kitten-routes.tt

<#@ template debug="false" hostspecific="false" language="C#" #>
<#@ assembly name="System.Core" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Linq" #>
<#@ assembly name="$(SolutionDir)Kittens.Web\bin\Kittens.Web.dll "#>
<#@ output extension=".ts" #>
export class KittensRoutes {

<#
  // Get a collection of the constants in the class
  var constants = typeof(Kittens.Web.KittensRoutes).GetFields();
  // Pull out any parameters, e.g. {kittenId}
  var paramsRegex = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(@"(?!{)[a-zA-Z]+?(?=})");

  foreach(var c in constants) 
  {
    // The url is the value of the contant
    var url = c.GetRawConstantValue().ToString();
    // The new name is a camel case version of the constant name
    var name = c.Name.First().ToString().ToLower() + c.Name.Substring(1);
    // Find any parameters in the url, and turn them into TS parameter syntax
    var matches = paramsRegex.Matches(url);
    var array = matches.Cast<System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match>().Select(x => x + ": any").ToArray();
    var arguments = String.Join(", ", array);

    // If there are parameters, make a function that accepts them and uses them in a template string
    if (matches.Count > 0) {	#>
    static <#= name #>(<#= arguments #>): string {
      return `<#= url.Replace("{", "${")  #>`;
    }
<#
    }
    else {	
      // A property will suffice if there are no parameters
#>
    static readonly <#= name #> = '<#= url #>';
<#
  }
}
#>}