SlowFox.Constructors 1.0.1

Introduction

SlowFox is a suite of .NET source generators, aiming to reduce the amount of repetitive code you need to write and maintain.

Source generators incur no run-time cost (as no reflection is involved), because the code is created at build time. Plus, using a supported IDE (like Visual Studio 2019/2022), you can see what's being generated immediately when you save your source code.

There are currently 2 generators available via SlowFox:

1. Constructors, (this package), for generating constructors and private variables
2. UnitTestMocks, for generating mock objects in unit tests

SlowFox.Constructors

SloxFox.Constructors is a generator that allows you to define the injectable dependencies for any given class, and the private class members, constructor and constructor assignments are all automatically created for you.

How do I get it working?

First off, install the NuGet package into your project:

Then, find a class where you want to have the dependencies injected, mark it as partial, and add the SlowFox.InjectDependencies attribute. Pass into this attribute the types you want to be injected:

namespace MySampleProject
{
    [SlowFox.InjectDependencies(typeof(IUserReader), typeof(IFileHandler))]
    public partial class MyNewClass
    {
    }
}

SlowFox will then generate everything needed for these dependencies, as another partial class:

namespace MySampleProject
{
    public partial class MyNewClass
    {
        private readonly IUserReader _userReader;
        private readonly IFileHandler _fileHandler;

        public MyNewClass(IUserReader userReader, IFileHandler fileHandler)
        {
            _userReader = userReader;
            _fileHandler = fileHandler;
        }
    }
}

You can reference these private members in your original class, and you can call this constructor during DI, or call it manually, or use it in unit tests - it's as if you've written it all yourself:

namespace MySampleProject
{
    [SlowFox.InjectDependencies(typeof(IUserReader), typeof(IFileHandler))]
    public partial class MyNewClass
    {
        public void SaveUserImage()
        {
            var image = _userReader.GetImage();
            _fileHandler.AddFile(image);
        }
    }
}

This generator is compatible with:

• inheritance
• abstract classes
• generic types
• nullable types
• tuples

Configuration

Configuration is set in a .editorconfig file.

To configure the generated code to not use underscores for member names, set the skip_underscores value to true:

[*.cs]
slowfox_generation.constructors.skip_underscores = true

To include a null check (and a throw of ArgumentNullException if the constructor parameter is null), set include_nullcheck to true:

[*.cs]
slowfox_generation.constructors.include_nullcheck = true