At a high level, a CodeSmith Generator Project file manages all of the template properties in a given CodeSmith Generator Project. These files use XML to declaratively manage all of the CodeSmith Generator template properties for each of your template Outputs using a .csp file extension.
Every CodeSmith Generator Template uses a Property Sheet that help drive template meta data in your generation process. When the property sheet is saved, it is saved as a Property Set, an XML serialized version of your properties and their values. Saving an XML version enables you easily recover all of the options you designated while configuring your Property Sheet when this file was created.
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