http://www.infoq.com/cn/news/2009/11/T4-Multiple-Output

初次认识并尝试使用T4生成代码的时候,相关学习资料似乎比较少。不过现在VS2010 的MSDN里已有相关章节,可参看《代码生成和文本模板》章节。可以用C#的语法写模板,实在舒服很多。

很快就发现T4难以生成多个文件的缺陷,微软似乎也不着急改进这一点。通过搜索,从InfoQ找到一篇文章《用T4生成多个文件》,链接到一篇文章,Damien Guard的扩展可以方便的生成多个文件。原文是英文,能看懂,然而如果翻译则斟酌字词太辛苦。

首先,保存以下代码为一个模板文件(例如保存文件名为Manager.ttinclude):‘

<#@ assembly name="System.Core"#>
<#@ assembly name="System.Data.Linq"#>
<#@ assembly name="EnvDTE"#>
<#@ assembly name="System.Xml"#>
<#@ assembly name="System.Xml.Linq"#>
<#@ import namespace="System"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.CodeDom"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.CodeDom.Compiler"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Collections.Generic"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Data.Linq"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Data.Linq.Mapping"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.IO"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Linq"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Reflection"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Text"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Xml.Linq"#>
<#@ import namespace="Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating"#>
<#+
 
// Manager class records the various blocks so it can split them up
class Manager {
    private class Block {
        public String Name;
        public int Start, Length;
    }
 
    private Block currentBlock;
    private List<Block> files = new List<Block>();
    private Block footer = new Block();
    private Block header = new Block();
    private ITextTemplatingEngineHost host;
    private StringBuilder template;
    protected List<String> generatedFileNames = new List<String>();
 
    public static Manager Create(ITextTemplatingEngineHost host, StringBuilder template) {
        return (host is IServiceProvider) ? new VSManager(host, template) : new Manager(host, template);
    }
 
    public void StartNewFile(String name) {
        if (name == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
        CurrentBlock = new Block { Name = name };
    }
 
    public void StartFooter() {
        CurrentBlock = footer;
    }
 
    public void StartHeader() {
        CurrentBlock = header;
    }
 
    public void EndBlock() {
        if (CurrentBlock == null)
            return;
        CurrentBlock.Length = template.Length - CurrentBlock.Start;
        if (CurrentBlock != header && CurrentBlock != footer)
            files.Add(CurrentBlock);
        currentBlock = null;
    }
 
    public virtual void Process(bool split) {
        if (split) {
            EndBlock();
            String headerText = template.ToString(header.Start, header.Length);
            String footerText = template.ToString(footer.Start, footer.Length);
            String outputPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(host.TemplateFile);
            files.Reverse();
            foreach(Block block in files) {
                String fileName = Path.Combine(outputPath, block.Name);
                String content = headerText + template.ToString(block.Start, block.Length) + footerText;
                generatedFileNames.Add(fileName);
                CreateFile(fileName, content);
                template.Remove(block.Start, block.Length);
            }
        }
    }
 
    protected virtual void CreateFile(String fileName, String content) {
        if (IsFileContentDifferent(fileName, content))
            File.WriteAllText(fileName, content);
    }
 
    public virtual String GetCustomToolNamespace(String fileName) {
        return null;
    }
 
    public virtual String DefaultProjectNamespace {
        get { return null; }
    }
 
    protected bool IsFileContentDifferent(String fileName, String newContent) {
        return !(File.Exists(fileName) && File.ReadAllText(fileName) == newContent);
    }
 
    private Manager(ITextTemplatingEngineHost host, StringBuilder template) {
        this.host = host;
        this.template = template;
    }
 
    private Block CurrentBlock {
        get { return currentBlock; }
        set {
            if (CurrentBlock != null)
                EndBlock();
            if (value != null)
                value.Start = template.Length;
            currentBlock = value;
        }
    }
 
    private class VSManager: Manager {
        private EnvDTE.ProjectItem templateProjectItem;
        private EnvDTE.DTE dte;
        private Action<String> checkOutAction;
        private Action<IEnumerable<String>> projectSyncAction;
 
        public override String DefaultProjectNamespace {
            get {
                return templateProjectItem.ContainingProject.Properties.Item("DefaultNamespace").Value.ToString();
            }
        }
 
        public override String GetCustomToolNamespace(string fileName) {
            return dte.Solution.FindProjectItem(fileName).Properties.Item("CustomToolNamespace").Value.ToString();
        }
 
        public override void Process(bool split) {
            if (templateProjectItem.ProjectItems == null)
                return;
            base.Process(split);
            projectSyncAction.EndInvoke(projectSyncAction.BeginInvoke(generatedFileNames, null, null));
        }
 
        protected override void CreateFile(String fileName, String content) {
            if (IsFileContentDifferent(fileName, content)) {
                CheckoutFileIfRequired(fileName);
                File.WriteAllText(fileName, content);
            }
        }
 
        internal VSManager(ITextTemplatingEngineHost host, StringBuilder template)
            : base(host, template) {
            var hostServiceProvider = (IServiceProvider) host;
            if (hostServiceProvider == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("Could not obtain IServiceProvider");
            dte = (EnvDTE.DTE) hostServiceProvider.GetService(typeof(EnvDTE.DTE));
            if (dte == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("Could not obtain DTE from host");
            templateProjectItem = dte.Solution.FindProjectItem(host.TemplateFile);
            checkOutAction = (String fileName) => dte.SourceControl.CheckOutItem(fileName);
            projectSyncAction = (IEnumerable<String> keepFileNames) => ProjectSync(templateProjectItem, keepFileNames);
        }
 
        private static void ProjectSync(EnvDTE.ProjectItem templateProjectItem, IEnumerable<String> keepFileNames) {
            var keepFileNameSet = new HashSet<String>(keepFileNames);
            var projectFiles = new Dictionary<String, EnvDTE.ProjectItem>();
            var originalFilePrefix = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(templateProjectItem.get_FileNames(0)) + ".";
            foreach(EnvDTE.ProjectItem projectItem in templateProjectItem.ProjectItems)
                projectFiles.Add(projectItem.get_FileNames(0), projectItem);
 
            // Remove unused items from the project
            foreach(var pair in projectFiles)
                if (!keepFileNames.Contains(pair.Key) && !(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(pair.Key) + ".").StartsWith(originalFilePrefix))
                    pair.Value.Delete();
 
            // Add missing files to the project
            foreach(String fileName in keepFileNameSet)
                if (!projectFiles.ContainsKey(fileName))
                    templateProjectItem.ProjectItems.AddFromFile(fileName);
        }
 
        private void CheckoutFileIfRequired(String fileName) {
            var sc = dte.SourceControl;
            if (sc != null && sc.IsItemUnderSCC(fileName) && !sc.IsItemCheckedOut(fileName))
                checkOutAction.EndInvoke(checkOutAction.BeginInvoke(fileName, null, null));
        }
    }
} #>




接着,在T4模板文件里引用这个模板,并声明一个Manager类实例:

<#@ template language="C#" hostspecific="True"#>
<#@include file="Manager.ttinclude"#>
<# var manager = Manager.Create(Host, GenerationEnvironment); #>


使用两行代码可使代码输出到单独文件,你要输出的代码可写在这两个语句中间,StartNewFile的参数就是输出的文件名:

<# manager.StartNewFile("Employee.generated.cs"); #>

<# manager.EndBlock(); #>

比如可以这样写:

<# manager.StartNewFile("Employee.generated.cs"); #>
public class Employee {  }
<# manager.EndBlock(); #>

还可以为每个输出文件输出同样的头部或顶部,只需要相应的语句:

<# manager.StartHeader(); #>
// Code generated by a template
using System;
<# manager.EndBlock(); #>
 
<# manager.StartFooter(); #>
// It's the end
<# manager.EndBlock(); #>

最后使用这句来执行输出多个文件:

<# manager.Process(true); #>












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