plugin

##Plugin Attributes This feature is available in v3.3+

OData2Poco support using Plugins for extending the attributes used in c#. This feature give the developer the power to develop their own complex custom attributes that interact with internal Model and the built-in functions like ToPas, ToCamel.

For example:

    [ForeignKey("AuthorFK")]
    [Entity (Name="entityName")]  //use camel-case

###Tutorial###

• Create multi-target class Library project Use the template provided in github repo project The project reference the package OData2Poco The SDK project is:

    <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
      <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFrameworks>net45;net461;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
           <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
      </PropertyGroup>
      <ItemGroup>  
      <PackageReference Include="OData2Poco" Version="3.2.0" />  
    </ItemGroup>
    </Project>
  

• Add class that inherit from INamedAttribute and in the namespace OData2Poco.CustAttributes.NamedAtributes as given below

• Implement both the methods: GetAttributes(PropertyTemplate property ) for properties GetAttributes(ClassTemplate property) for classes give a name to you attribute. That name will be passed in the option for example:

           -a mykey
  
    using System.Collections.Generic;
  
    namespace OData2Poco.CustAttributes.NamedAtributes
    {
        public class MyKeyAttribute : INamedAttribute
        {
            public string Name { get;   } = "mykey";
             //apply only for Key properties
            public List<string> GetAttributes(PropertyTemplate property) =>
                property.IsKey ? new List<string> { "[MyKey]" } : new List<string>();
            //not used for class
            public List<string> GetAttributes(ClassTemplate ct) => new List<string>();
        }
    }
  

• Build the project using Visual studio or dotnet cli tool:

     dotnet build myproject -c Release
  

Copy the generated dll file to the folder that you want to store the plugins. The flder can contain all dll you build

• In commandline, pass the path of the plugin folder and use the attributes by the names you defined in the class above. Example:

  o2pgen -r http://myservice --plugin path/to/folder -a mykey

Notes for Contributers:

You can contribute an push PR for your plugins and it can be available for all developers.