Features

Object-Relational Continuity

• Support for standard relational patterns: 1:M, M:1, M:M relations, inheritance, associations

• Extensive keying support: Guid, integer, strings, entities, composite keys

• Fully hierarchical model, including relationships generation

• Full support for enumerations values on all layers

• Integrated query language ("CMQL") for easy custom stored procedure generation, independent from the target relational database system

• Automatic Binary Large Object (file, document, images, videos...) easy handling, with streaming

• Automatic paging support

• Automatic sorting support

• Persistence code is not generated dynamically, to ease debugging and favor testability of the solution

Business Object Model Layer

• Support for standard OOP patterns: collections, generics, inheritance

• Fully hierarchical model, including relationships generation

• C# code generation

• Lightweight entities (struct and views) support

• Automatic caching support

• Support for Winforms automatic binding (INotifyPropertyChanged, IBindingList, IList<T>, IList)

• Support for WPF MVVM automatic binding (INotifyPropertyChanged, INotifyCollectionChanged, IBindingList)

• Support for Winforms and WPF automatic validation (IDataErrorInfo)

• Support for ICloneable, IComparable, IList, ICollection, IDictionary and their generic equivalent interfaces

• XML serialization (XmlSerializer) support

• Property validation support (StringValidate, RegularExpressionValidate, CompareValidate, ObjectValidate, CustomValidate, ...), with error collections, and specific end-user oriented and localizable messages

• Generated model extensible with partial classes or snippet code integrated in the model

• Custom external business rule integration

• Not based on .NET Framework Reflection mechanisms

• POCO support, no base class needed

Persistence Layer

• Microsoft SQL Server © 2008+ support

• PostgreSQL 8.3+ support

• MySQL 5.1+ support

• Customizable naming convention for tables and stored procedure generation

• Automatic generation of tables

• Automatic generation of stored procedures, including custom ones

• Automatic generation of keys: primary, secondary, foreign

• Automatic generation of indexes

• Automatic generation of views

• Automatic generation of schemas, from .NET namespaces

• Automatic generation of dynamic server-side SQL for multi criteria search procedures

• Manual (ADO.Net) or implicit (TransactionScope) transaction support

• Integrated concurrency management (RowVersion) for easier disconnected mode or SOA/MicroServices support

• RowGuidCol support in SQL Server for replication scenarios

• Automatic stored procedure generation using integrated CMQL query language

• Database differential engine for continuous generation and build support

Modular Target Architectures Support

• Allows multi .NET target: .NET Framework, .NET Standard, .NET Core

• Allows multi architecture

Integrated template engine

• Code generation for text-based languages

• Template caching for an increased generation performance

• 100% reusable template engine

• Exclusive Microsoft's RTF support. Allows direct Microsoft Word© (all versions) editing for creating reports templates

Internationalization

• Dynamic localization of properties in the persistence layer

• Multilingual ready for all parts of the application

• .NET standard resource model support

Tooling

• Client Console

• Fully integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio © 2017, 2019 integrable as a standard VSIX extension, including source control support

• Generated files are easily debuggable for an increased productivity. No reflection or “meta” mechanism is used.

• CodeModeler is itself a fully reusable .NET API