Generate .cpp source from a .h file

Question

The barebones version of a .cpp file is often not much more than a copy of the related header file with some braces instead of semicolons, ClassName:: inserted in a few places, and removing the virtual keyword. Much of it could be generated with a one-line sed command, but it wouldn't be very robust for all the language features (templates come to mind).

Before I go write my own, are there any simple command-line utilities that will take a header file I provide and give me a skeletal .cpp file where I can fill in the blanks?

Answer 1

Most graphical editors have some plugins available to do that like vim, gedit or Eclipse. But I am not aware of a shell or perl script to do that.

Answer 2

Eclipse CDT has a feature of creating setters/getters provided you have defined variables in your .h. Also it provides "Implement method" - again it looks through your definitions in .h and implements methods giving them empty body. Maybe someone find this usefull.

And don't forget to read question, pointed by larsmans.