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Dynamic Code Generation Using CodeDOM

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1 Jul 2007Ms-PL12 min read 100.5K   2.4K   67  
This article explains how CodeDOM can be used to generate code dynamcially and build it using dynamic code compilation. It also explains how to apply custom attributes.
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace DynamicCodeGeneration.CustomAttributes
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Sample class level attribute
    /// </summary>
    [AttributeUsage( AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple=true )]
    public sealed class ClassLevelAttribute : Attribute
    {
        private string _classAuthorName;

        /// <summary>
        /// The name of the Entity to which the class is subscribed
        /// </summary>
        public string ClassAuthorName
        {
            set
            {
                _classAuthorName = value;
            }
            get
            {
                return _classAuthorName;
            }
        }

        #region Public

        /// <summary>
        /// Subscribes the class for the given EntityName
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="EntityName">Name of the Entity to be subscribed</param>
        public ClassLevelAttribute( string classAuthorName )
        {
            this.ClassAuthorName = classAuthorName;
        }
        #endregion

    }
}

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