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public static
public static

Reputation: 12990

Can VS 2012 generate a class constructor?

Can VS 2012 professional generate a class constructor without any addons?

I can't believe I can't find the option to do this, and if it can't do it, it truly is a conspiracy :)

I have my class defined:

public class User
{
   public int Id {get;set;}
   public string Name {get;set;}
}

Now is there a shortcut that will generate the constructor, toString() method etc?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 338

Answers (3)

AFract
AFract

Reputation: 9690

"ctor" snippet generates a constructor, but without parameters. To get them, you should unfortunately use (free or not) addons. This question has been already discussed, see Shortcut for creating constructor with variables (C# VS2010) for example.

I think there is no direct mean to generate a paramerized constructor in a bare Visual Studio.

Edit : I should probably have added after my last sentence "... which strictly applies to properties and fields currently defined in class". But yes, following Peter's advice it is possible to generate a kind of parameterized constructor.

Upvotes: -1

Habib
Habib

Reputation: 223332

If you need a default constructor then there is a code snippet ctor for it.

But if you need a constructor with parameters then in you code write:

User user = new User(2, "Name");

This will be an error, since there is no constructor with two parameters, but you will get a blue under line if you hover your mouse over User in new User. Click on that or put your cursor on User and press Ctrl + . It will give you an option to generate constructor like:

enter image description here

That will give you a constructor with fields like:

public class User
{
    private int p1;
    private string p2;

    public User(int p1, string p2)
    {
        // TODO: Complete member initialization
        this.p1 = p1;
        this.p2 = p2;
    }
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Then you have to go in and remove p1, p2 and point to Id, Name and also rename parameters in constructor. That is probably the best you can do with only Visual studio.

See: Generate From Usage - MSDN (thanks to @Peter Ritchie)

Consider installing Re-Sharper it has much better option for generating not only constructor but other very helpful code.

Upvotes: 3

Miniver Cheevy
Miniver Cheevy

Reputation: 1677

snippets are built in and you can add your own. ctor will make the constructor, I don't think there is anything for ToString, though you can just type override, pick it from the list and it will stub it out.

Upvotes: 0

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