Smart tool (addin?) for creating class body from header file

Question

Hi,

you probably know this -- you're going to create some nice class, you think about it a little, maybe even draw a little UML here and there and then you're ready for implementation. You create header files with member functions, maybe even some member properties.

And now comes the dull work -- rewriting everything into .cpp file. It's true using stuff like Visual Assist can shorter this task but still -- do I really need to do this? Is there any tool / addin / direct functionality in Visual Studio which does this for me? You know, something like right click on header file in Solution explorer, "Create new .cpp for this header file".

Answer 1

No.

But I agree that it would be very useful.

Answer 2

As I recall, Rational Rose could generate (and round trip) C++ code.

IBM Rationalhttp://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/?S_TACT=105AGY59&S_CMP=13&ca=dtl-13

Answer 3

ArgoUML is a program we use at work to do class diagrams, which lets you easily view the .h and .cpp files of the classes you build. Not just in C++, but also in PHP(4/5), C#, and Java. It doesn't let you make diagrams from .h files, so I don't know if it would be particularly useful to you if you already have your headers written. For the future, though, it could help.

Answer 4

DevExtra http://www.toptensoftware.com/devextra/