Generate DTOs from Object

Question

Hi there,

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...

Answer 1

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).

Answer 2

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.