Code transformation

Question

Is there a concept of code transformation in c# just like it is in dart?

Example of why i want that:

• if i annotate a property i want to change the implementation of the setter.
• i want to generate json,xml serialization methods per class to avoid reflection and add them as extension methods
• generating methods that allows me to get/set a property by name without using reflection.

and much more.

i wrote a Roslyn project to make me able to do the above and its working great but the problem is i don't want to see the generated code in my solution but rather want it to be generated every time i compile.

any ideas?

Answer 1

There's no built-in support for making this work nicely; it's something we're currently thinking about though.