Generate .cpp source from a .h file

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The barebones version of a .cpp file is often not much more than a copy of the related header file with some braces instead of semicolons, ClassName:: inserted in a few places, and removing the virtual keyword. Much of it could be generated with a one-line sed command, but it wouldn't be very robust for all the language features (templates come to mind).

Before I go write my own, are there any simple command-line utilities that will take a header file I provide and give me a skeletal .cpp file where I can fill in the blanks?

This is the domain of IDE add-ons. Visual Assist for Visual Studio does this for example. Shop around to see what fits yours. — Hans Passant
– Hans Passant, Commented Oct 25, 2010 at 21:23
possible duplicate of Seeking code stub generator (from header files) — Fred Foo
– Fred Foo, Commented Oct 26, 2010 at 14:41
I am sure you could find vim scripts doing that. I use emacs and I added very usefull scripts for C++. — Julio Guerra
– Julio Guerra, Commented Oct 27, 2010 at 1:17
Are vim tools from duplicate candidate really command line tools? Not everyone use vi, emacs or even ctags. — Basilevs
– Basilevs, Commented Oct 27, 2010 at 12:24

Benoit Thiery · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-25 19:49:45Z

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Most graphical editors have some plugins available to do that like vim, gedit or Eclipse. But I am not aware of a shell or perl script to do that.

answered Oct 25, 2010 at 19:49

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Dave Ceddia Over a year ago

It doesn't necessarily need to be a shell script; a plugin would be fine. Something for vim or Xcode would be preferable.

Benoit Thiery Over a year ago

Have a look at: stackoverflow.com/questions/2020568/…

PF4Public · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-26 19:11:10Z

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Eclipse CDT has a feature of creating setters/getters provided you have defined variables in your .h. Also it provides "Implement method" - again it looks through your definitions in .h and implements methods giving them empty body. Maybe someone find this usefull.

And don't forget to read question, pointed by larsmans.

answered Oct 26, 2010 at 19:11

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