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In C#, partial class definitions look like this:

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partial class Class1
{

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    public void Method1

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    {
        // code to implement Method1

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    }
}
 

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partial class Class1
{

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    public void Method2

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     // code to implement Method2

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    }
}

In Visual Basic, the same example looks like this:

Partial Public Class

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 Class1
    Public Sub Method1
        ' Code to implement Method1
    End Sub
End Class
 
Partial Public Class Class1
    Public Sub Method2
        ' Code to implement Method2
    End Sub
End Class

In either case, you can enable active generation by generating the code for Method1, while keeping the handcrafted code for Method2 in a separate file, untouched by CodeSmith Generator. At compile time, the appropriate compiler will knit the two files together into a single unified class.