How to create a custom partial class with T4 template?

Question

I want a template which somehow accepts a class_name property and creates a class, name of which is the value of class_name

Ideally, I should be able to execute my template inside MyClass.cs containing definition for public partial class MyClass, and that would set class_name to MyClass

This template

<#@ template debug="false" hostspecific="false" language="C#" #>
<#@ assembly name="System.Core" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Linq" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Text" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Collections.Generic" #>
<#@ output extension=".cs" #>

public partial class <#=class_name #>
{

}

produces an error:

Error   1   Compiling transformation: The name 'class_name' does not exist in the current context

How do I put a definition of a class_name into it?

are you wanting to execute this template from your code (MyClass.cs) or visual studio as a .tt file in your project? — Frank, Sep 09 '15 at 12:00
there is a similar post [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15946802/how-do-i-pass-a-string-parameter-to-a-t4-template) already, is this what you are trying to do? — Frank, Sep 09 '15 at 17:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '15 at 11:14

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You can define class_name as like this:

<#@ template debug="false" hostspecific="false" language="C#" #>
<#@ assembly name="System.Core" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Linq" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Text" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Collections.Generic" #>
<#@ output extension=".cs" #>
<# var class_name = "MyClass"; #>

public partial class <#=class_name #>
{

}

answered Sep 08 '15 at 11:14

temUser

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this is not really passing a parameter, it's just setting a local variable in the context of this template – Frank Sep 09 '15 at 17:38

How to create a custom partial class with T4 template?

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