问题
i have the habbit to comment properties and classes with the standard XML documentation, what it means / what they do.
But in EF generated classes off course, these are all gone when i regenerate the model.
Is there another way to do this?
回答1:
As Ladislav stated in his answer, you need to modify the T4 template so the comments will be included in the generated code. This answer was taken from this article:
First of all you need to specify your comments in the properties boxes of the model designer. Under Documentation -> Long Description, and Summary.
Then in the template, you can for example add this above the property you want to document:
<#if (!ReferenceEquals(edmProperty.Documentation, null))
{
#>
/// <summary>
/// <#=edmProperty.Documentation.Summary#> – <#=edmProperty.Documentation.LongDescription#>
/// </summary>
<#}#>
This will create a summary block above your property in the generated code.
回答2:
No. You will have to modify your T4 template used to generate classes (or create new custom tool for class generation) to make these comments for you.
回答3:
The EF generated classes are all "partial" classes. So, define a new file with the same class skeleton structure, and define your comments on those.
Example:
The EF generated class (Model.designer.cs):
public partial class Student : EntityObject {... // bunch of generated code}
Your own file (ModelDocumentation.cs):
/// <summary> Student documentation... </summary>
public partial class Student {}
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7672627/add-xml-documentation-comments-to-properties-fields-in-ef-generated-classes