Visual Studio: add-hoc custom code generation for development

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hi,

in my application (.net MVC, c#) im using a fixed structure for public methods of one of my modules.

When im adding a new public method to this module i need to add the following code:

1) a code segment in an existing file, something like:

[...attribute...]
[...attribute...].public ... {Method-Name}(...)
{
   ...init code...
}

2) two code files defining two classes. The name of these classes is built using the method name ({Method-Name}) appended with some suffix, for example:

using System...;

namespace ...
{
    public class {Method-Name}Model
    {
        public {Method-Name}Model()
        {
        }

        ...common code...
    }
}

I need to generate this code once (for each new method) - after which i edit the files and add the specific details & logic.

Currently i just copy the code of existing methods and modify it.

I've tried doing the above using T4 Text Templates, however i could not find how to:

- run manually T4 scripts?
- run T4 scripts with parameters?
- run several T4 scripts one-after another?
- run a T4 script within an existing code file to add a code fragment template inside that file?

For example the following T4 template to generate the class from above:

<#@ template language="C#" #>
<#@ parameter type="System.String" name="MethodName" #>
<#@ output extension=".cs" #>

using System ...

namespace ...
{
    public class <#= MethodName #>Model : ...
    {
        public <#= MethodName #>Model()
        {
        }

        ...common code...
    } 
}