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A Simple Aspect for NHibernate and the virtual keyword

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An article that shows how to use a simple Aspect to automatically make class members virtual.
#region License

// Copyright (c) 2008, Michal Dabrowski
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#endregion

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using PostSharp.CodeModel;
using PostSharp.CodeWeaver;
using PostSharp.Extensibility;
using PostSharp.Extensibility.Tasks;

namespace Unsealer.Weaver {
    public class UnsealTask : Task, IAdviceProvider {
        #region IAdviceProvider Members

        public void ProvideAdvices(PostSharp.CodeWeaver.Weaver codeWeaver) {
            CustomAttributeDictionaryTask task = CustomAttributeDictionaryTask.GetTask(this.Project);

            IEnumerator<ICustomAttributeInstance> customAttributesEnumerator = task.GetCustomAttributesEnumerator(typeof (UnsealAttribute), false);

            while (customAttributesEnumerator.MoveNext()) {
                var wovenType = customAttributesEnumerator.Current.TargetElement as TypeDefDeclaration;

                if ((wovenType != null) && (! wovenType.IsInterface())) {
                    if (wovenType.IsSealed()) {
                        MessageSource.MessageSink.Write(new Message(SeverityType.Error, "UNSL01", string.Format("Unsealer cannot process the type '{0}' because it is sealed. Remove either the 'sealed' keyword or the [Unseal] attribute.", wovenType.Name), "Unsealer"));
                    }

                    foreach (var method in wovenType.Methods) {
                        if (method.IsInstance() && method.IsNonPrivate() && (method.Name != ".ctor") && (!method.IsVirtual())) {
                            if (method.IsSealed()) {
                                MessageSource.MessageSink.Write(new Message(SeverityType.Error, "UNSL02", string.Format("Unsealer cannot process the method '{0}' in type '{1}' because it is sealed. Remove either the 'sealed' keyword from the method or the [Unseal] attribute from its declaring type.", method.Name, wovenType.Name), "Unsealer"));
                            }

                            method.Attributes |= MethodAttributes.Virtual | MethodAttributes.NewSlot;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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