Inspecting the generated solution

By default, the QuickStart opens the generated solution in Visual Studio. If it doesn't, open the solution yourself: it's in the folder you set in the QuickStart's Location property.

Build the solution to generate the code.

CodeSmith Generator generates the code with the Entities.csp Generator project file. The QuickStart created this file with your settings from the previous step. If you haven't configured the file yet, Generator works out which business object types (such as Criteria, EditableRoot and EditableRootList) to generate from your database relationships.

The generated code is organized in these folders:

Folder	Contains
Collections	The collection (list) business objects.
Commands	The command objects.
Criteria	The criteria classes.
Entities	The business objects that aren't collections.
Utility	Utility classes the generated code uses.

Solution Explorer with the PetShop.Business project, showing the Collections, Commands, Criteria, Entities and Utility folders and the Category.cs, Category.DataAccess.cs and Category.Generated.cs files

Note

In Visual Basic, click Show All Files in Solution Explorer to see the partial class files.

Partial classes

Take the Category business object, shown above. It's made up of several files. They're partial classes, which let each file handle a different responsibility of the business object:

File	Editable	Contains
`Category.cs`	Yes	Your custom code.
`Category.DataAccess.cs`	No	The data access implementation.
`Category.Generated.cs`	No	Properties, factory methods and required rules.

Note

If you generate with an Object Factory data access implementation, the DataAccess partial class isn't generated.

Next, change the type of business object Category is generated as: Configuring business object types.