C#•2w ago

Linking incremental generator to the consumer project

I have a problem where content generated by an IncrementalGenerator isn't available in the consumer project, no matter what I'm trying to do in both projects' files. Generator project: netstandard2.0 class library. Consumer project: net9.0 console app. Both projects are in the same solution. Will be able to provide necessary code later.

6 Replies

SleepWellPupper•2w ago

Both project files and the build output of your test project would be useful.

Tvde1•2w ago

I think the fortune tellers are on holiday at the moment, so in order to help you we would like to see the projects and build output ☺️

SzylekOP•2w ago

Yeah, sorry, didn't have access to the project at the time. But already solved the problem by an accident lmao The consumer project was missing ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" in consumer .csproj And in the end files look like this: Generator:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
        <IncludeBuildOutput>false</IncludeBuildOutput>
        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
        <ImplicitUsings>true</ImplicitUsings>
        <LangVersion>Latest</LangVersion>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.3.2" PrivateAssets="all" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.0.1" PrivateAssets="all" />
    </ItemGroup>
</Project>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
        <IncludeBuildOutput>false</IncludeBuildOutput>
        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
        <ImplicitUsings>true</ImplicitUsings>
        <LangVersion>Latest</LangVersion>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.3.2" PrivateAssets="all" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.0.1" PrivateAssets="all" />
    </ItemGroup>
</Project>

Consumer:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\ToStringGenerator\ToStringGenerator.csproj"
                      OutputItemType="Analyzer" 
                      ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\ToStringGenerator\ToStringGenerator.csproj"
                      OutputItemType="Analyzer" 
                      ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

And thanks for quick response

SleepWellPupper•2w ago

If you want to improve your debugging experience, add the 'IsRoslynComponent' property to your generator and set it to true.

SzylekOP•2w ago

ok, thx actually, is there a list of Roslyn-related project properties?

SleepWellPupper•2w ago

I'm not sure there is.

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