Write your own Code Generator or Template Engine in .NET

Shahed.Khan

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This paper demonstrates building a code generator, template engine, template parser, or template processor in .NET. The demo implementation uses cutting edge .NET technologies available today such as C#, .NET 2.0, MS Provider Pattern, Enterprise Library January 2006, CodeDom etc.

smarttemplateengine_src.zip
- Src
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - bin
  - DemoTemplates
  - EntLibHelper
    - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - EntLibHelper.cs
    - EntLibHelper.csproj
    - EntLibHelper.csproj.user
    - EntLibHelperold.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        EntLibHelper.dll
        
        Refactor
        
        TempPE
    - Reference
      - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Caching.Cryptography.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Caching.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Security.Cryptography.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.ObjectBuilder.dll
  - Providers
    - Configuration
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        Refactor
        
        SmartTemplateEngine.Providers.dll
        
        SmartTemplateEngine.Providers.dll
        
        TempPE
    - ProviderDiagram.cd
    - Providers.csproj
    - Providers.csproj.user
    - System
      - Configuration
        
        Providers
        
        ProviderBase.cs
      - Providers
        
        GenerateOutputProvider
        
        GenerateOutput.cs
        
        GenerateOutputConfiguration.cs
        
        GenerateOutputConfigurationHandler.cs
        
        GenerateOutputProvider.cs
        
        ParseTemplateProvider
        
        ParseTemplate.cs
        
        ParseTemplateConfiguration.cs
        
        ParseTemplateConfigurationHandler.cs
        
        ParseTemplateProvider.cs
        
        Provider.cs
  - Readme_CheckList.txt
  - References
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Caching.Cryptography.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Caching.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling.Logging.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Database.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Security.Cryptography.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Security.dll
    - Microsoft.Practices.ObjectBuilder.dll
    - nunit.framework.dll
  - SmartTemplateEngine.Entities
    - EntitiesDiagram.cd
    - SmartMassEmail.Entities.xml
    - SmartTemplateEngine.Entities.csproj
    - SmartTemplateEngine.Entities.csproj.user
    - Template.cs
    - TemplateEngineSetting.cs
  - SmartTemplateEngine.ImplementedProviders
    - GenerateOutputProvider
      - CodeDomGenerateOutputProvider.cs
      - CompileEngine.cs
    - ImplementedProvidersDiagram.cd
    - ParseTemplateProvider
      - AspStyleParseTemplateProvider.cs
      - ParseManager.cs
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - SmartTemplateEngine.ImplementedProviders.csproj
    - SmartTemplateEngine.ImplementedProviders.csproj.user
  - SmartTemplateEngine.Util
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - SmartTemplateEngine.Util.csproj
    - Util
      - DatabaseSchema.cs
      - DataSchemaHelper.cs
  - SmartTemplateEngine.WindowsApplication
    - App.config
    - DemoTemplates
    - ICommand.cs
    - images
      - NewDocument.bmp
      - OpenSelectedItem.bmp
      - Run.bmp
      - Save.bmp
    - LoadTextTemplateCommand.cs
    - log
    - MainForm.cs
    - MainForm.Designer.cs
    - MainForm.resx
    - OpenTemplateCommand.cs
    - ParseTemplateCommand.cs
    - Program.cs
    - Properties
    - SaveTemplateCommand.cs
    - SmartTemplateEngine.WindowsApplication.csproj
    - SmartTemplateEngine.WindowsApplication.csproj.user
  - SmartTemplateEngineSolution.gpState
  - SmartTemplateEngineSolution.sln

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<SettingsFile xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2004/01/settings" CurrentProfile="(Default)">
  <Profiles>
    <Profile Name="(Default)" />
  </Profiles>
  <Settings />
</SettingsFile>

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Shahed.Khan

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I have been awarded MVP (Visual C#) for year 2007, 2008, 2009. I am a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (C# .Net). I currently live in Melbourne, Australia. I am a co-founder and core developer of Pageflakes www.pageflakes.com and Founder of Simplexhub, a highly experienced software development company based in Melbourne Australia and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Simplexhub.
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