ZibStack.NET.TypeGen

ZibStack.NET.TypeGen

Roslyn source generator that emits TypeScript (.ts) and OpenAPI 3.0 (.yaml / .json) from C# DTOs annotated with [GenerateTypes]. Optional Python (Pydantic v2 / dataclass) output. Compile-time only, zero reflection, no running app required.

What it does

[GenerateTypes(Targets = TypeTarget.TypeScript | TypeTarget.OpenApi, OutputDir = "generated")]
public class Order
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Customer { get; set; } = "";
    public List<OrderItem> Items { get; set; } = new();
    public OrderStatus Status { get; set; }
}

public class OrderItem { public int Qty { get; set; } public Product Product { get; set; } = new(); }
public class Product { public string Sku { get; set; } = ""; }
public enum OrderStatus { Pending, Shipped }

→ at dotnet build (or on save in IDE — see below):

• generated/Order.ts, OrderItem.ts, Product.ts, OrderStatus.ts — each with cross-file import { X } from './X'; statements that compile directly with tsc.
• generated/openapi.yaml — OpenAPI 3.0.3 schema with every class under components/schemas, correct $refs, and nullable / required / validation constraints pulled from ZibStack.NET.Validation attributes.

Nested types without their own [GenerateTypes] are auto-discovered by walking the property graph, so you only annotate root aggregates.

Highlights

• Transitive type discovery — nested objects, enums, collections, dictionaries all pulled in automatically.
• C# inheritance preserved — emitted TS keeps the full extends chain; OpenAPI uses allOf.
• [TsType<T>] / [TsType("expr", ImportFrom = "./…")] — override the TS type expression. Generic form auto-computes the relative import path.
• [JsonStringEnumConverter] aware — string-valued TS enums + Python (str, Enum) when the enum carries the converter attribute.
• [JsonExtensionData] → schema-level additionalProperties (OpenAPI) / index signature [key: string]: unknown (TypeScript).
• [CrudApi] integration with ZibStack.NET.Dto — emits OpenAPI paths (GET list, GET by id, POST, PATCH, DELETE) with the right request/response schema refs, pagination wrappers, and query-string bindings for ZibStack.NET.Query when referenced.
• Fluent project-wide config via ITypeGenConfigurator — global output dir, file layout (FilePerClass / SingleFile), naming styles, per-type overrides, property-level overrides.
• Live regen on save — generator writes .ts / .yaml files directly from the Roslyn pipeline, so your frontend dev server picks changes up without a full dotnet build. Falls back to an MSBuild post-compile target in sandboxed analyzer hosts.
• Stale file sweep — renames drop old files; the sweep is banner-gated so hand-written files in the same directory are safe.

Install

dotnet add package ZibStack.NET.TypeGen

That's it — ZibStack.NET.TypeGen.Abstractions (attributes + settings types) is pulled in transitively. The analyzer self-registers; everything else is in the attribute / configurator surface.

Docs

Full reference — type mapping, diagnostic list (TG0001-TG0021), fluent DSL, [CrudApi] integration, Python emitter, file layout options — lives at mistykuu.github.io/ZibStack.NET/packages/typegen.

License

MIT. See the repository root LICENSE file.