GeneratedCodeAttribute Class

Definition

public ref class GeneratedCodeAttribute sealed : Attribute

public sealed class GeneratedCodeAttribute : Attribute

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.All, AllowMultiple=false, Inherited=false)]
public sealed class GeneratedCodeAttribute : Attribute

type GeneratedCodeAttribute = class
    inherit Attribute

[<System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.All, AllowMultiple=false, Inherited=false)>]
type GeneratedCodeAttribute = class
    inherit Attribute

Public NotInheritable Class GeneratedCodeAttribute
Inherits Attribute

Inheritance

Object

Attribute

GeneratedCodeAttribute

Attributes

AttributeUsageAttribute

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the GeneratedCodeAttribute class to identify computer-generated code.

#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::CodeDom;
using namespace System::CodeDom::Compiler;

int main()
{
    // Declare a new type called Class1.
    CodeTypeDeclaration^ class1 = gcnew CodeTypeDeclaration("Class1");

    // Declare a new generated code attribute
    GeneratedCodeAttribute^ generatedCodeAttribute =
        gcnew GeneratedCodeAttribute("SampleCodeGenerator", "2.0.0.0");

    // Use the generated code attribute members in the attribute declaration
    CodeAttributeDeclaration^ codeAttrDecl =
        gcnew CodeAttributeDeclaration(generatedCodeAttribute->GetType()->Name,
            gcnew CodeAttributeArgument(
                gcnew CodePrimitiveExpression(generatedCodeAttribute->Tool)),
            gcnew CodeAttributeArgument(
                gcnew CodePrimitiveExpression(generatedCodeAttribute->Version)));
    class1->CustomAttributes->Add(codeAttrDecl);

    // Create a C# code provider
    CodeDomProvider^ provider = CodeDomProvider::CreateProvider("CSharp");

    // Generate code and send the output to the console
    provider->GenerateCodeFromType(class1, Console::Out, gcnew CodeGeneratorOptions());
}

// The CPP code generator produces the following source code for the preceeding example code:
//
// [GeneratedCodeAttribute("SampleCodeGenerator", "2.0.0.0")]
// public class Class1 {
// }

using System;
using System.CodeDom;
using System.CodeDom.Compiler;

public class CodeGenExample
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Declare a new type called Class1.
        CodeTypeDeclaration class1 = new CodeTypeDeclaration("Class1");

        // Declare a new generated code attribute
        GeneratedCodeAttribute generatedCodeAttribute =
            new GeneratedCodeAttribute("SampleCodeGenerator", "2.0.0.0");

        // Use the generated code attribute members in the attribute declaration
        CodeAttributeDeclaration codeAttrDecl =
            new CodeAttributeDeclaration(generatedCodeAttribute.GetType().Name,
                new CodeAttributeArgument(
                    new CodePrimitiveExpression(generatedCodeAttribute.Tool)),
                new CodeAttributeArgument(
                    new CodePrimitiveExpression(generatedCodeAttribute.Version)));
        class1.CustomAttributes.Add(codeAttrDecl);

        // Create a C# code provider
        CodeDomProvider provider = CodeDomProvider.CreateProvider("CSharp");

        // Generate code and send the output to the console
        provider.GenerateCodeFromType(class1, Console.Out, new CodeGeneratorOptions());
    }
}

// The C# code generator produces the following source code for the preceeding example code:
//
// [GeneratedCodeAttribute("SampleCodeGenerator", "2.0.0.0")]
// public class Class1 {
// }

Imports System.CodeDom
Imports System.CodeDom.Compiler

Public Class CodeGenExample

    Shared Sub Main
        ' Declare a new type called Class1.
        Dim class1 as New CodeTypeDeclaration("Class1")

        ' Declare a new generated code attribute
        Dim generatedCodeAttribute As _
            New GeneratedCodeAttribute("SampleCodeGenerator", "2.0.0.0")

        ' Use the generated code attribute members in the attribute declaration
        Dim  codeAttrDecl As _
            New CodeAttributeDeclaration(generatedCodeAttribute.GetType().Name,
                New CodeAttributeArgument(
                    New CodePrimitiveExpression(generatedCodeAttribute.Tool)),
                New CodeAttributeArgument(
                    New CodePrimitiveExpression(generatedCodeAttribute.Version)))
        class1.CustomAttributes.Add(codeAttrDecl)

        ' Create a Visual Basic code provider
        Dim provider As CodeDomProvider = CodeDomProvider.CreateProvider("VisualBasic")

        ' Generate code and send the output to the console
        provider.GenerateCodeFromType(class1, Console.Out, New CodeGeneratorOptions())
    End Sub

End Class

' The Visual Basic code generator produces the following source code for the preceeding example code:
'
' <GeneratedCodeAttribute("SampleCodeGenerator", "2.0.0.0")>  _
' Public Class Class1
' End Class

Remarks

The GeneratedCodeAttribute class can be used by code analysis tools to identify computer-generated code, and to provide an analysis based on the tool and the version of the tool that generated the code.

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Applies to