BuildProvider.GenerateCode(AssemblyBuilder) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Compilation

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Generates source code for the virtual path of the build provider, and adds the source code to a specified assembly builder.

public:
 virtual void GenerateCode(System::Web::Compilation::AssemblyBuilder ^ assemblyBuilder);

public virtual void GenerateCode (System.Web.Compilation.AssemblyBuilder assemblyBuilder);

abstract member GenerateCode : System.Web.Compilation.AssemblyBuilder -> unit
override this.GenerateCode : System.Web.Compilation.AssemblyBuilder -> unit

Public Overridable Sub GenerateCode (assemblyBuilder As AssemblyBuilder)

Parameters

assemblyBuilder: AssemblyBuilder

The assembly builder that references the source code generated by the build provider.

Examples

The following code example illustrates a simple build provider implementation, inheriting from the abstract BuildProvider base class. The build provider overrides the CodeCompilerType, GetGeneratedType, and GenerateCode members of the base class.

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Compilation;
using System.CodeDom.Compiler;
using System.CodeDom;
using System.Security;
using System.Security.Permissions;

// Define a simple build provider implementation.
[PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Unrestricted = true)]
public class SampleBuildProvider : BuildProvider
{
    // Define an internal member for the compiler type.
    protected CompilerType _compilerType = null;

    public SampleBuildProvider()
    {
        _compilerType = GetDefaultCompilerTypeForLanguage("C#");
    }

    // Return the internal CompilerType member 
    // defined in this implementation.
    public override CompilerType CodeCompilerType
    {
        get { return _compilerType; }
    }

    // Define the build provider implementation of the GenerateCode method.
    public override void GenerateCode(AssemblyBuilder assemBuilder)
    {
        // Generate a code compile unit, and add it to
        // the assembly builder.

        TextWriter tw = assemBuilder.CreateCodeFile(this);
        if (tw != null)
        {
            try
            {
                // Generate the code compile unit from the virtual path.
                CodeCompileUnit compileUnit = SampleClassGenerator.BuildCompileUnitFromPath(VirtualPath);

                // Generate the source for the code compile unit, 
                // and write it to a file specified by the assembly builder.
                CodeDomProvider provider = assemBuilder.CodeDomProvider;
                provider.GenerateCodeFromCompileUnit(compileUnit, tw, null);
            }
            finally
            {
                tw.Close();
            }
        }
    }

    public override System.Type GetGeneratedType(CompilerResults results)
    {
        string typeName = SampleClassGenerator.TypeName;

        return results.CompiledAssembly.GetType(typeName);
    }
}

Imports System.Collections
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.Compilation
Imports System.CodeDom.Compiler
Imports System.CodeDom
Imports System.Security
Imports System.Security.Permissions

<PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Unrestricted := true)> _
Public Class SampleBuildProvider
    Inherits BuildProvider

    Protected _compilerType As CompilerType = Nothing

    Public Sub New()
        _compilerType = GetDefaultCompilerType()
    End Sub

    ' Return the internal CompilerType member 
    ' defined in this implementation.
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CodeCompilerType() As CompilerType
        Get
            CodeCompilerType = _compilerType
        End Get
    End Property


    ' Define the build provider implementation of the GenerateCode method.
    Public Overrides Sub GenerateCode(ByVal assemBuilder As AssemblyBuilder)
        ' Generate a code compile unit, and add it to
        ' the assembly builder.

        Dim tw As TextWriter = assemBuilder.CreateCodeFile(Me)
        If Not tw Is Nothing Then
            Try
                ' Generate the code compile unit from the virtual path.
                Dim compileUnit As CodeCompileUnit = _
                        SampleClassGenerator.BuildCompileUnitFromPath(VirtualPath)

                ' Generate the source for the code compile unit, 
                ' and write it to a file specified by the assembly builder.
                Dim provider As CodeDomProvider = assemBuilder.CodeDomProvider
                provider.GenerateCodeFromCompileUnit(compileUnit, tw, Nothing)
            Finally
                tw.Close()
            End Try

        End If
    End Sub

    Public Overrides Function GetGeneratedType(ByVal results As CompilerResults) As System.Type
        Dim typeName As String = SampleClassGenerator.TypeName

        Return results.CompiledAssembly.GetType(typeName)
    End Function

End Class

Remarks

To implement a build provider that generates source code for a custom file type, derive a class from the BuildProvider class, and override the GenerateCode method to generate source code for the supported file type.

Typically, a build provider's GenerateCode implementation reads the VirtualPath property, parses the contents, and adds the generated source code to the specified AssemblyBuilder object. You can contribute source code to the assembly in the form of a TextWriter object or a CodeDOM graph. To add source code to the assembly through a TextWriter object, use the CreateCodeFile method. To add source code in a CodeDOM graph to the assembly, use the AddCodeCompileUnit method.

If the build provider generates source code in a specific programming language, you must override the CodeCompilerType property to return a CompilerType object for the supported programming language.

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