Entity Framework .t4 templates in entity-framework Adding XML Documentation to Entity Classes
Example
On every generated model classes there are no documentation comments added by default. If you want to use XML documentation comments for every generated entity classes, find this part inside [modelname].tt (modelname is current EDMX file name):
foreach (var entity in typeMapper.GetItemsToGenerate<EntityType>(itemCollection))
{
fileManager.StartNewFile(entity.Name + ".cs");
BeginNamespace(code); // used to write model namespace
#>
<#=codeStringGenerator.UsingDirectives(inHeader: false)#>
You can add the XML documentation comments before UsingDirectives line as shown in example below:
foreach (var entity in typeMapper.GetItemsToGenerate<EntityType>(itemCollection))
{
fileManager.StartNewFile(entity.Name + ".cs");
BeginNamespace(code);
#>
/// <summary>
/// <#=entity.Name#> model entity class.
/// </summary>
<#=codeStringGenerator.UsingDirectives(inHeader: false)#>
The generated documentation comment should be includes entity name as given below.
/// <summary>
/// Example model entity class.
/// </summary>
public partial class Example
{
// model contents
}
