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C# Conventions

Enterprise Architect supports the round trip engineering of C#, where the following conventions are used.

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Stereotypes

Stereotype	Applies To	Corresponds To
enumeration	Class	An enum type.
event	Operation	An event.
extension	Operation	A Class extension method, represented in code by a this parameter in the signature.
indexer	Operation	A property acting as an index for this Class.
partial	Operation	The partial keyword on an operation.
property	Operation	A property possibly containing both read and write code.
struct	Class	A struct type.

Tagged Values

Tag	Applies To	Corresponds To
argumentName	Operation with stereotype extension	The name given to this parameter.
attribute_name	Operation with stereotype property or event	The name of the variable behind this property or event.
className	Operation with stereotype extension	The Class that this method is being added to.
const	Attribute	The const keyword.
definition	Operation with stereotype partial	Whether this is the declaration of the method, or the definition.
delegate	Operation	The delegate keyword.
enumType	Operation with stereotype property	The datatype that the property is represented as.
extern	Operation	The extern keyword.
fixed	Attribute	The fixed keyword.
generic	Operation	The generic parameters for this Operation.
genericConstraints	Templated Class or Interface, Operation with tag generic	The constraints on the generic parameters of this type or operation.
Implements	Operation	The name of the method this implements, including the interface name.
ImplementsExplicit	Operation	The presence of the source interface name in this method declaration.
initializer	Operation	A constructor initialization list.
new	Class, Interface, Operation	The new keyword.
override	Operation	The override keyword.
params	Parameter	A parameter list using the params keyword.
partial	Class, Interface	The partial keyword.
readonly	Operation with stereotype property	This property only defining read code.
sealed	Operation	The sealed keyword.
static	Class	The static keyword.
unsafe	Class, Interface, Operation	The unsafe keyword.
virtual	Operation	The virtual keyword.
writeonly	Operation with stereotype property	This property only defining write code.

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Other Conventions

•	Namespaces are generated for each package below a namespace root

•	The Const property of an attribute corresponds to the readonly keyword, while the tag const corresponds to the const keyword

•	The value of inout for the Kind property of a parameter corresponds to the ref keyword

•	The value of out for the Kind property of a parameter corresponds to the out keyword

•	Partial Classes can be modeled as two separate Classes with the partial tag

•	The Is Leaf property of a Class corresponds to the sealed keyword

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C# Conventions

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