T4 Template to generate classes from XML file.

Element.tt

<#@ template debug="true" hostSpecific="true" #>
<#@ output extension=".cs" #>
<#@ Assembly Name="System.Core.dll" #>
<#@ Assembly Name="System.Xml.dll" #>
<#@ Assembly Name="System.Xml.Linq.dll" #>
<#@ Assembly Name="System.Windows.Forms.dll" #>
<#@ import namespace="System" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.IO" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Diagnostics" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Linq" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Xml.Linq" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Collections" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Collections.Generic" #> 
<#   
   //template code - you get IntelliSense here
	var str_fileName = "GlobalActionsElements.xml";
	var projDir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(this.Host.TemplateFile);

	string str_XMLFileNamePath = Path.Combine(projDir, str_fileName);

    // Certainly you would normally load the model data from a file using 
	// the relative path of the template as shown below:
	// string SampleInputFileContent = System.IO.File.ReadAllText( 
    // System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(this.Host.TemplateFile) + "\\datafile.xml");  	
#>
// This is the output code from your template
// you only get syntax-highlighting here - not intellisense
namespace WebTest{

	public static class <#= Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(str_XMLFileNamePath).Replace(".","") #>
     {
	   <# GenerateConstants(str_XMLFileNamePath); #>
     }
}
 
<#+  
  // Insert any template procedures here
  void GenerateConstants(string path) 
  {
	System.Xml.Linq.XDocument doc = System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(path);
	
	
	 var classes = from c in doc.Descendants("uielements")
                        where c.NodeType != System.Xml.XmlNodeType.Comment
                        select c.Descendants();

	    foreach (var item in classes.ToList())
            {
                    IEnumerable<string> constants = item.Descendants("element").Select(x => x.Attribute("Name").Value);
					if(constants.Count() == 0)
					{
						constants = item.Select(x => x.Attribute("Name").Value);
					}
					foreach (var node in constants)
					{
#>
         public const string <#= node.ToUpper() #> = "<#= node #>";
<#+
					}
		  }
}

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