Is it possible to define a new class within a t4 template?

Question

Is it possible to define a new class within a t4 template?

I tried this but it gave me an error:

'A template containing a class feature must end with a class feature'

<#+
    public class AppSettingDefinition
    {
        private string _dataType;
        public string DataType
        {
            get { return _dataType; }
            set { _dataType = value; }
        }
    }
#>

Biltong

Answer 1

Yes this is possible, the error I received was because I had text after class feature closing tag #>.

Biltong

Answer 2

I will add an answer because the selected one wasn't enough for me. I had to move the class to a separate file named: SomeClass.ttinclude with the content like for example:

<#+
public class SomeClass
{
    ...
}
#>

And then include it in the .tt file:

<#@ include file="SomeClass.ttinclude" #>

Nakamura