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copied!<p>This one is not fully baked as we just came up with it this morning. It will generate a full class definition for a Type. Useful for situations where you have a a large class and want to create a subset or full definition but don't have access to it. For example, to store the object in a database etc.</p> <pre><code>public static class TypeExtensions { public static string GenerateClassDefinition(this Type type) { var properties = type.GetFields(); var sb = new StringBuilder(); var classtext = @"private class $name { $props}"; foreach (var p in GetTypeInfo(type)) { sb.AppendFormat(" public {0} {1} ", p.Item2, p.Item1).AppendLine(" { get; set; }"); } return classtext.Replace("$name", type.Name).Replace("$props", sb.ToString()); } #region Private Methods private static List<Tuple<string, string>> GetTypeInfo(Type type) { var ret = new List<Tuple<string, string>>(); var fields = type.GetFields(); var props = type.GetProperties(); foreach(var p in props) ret.Add(new Tuple<string, string>(p.Name, TranslateType(p.PropertyType))); foreach(var f in fields) ret.Add(new Tuple<string, string>(f.Name, TranslateType(f.FieldType))); return ret; } private static string TranslateType(Type input) { string ret; if (Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(input) != null) { ret = string.Format("{0}?", TranslateType(Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(input))); } else { switch (input.Name) { case "Int32": ret = "int"; break; case "Int64": ret = "long"; break; case "IntPtr": ret = "long"; break; case "Boolean": ret = "bool"; break; case "String": case "Char": case "Decimal": ret = input.Name.ToLower(); break; default: ret = input.Name; break; } } return ret; } #endregion } </code></pre> <p>Example usage:</p> <pre><code>Process.GetProcesses().First().GetType().GenerateClassDefinition(); </code></pre> <p>Becomes even more handy if using linqpad:</p> <pre><code>Process.GetProcesses().First().GetType().GenerateClassDefinition().Dump(); </code></pre>

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