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I want to auto gen some DTOs from some of my existing objects, I was wondering if there already exist a Resharper, DevExpress or VSX open source to use, I need a tool to look into my code and let me choose which properties I want to include in my DTO and then generate a class based on that...
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Value objects are sometimes confused with DTOs, however, while DTOs are simple data containers with no significant logic, Value Objects are a “thing”, they represent a cohesive concept; they can wrap multiple attributes and the logic associated with them to fully encapsulate that single concept.
DTO doesn't have methods. All of the methods that do calculations based on members of DTO are in the dependent class. The more DTOs the dependent class depends on, the more private methods the class has. The more private methods the class has, the harder it is to understand code and write unit tests.
In the field of programming a data transfer object (DTO) is an object that carries data between processes. The motivation for its use is that communication between processes is usually done resorting to remote interfaces (e.g. web services), where each call is an expensive operation.
Another opinion would be to use some reflection code in a T4 template.
T4 templates are one of the powerful hidden features of Visual Studio.
Take a look here to see how easy it is to get started with T4.
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This is kind of a hack but you could use Visual Studio/Resharper to Extract an interface from the class, then create a DTO class and derive from the interface, then use Visual Studio to auto implement the interface members (then, optionally remove the interface).
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