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Declarative Codesnippet Automation with T4 Templates

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20 Apr 2011CPOL15 min read 56.6K   1.4K   36  
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.





using System.ComponentModel;

namespace CodeSnippetAutomation
{
  public partial class SomeOtherViewModel  
  {
	
    #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members

    /// <summary>
    /// Occurs when a property changes
    /// </summary>
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler  PropertyChanged;

    /// <summary>
    /// Raises a PropertyChanged event
    /// </summary>
    protected void OnPropertyChanged(string property)
    {
	    if (PropertyChanged != null)
	    {
		    PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
	    }
    }

    #endregion
    

    /// <summary>
    /// Field which backs the Foo property
    /// </summary>
    private string _foo = "FOO";

    public static readonly string FooProperty = "Foo";
				
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets / sets the Foo value
    /// </summary>
    public string Foo
    {
	    get { return _foo; }
	    set
	    {
		    if (_foo == value)
			    return;
			
		    _foo = value;
        
        OnFooChanged(value);
		
		    OnPropertyChanged(FooProperty);
	    }
    }
    
    /// <summary>
    /// Invoked when the value of Foo changes
    /// </summary>
    partial void OnFooChanged(string value);
    	}
}
	

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Architect Scott Logic
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