Declarative Codesnippet Automation with T4 Templates

Colin Eberhardt

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This article describes a technique for automating codesnippets which are associated with a class via attributes. This results in a declarative approach to the generation of boiler-plate code.

CodesnippetAutomation.zip
- CodeSnippetAutomation
  - CodeSnippetAutomation.sln
  - CodeSnippetAutomation.suo
  - CodeSnippetAutomation
    - App.xaml
    - App.xaml.cs
    - CodeGen
      - EnvDTE.cs
      - EnvDTE.tt
      - GenerateObjects.cs
      - GenerateObjects.tt
      - Includes.cs
      - Includes.tt
      - Snippets
        
        inpc.cs
        
        inpc.snippet
        
        prop_inpc.cs
        
        prop_inpc.snippet
      - SnippetToAttribute.xslt
      - Util.cs
      - Util.tt
    - CodeSnippetAutomation.csproj
    - CodeSnippetAutomation.csproj.user
    - MainPage.xaml
    - MainPage.xaml.cs
    - Properties
      - AppManifest.xml
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - SomeOtherViewModel.cs
    - SomeOtherViewModel_Generated.cs
    - SomeViewModel.cs
    - SomeViewModel_Generated.cs
- SilverTrackProject
  - SilverTrack.sln
  - SilverTrack
    - App.xaml
    - App.xaml.cs
    - CodeGen
      - EnvDTE.cs
      - EnvDTE.tt
      - EnvDTE1.cs
      - GenerateObjects.cs
      - GenerateObjects.tt
      - GenerateObjects1.cs
      - Includes.cs
      - Includes.tt
      - Includes1.cs
      - Snippets
        
        dp.cs
        
        dp.snippet
        
        inpc.cs
        
        inpc.snippet
        
        prop_inpc.cs
        
        prop_inpc.snippet
      - SnippetToAttribute.xslt
      - Util.cs
      - Util.tt
      - Util1.cs
    - controls
    - data.csv
    - images
      - addchart.png
      - bg.png
      - end.png
      - flag.png
      - info.png
      - playpauseicon.png
      - restart.png
      - yellowbg.png
    - lib
      - Microsoft.Expression.Controls.dll
      - Microsoft.Expression.Controls.xml
      - Microsoft.Expression.Drawing.dll
      - Visiblox.Charts.dll
    - MainPage.xaml
    - MainPage.xaml.cs
    - Properties
      - AppManifest.xml
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - SilverTrack.csproj
    - SilverTrack.csproj.user
    - SilverTrack.csproj.vs10x
    - Themes
      - generic.xaml
    - Util
      - DataContextChangedHelper.cs
    - View
    - ViewModel
  - SilverTrackData
    - Importer
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - SilverTrackData.csproj
    - SilverTrackData.csproj.vs10x

<UserControl x:Class="CodeSnippetAutomation.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">

    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">

    <TextBlock Text="Foo" TextWrapping="Wrap" x:Name="txt" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
  </Grid>
</UserControl>

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Written By

Colin Eberhardt

Architect Scott Logic

United Kingdom

I am CTO at ShinobiControls, a team of iOS developers who are carefully crafting iOS charts, grids and controls for making your applications awesome.

I am a Technical Architect for Visiblox which have developed the world's fastest WPF / Silverlight and WP7 charts.

I am also a Technical Evangelist at Scott Logic, a provider of bespoke financial software and consultancy for the retail and investment banking, stockbroking, asset management and hedge fund communities.

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