Edit Entity Framework template file .tt for XmlIgnore

Question

I have Entity Framework 6 template file. I would like to include [XmlIgnore] on public virtual ICollection as it can not be serialized.

This template file generates designer class and I do not want to edit designer class to include [XmlIgonre] by editing designer class once it's generated. I want to edit template so all lines with public virtual ICollection will have the [XmlIgnore] attribute.

@AkosNagy , I can not post entire tt file but here is the code that is used for Xml <#@ include file="EF.Reverse.POCO.ttinclude" #> <#@ import namespace="System.Xml.Schema" #> <# } #> — BSave, May 09 '17 at 14:20
The tt file has to be modified at a number of places, but I can only tell where if I see the template. — Akos Nagy, May 10 '17 at 11:01

Masoud Sadeghi · Answer 1 · 2017-12-15T17:16:03.190

you must be find and edit this (in your model tt file) :

<#
        foreach (var navigationProperty in navigationProperties)
        {
            if (navigationProperty.ToEndMember.RelationshipMultiplicity == RelationshipMultiplicity.Many)
            {
#>
    [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
<#
            }
#>
    <#=codeStringGenerator.NavigationProperty(navigationProperty)#>
<#
        }
    }
#>

To this :

<#
        foreach (var navigationProperty in navigationProperties)
        {
            if (navigationProperty.ToEndMember.RelationshipMultiplicity == RelationshipMultiplicity.Many)
            {
#>
    [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnore]
<#
            }
#>
    <#=codeStringGenerator.NavigationProperty(navigationProperty)#>
<#
        }
    }
#>

Edit Entity Framework template file .tt for XmlIgnore

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