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Do not call SPList.Items.Add

Do not call SPList.Items.Add. Use SPList.AddItem instead.

CheckId SPC050221
TypeName DoNotCallListItemsAddToAddItems
Severity CriticalWarning
Type Assembly

Replace calls to SPList.Items.Add() with SPList.AddItem().
Bad Practice

SPWeb oWeb = SPContext.Current.Web;
SPList oList = oWeb.Lists["Tasks"];
SPListItem oItem = oList.Items.Add();
oItem["Title"] = "Title";
oItem.Update();

Good Practice
SPWeb oWeb = SPContext.Current.Web;
SPList oList = oWeb.Lists["Tasks"];
SPListItem oItem = oList.AddItem();
oItem["Title"] = "Title";
oItem.Update();

To suppress this violation in managed code add the following attribute to the method which contains the instruction (available since SPCAF version v5.2). Learn more about SuppressMessage here.

// Important: Ensure to have #define CODE_ANALYSIS at the beginning of your .cs file
[SuppressMessage("SPCAF.Rules.BestPracticesGroup", "SPC050221:DoNotCallListItemsAddToAddItems", Justification = "Provide reason for suppression here")]
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