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# Avoid redundant modifiers

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `csharp-best-practices/redundant-modifiers`

**Language:** C#

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

When `sealed` is used in the class definition, methods and attributes do not need to define or use the `sealed` modifier.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```csharp
public sealed class MyClass {

    public sealed void myMethod() {
        
    }
    sealed void myMethod() {
        
    }
}
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```csharp
class MyClass {
    public sealed myMethod()
    {
        if (foo) {
            throw new MyException();
        }
        
    }
}
```
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