Comments on: T4 and CodeDOM - Better Together http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/ Absolutes never work Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Mike http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-3035 Mike Tue, 04 May 2010 09:19:36 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-3035 Well that just makes my brain hurt. But in a good way. This is helpful for creating ASP.NET BuildProviders based on T4. Well that just makes my brain hurt. But in a good way. This is helpful for creating ASP.NET BuildProviders based on T4.

]]> By: Oleg Sych http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-2420 Oleg Sych Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:20:52 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-2420 Updated content and source code to be compatible with version 9.10 of the T4 Toolbox. Updated content and source code to be compatible with version 9.10 of the T4 Toolbox.

]]> By: Justin Chase http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-2256 Justin Chase Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:31:11 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-2256 Howdy. Check out this project: http://metasharp.codeplex.com It's specifically designed to solve this problem. There are multiple types of transformations supported, Text->AST, AST->AST, AST->Text are just some common scenarios. Specifically, in this case, you generate code in a T4 style MetaSharp templating language which compiles to CodeDom... Additionally, you could get the same results by creating a C# T4 template then using NRefactory to parse the C# and convert it into CodeDom objects so it can compile in VB projects. MetaSharp does the same thing essentially, except the language is intentionally part way between C# and VB and is just slightly more complex than bare bones CLS compliance. Also, you can use it to compile to dynamic code or anything else. But I agree with your line of thinking for the most part, for what it's worth. Howdy. Check out this project:
http://metasharp.codeplex.com

It’s specifically designed to solve this problem. There are multiple types of transformations supported, Text->AST, AST->AST, AST->Text are just some common scenarios. Specifically, in this case, you generate code in a T4 style MetaSharp templating language which compiles to CodeDom…

Additionally, you could get the same results by creating a C# T4 template then using NRefactory to parse the C# and convert it into CodeDom objects so it can compile in VB projects.

MetaSharp does the same thing essentially, except the language is intentionally part way between C# and VB and is just slightly more complex than bare bones CLS compliance. Also, you can use it to compile to dynamic code or anything else.

But I agree with your line of thinking for the most part, for what it’s worth.

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