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Project Metadata Generation using T4

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Generate project metadata with T4 and unburden yourself from string literals in XAML binding expressions and INotifyPropertyChanged event arguments.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<doc>
<assembly>
<name>
DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo
</name>
</assembly>
<members>
<member name="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1.InitializeComponent">
	<summary>
InitializeComponent
</summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1">
	<summary>
Window1
</summary>
</member><member name="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.XamlGeneratedNamespace.GeneratedInternalTypeHelper.CreateInstance(System.Type,System.Globalization.CultureInfo)">
	<summary>
CreateInstance
</summary>
</member><member name="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.XamlGeneratedNamespace.GeneratedInternalTypeHelper.GetPropertyValue(System.Reflection.PropertyInfo,System.Object,System.Globalization.CultureInfo)">
	<summary>
GetPropertyValue
</summary>
</member><member name="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.XamlGeneratedNamespace.GeneratedInternalTypeHelper.SetPropertyValue(System.Reflection.PropertyInfo,System.Object,System.Object,System.Globalization.CultureInfo)">
	<summary>
SetPropertyValue
</summary>
</member><member name="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.XamlGeneratedNamespace.GeneratedInternalTypeHelper.CreateDelegate(System.Type,System.Object,System.String)">
	<summary>
CreateDelegate
</summary>
</member><member name="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.XamlGeneratedNamespace.GeneratedInternalTypeHelper.AddEventHandler(System.Reflection.EventInfo,System.Object,System.Delegate)">
	<summary>
AddEventHandler
</summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.XamlGeneratedNamespace.GeneratedInternalTypeHelper">
	<summary>
GeneratedInternalTypeHelper
</summary>
</member><member name="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Application.InitializeComponent">
	<summary>
InitializeComponent
</summary>
</member><member name="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Application.Main">
	<summary>
Application Entry Point.
</summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Application">
	<summary>
Application
</summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ApplicationMetadata.Info">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Application.Info"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ApplicationMetadata.InfoPath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Application.Info"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ApplicationMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for class <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Application"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPersonMetadata.Address">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPerson.Address"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPersonMetadata.Age">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPerson.Age"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPersonMetadata.Name">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPerson.Name"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPersonMetadata.AddressPath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPerson.Address"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPersonMetadata.AgePath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPerson.Age"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPersonMetadata.NamePath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPerson.Name"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPersonMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for interface <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.IPerson"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.MySettingsMetadata.defaultInstance">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.MySettings.defaultInstance"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.MySettingsMetadata.Default">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.MySettings.[Default]"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.MySettingsMetadata.DefaultPath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.MySettings.[Default]"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.MySettingsMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for class <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.MySettings"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata.ObfuscationTest">
	<summary>Refers to method <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person.ObfuscationTest"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata.OnPropertyChanged">
	<summary>Refers to method <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person.OnPropertyChanged"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata.Address">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person.Address"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata.Age">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person.Age"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata.Name">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person.Name"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata._address">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person._address"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata._age">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person._age"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata._name">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person._name"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata.AddressPath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person.Address"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata.AgePath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person.Age"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata.NamePath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person.Name"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.PersonMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for class <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Person"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.SimpleClassMetadata.field1">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.SimpleClass.field1"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.SimpleClassMetadata.field2">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.SimpleClass.field2"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.SimpleClassMetadata.field3">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.SimpleClass.field3"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.SimpleClassMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for class <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.SimpleClass"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtensionMetadata.New">
	<summary>Refers to method <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtension.New"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtensionMetadata.ProvideValue">
	<summary>Refers to method <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtension.ProvideValue"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtensionMetadata.Member">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtension.Member"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtensionMetadata.Member2">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtension.Member2"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtensionMetadata.members">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtension.members"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtensionMetadata.MemberPath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtension.Member"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtensionMetadata.Member2Path">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtension.Member2"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtensionMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for class <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.ConcatenateExtension"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1Metadata.stateToggled">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1.stateToggled"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1Metadata.New">
	<summary>Refers to method <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1.New"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1Metadata.Button_ChangeClick">
	<summary>Refers to method <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1.Button_ChangeClick"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1Metadata">
	<summary>Metadata for class <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Window1"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Metadata.Folder1InterfaceMetadata.Foo">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder1Interface.Foo"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Metadata.Folder1InterfaceMetadata.FooPath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder1Interface.Foo"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Metadata.Folder1InterfaceMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for interface <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder1Interface"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Metadata.Folder1SharedClassMetadata.StringStaticProperty">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder1SharedClass.StringStaticProperty"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Metadata.Folder1SharedClassMetadata.StringConstant">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder1SharedClass.StringConstant"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Metadata.Folder1SharedClassMetadata.StringStaticPropertyPath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder1SharedClass.StringStaticProperty"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Metadata.Folder1SharedClassMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for class <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder1SharedClass"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Metadata.Folder2ClassMetadata._foo">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Folder2Class._foo"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Metadata.Folder2ClassMetadata.Foo">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Folder2Class.Foo"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Metadata.Folder2ClassMetadata.Folder2InnerClassMetadata._foo2">
	<summary>Refers to field <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Folder2Class.Folder2InnerClass._foo2"/></summary>
</member><member name="F:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Metadata.Folder2ClassMetadata.Folder2InnerClassMetadata.Foo2">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Folder2Class.Folder2InnerClass.Foo2"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Metadata.Folder2ClassMetadata.Folder2InnerClassMetadata.Foo2Path">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Folder2Class.Folder2InnerClass.Foo2"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Metadata.Folder2ClassMetadata.Folder2InnerClassMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for class <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Folder2Class.Folder2InnerClass"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Metadata.Folder2ClassMetadata.FooPath">
	<summary>Refers to property <see cref="M:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Folder2Class.Foo"/></summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Metadata.Folder2ClassMetadata">
	<summary>Metadata for class <see cref="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.Folder1.Folder2.Folder2Class"/></summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.My.MyWpfExtension.Application">
	<summary>
 Returns the application object for the running application
 </summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.My.MyWpfExtension.Computer">
	<summary>
 Returns information about the host computer.
 </summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.My.MyWpfExtension.User">
	<summary>
 Returns information for the current user.  If you wish to run the application with the current 
 Windows user credentials, call My.User.InitializeWithWindowsUser().
 </summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.My.MyWpfExtension.Log">
	<summary>
 Returns the application log. The listeners can be configured by the application's configuration file.
 </summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.My.MyWpfExtension.Windows">
	<summary>
 Returns the collection of Windows defined in the project.
 </summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.My.MyWpfExtension">
	<summary>
 Module used to define the properties that are available in the My Namespace for WPF
 </summary>
	<remarks></remarks>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.My.Resources.Resources.ResourceManager">
	<summary>
  Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
</summary>
</member><member name="P:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.My.Resources.Resources.Culture">
	<summary>
  Overrides the current thread's CurrentUICulture property for all
  resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
</summary>
</member><member name="T:DanielVaughan.MetaGen.VBDesktopClrDemo.My.Resources.Resources">
	<summary>
  A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
</summary>
</member>
</members>
</doc>

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