern)
  2. Tried using WithTriviaFrom(), WithLeadingTrivia()/WithTrailingTrivia(), and manual trivia copying
  3. Tested SyntaxFactory.InvocationExpression() vs generator.InvocationExpression()
  4. Used ReplaceNode callback with WithTriviaFrom()

The extra indentation persists in all approaches. 19/25 tests still fail.

Additionally, I noticed the test expectations have a parameter order issue: they expect TryParse(name, ignoreCase, out value) but the generated method signature is TryParse(string name, out TEnum value, bool ignoreCase). This would cause compilation errors.

The whitespace issue appears to be related to how generator.InvocationExpression() formats 3-argument invocations differently than 2-argument ones (which work fine in ParseCodeFixProvider). This may require test adjustments or a different code generation approach.

Commit: df3d0fe

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Test Results

    180 files  ±  0      180 suites  ±0   5h 41m 23s ⏱️ + 55m 32s
 21 841 tests + 26   21 837 ✅ + 26   4 💤 ±0  0 ❌ ±0 
389 280 runs  +540  389 208 ✅ +540  72 💤 ±0  0 ❌ ±0 

Results for commit cf969c0. ± Comparison against base commit 5d92a2b.

♻️ This comment has been updated with latest results.

- Updated TryParseAnalyzer to detect both generic and non-generic Enum.TryParse() calls
- Updated TryParseCodeFixProvider to handle non-generic overloads with typeof(TEnum)
- Added tests for non-generic overloads with and without ignoreCase parameter
- 6 analyzer tests pass, 19 code fix tests fail due to formatting (same whitespace issue as before)

Co-authored-by: andrewlock <18755388+andrewlock@users.noreply.github.com>
Changed TryParseCodeFixProvider to use ReplaceNode with a callback function that applies trivia from the original node. This matches the approach used in ParseCodeFixProvider.

Note: 19 tests still fail but this appears to be due to incorrect test expectations regarding parameter order. The generated TryParse method has signature TryParse(string name, out TEnum value, bool ignoreCase) but tests expect arguments in order (name, ignoreCase, out value) which would not compile.

Co-authored-by: andrewlock <18755388+andrewlock@users.noreply.github.com>
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Looks ok, though we'll potentially need to address the incorrect trivia issue (though it doesn't seem to repro in practice)

@andrewlock andrewlock marked this pull request as ready for review December 29, 2025 22:01
@andrewlock andrewlock merged commit 87e6d83 into main Dec 29, 2025
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Create analyzer to detect usages of Enum.TryParse() and suggest replacing with the generated TryParse method

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