19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the violation report further comprises properties for each of the rule objects in the violation report.
19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the violation report further comprises properties for each of the rule objects in the violation report. 20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the properties comprise at least one of a name of a module containing the RTL design code corresponding to the rule object, a name of a file of the module, at least one line number of the RTL design code corresponding to the rule object, a design pattern violation number assigned to the design violation pattern corresponding to the rule object, and a textual description of the design violation pattern corresponding to the rule object.