How to Autogenerate multiple getters/setters or accessors in Visual Studio

Question

Before I start, I know there is this post and it doesn't answer my question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3017/how-to-generate-getters-and-setters-in-visual-studio

In Visual Studio 2008 there is the ability to auto generate getters and setters (accessors) by right clicking on a private variable -> Refactor -> Encapsulate Field...

This is great for a class that has 2 or 3 methods, but come on MS! When have you ever worked with a class that has a few accessors?

I am looking for a way to generate ALL with a few clicks (Eclipse folks out there will know what I am talking about - you can right click a class and select 'generate accessors'. DONE.). I really don't like spending 20 minutes a class clicking through wizards. I used to have some .NET 1.0 code that would generate classes, but it is long gone and this feature should really be standard for the IDE.

UPDATE: I might mention that I have found Linq to Entities and SQLMetal to be really cool ideas, and way beyond my simple request in the paragraph above.

Answer 1

Why not crank out a quick macro to do it?

Answer 2

I have an "info class generator" application that you can use an excel sheet and it will generate the private members and the public get/set methods.

You can download it for free from my website.

Answer 3

Possibly a macro. There are also addins (like ReSharper, which is great but commercial) capable of doing that quickly.

Answer 4

In 2008 I don't bother with Encapsulate Field. I use the new syntax for properties:

public string SomeString { get; set; }