Visual Studio 2015 extension to generate a ToString() method in a class

Question

With extension I meant a Visual Studio Extension.

I want to know if there's a way to autogenerate a ToString method with an already created extension.

I want to have a class with some properties and use a tool to generate the ToString method using its properties.

class A {
    String propA { get; set; }
    String propB { get; set; }

    // Autogenerated
    override ToString() 
    {
        return "propA = " + propA + ", propB" + propB;
    }
}

If not, I want to know how can I make one. I searched the web but I can't find the correct way to add custom code to a already created class with a extension. Especially the project type I need to create.

Edit: This question Is there a ToString() generator available in Visual Studio 2010? didn't answer what I want; you can't use a snippet to generate code from the properties of the class. You can only add code or replace some created code.

you can always override the `ToString` method in your class. — Amit Kumar Ghosh, Nov 09 '16 at 12:22
Maybe you could post some code that you have tried or just add more detail. — Ric, Nov 09 '16 at 12:22
class can have more than one extension ... I dont undestand what is a problem.... — Jacek Cz, Nov 09 '16 at 12:23
Possible duplicate of [Is there a ToString() generator available in Visual Studio 2010?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4932136/is-there-a-tostring-generator-available-in-visual-studio-2010) — David Ferenczy Rogožan, Nov 09 '16 at 12:24
That question didn't answer mine. Also, snippets can't generate the code I want — Oscar Vicente Perez, Nov 09 '16 at 12:27
You need to create a vsix project and create your own extension. How to set up this you can search msdn. There you can implement all logic you would like. — Sebi, Nov 09 '16 at 12:31
But I don't know what I need to create in the vsix, I couldn't find the information to do what I want (modify an existing class with custom code) — Oscar Vicente Perez, Nov 09 '16 at 12:33
Sounds like a Code Refactor project to me, which means you're going to need to get into Roslyn. There's samples here that might help: https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/wiki/Samples-and-Walkthroughs — Ian of Oz, Nov 09 '16 at 12:52

Eli Dagan · Answer 1 · 2016-11-09T13:09:29.227

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On vs2015 you can build a CodeFix project. see: Build CodeFix ex. On that project you can easely add your logic for adding ToString as part of vs15 new Analyzers.

Option 2: I'm part of OzCode team and we create a great tool that one of it's features is to create a custom "ToString" method, on the fly (while debugging) I'm adding a linq the the Reveal feature

edited Nov 09 '16 at 13:09

answered Nov 09 '16 at 13:04

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