T4Scaffolding access generic collection T properties

Question

Given the following class:

public class Post
{
    public Post()
    {
        Tags = new List<Tag>();
    }

    public int Id { get; set; }

    // ...more properties...

    public virtual ICollection<Tag> Tags { get; set; }
}

and my ps1 entry code:

$model = Get-ProjectType $EntityName -Project $Project

Add-ProjectItemViaTemplate $controllerName -Template ControllerTemplate `
    -Model @{ Namespace = $namespace; T = [MarshalByRefObject]$model; } `
    -SuccessMessage "Added ControllerTemplate output at {0}" `
    -TemplateFolders $TemplateFolders -Project $Project -CodeLanguage $CodeLanguage -Force:$Force

where $model is the Post class.

how would i gain access to "Tag" object properties?

I have "Tags" ICollection as a EnvDTE.CodeTypeRef.

I noticed that most of the mvcscaffolding is using Get-RelatedEntities to unwrap the generics - is this the only way to access the Tag properties?

Attaching vs debugger didn't help. Shows a proxy object and I was unable to cast to a valid known type in watch window. So I went with the Get-RelatedEntities way. — Leblanc Meneses, Feb 27 '13 at 07:01

Uffe · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-10T08:07:34.980

Look at the first part of this video. It will show you how to collect properties from classes in Visual Studio.

EDIT:

If you do not have the time to view the video... Just use this snippet in the package manager console.

(Get-ProjectType Tag).Children | Where-Object{$.Kind -eq 4} | ForEach{$}

I think it is easier to find all properties with powershell and then send it into the T4, it´s hard work to use C# in the T4 to collect information.

T4Scaffolding in Visual Studio

Regards Uffe

T4Scaffolding access generic collection T properties

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