wcg

SOAP Webservice Code Generator

Like wsdl.exe and xsd.exe merged together but better.

Usage

wcg.exe -xsd="C:\your_path\directory_containing_wsdls_and_xsds" -out="C:\other_path\output_directory" -i -v -debug

Command Line Args

All args can be prefixed with "-", "--", or "/" and may be followed by a space " ", colon ":", or equals "=" before the value. Boolean arguments do not require a value. String arguments require quotes only if they contain spaces.

• /wsdl:"dir" - The directory containing .wsdl files (default: xsd dir or the cwd if neither present)
• /xsd:"dir" - The directory containing .xsd files (default: wsdl dir or the cwd if neither present)
• /out:"dir" | /o:"dir" - The directory where generated code files will be placed. If not empty, the operation will be cancelled unless interactive is enabled then it will prompt.
• /namespace | /ns - The namespace to use for all generated code files. (default: 'Wcg.Generated')
• /interactive | /i - Interactive prompts regarding file overwriting and program dismissal. (default: false)
• /recursive | /r - Search subdirectories of the 'wsdl' and 'xsd' paths for files. (default: false)
• /verbose | /v - Increased verbosity of console output. (default: false)
• /debug | /dbg - Display program stack trace information for bug reporting. (default: false)
• /help | /? - Display a help page.

Features

• Task API async methods - also exposes synchronous calls. Removes/hides the callback and event -based Async methods.
• Multiple namespaces - a base namespace is created and a child namespace for each XSD and WSDL are used. Types are located with usings when they reside outside the current file.
• Creates multiple files - currently one file per WSDL and XSD.
• Fast - as in Console output is the primary bottleneck.
• Color output - not even optional! Uses Console.ForegroundColor and Console.BackgroundColor API so redirection to files isn't cluttered with ANSI escape sequences.

Wish List

• Fetch files from URLs if not present on disk
• Expose the ability to provide a custom attribute (for those wishing to add logging, etc.)
• Generate a project and solution
• Generate new { get; set; } style properties
• Reduce namespace usings to only the portion that is required
• Reduce Task API and Serialization attribute verbosity via a using statement
• C# style naming of properties with serialization overrides to convert back to the defined casing
• Folder per WSDL and XSD with file per class/enum output
• Drop "specified" fields by using nullable types
• Support for List<T> instead of T[] types
• Better handling of descriminators (instead of object with several XmlElementAttributes, perhaps have ignored properties of the correct type that modify the underlying field.
• Kill all the <remarks/>