I want to auto gen some DTOs from some of my existing objects, I was wondering if there already exist a Resharper, DevExpress or VSX open source to use, I need a tool to look into my code and let me choose which properties I want to include in my DTO and then generate a class based on that...
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Another opinion would be to use some reflection code in a T4 template.
T4 templates are one of the powerful hidden features of Visual Studio.
Take a look here to see how easy it is to get started with T4.
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1It must have been an intermittent failure, its working again. – Alex James Oct 06 '09 at 14:27
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This is kind of a hack but you could use Visual Studio/Resharper to Extract an interface from the class, then create a DTO class and derive from the interface, then use Visual Studio to auto implement the interface members (then, optionally remove the interface).
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Interesting approach, but I could also copy the class and remove not wanted elements. I was after a clean and fast way of doing it over and over again... – Ali Shafai May 07 '09 at 02:18