PocoMetadata is a tool that generates Breeze Metadata from a C# domain model, optionally containing Data Annotations. No ORM is assumed.
It works by inspecting the C# classes in an assembly, and using an EntityDescriptor to establish rules for foreign keys, complex types, etc.
The command-line tool, PocoMetadataCLI.exe, uses the default implementation of EntityDescriptor, which is not useful for most models. You should subclass EntityDescriptor to provide the rules for your model, and create a version of PocoMetadataCLI that uses your subclass.
Alternatively, you can reference the PocoMetadata.dll from your project to generate the metadata for your application.
Usage: PocoMetadataCLI[.exe] -i <file> [-n] [-o <output file>] [-d <directory>]
Parameters:
-input-file <file>: Specifies the assembly containing the class definitions
-output-file <file>: The name of the output file. If omitted, output is written to stdout.
-output-directory <directory>: The name of the directory in which to save the output file(s). If not specified, the current directory is used as the location.