XCode Template for New C++ File Class

Posted by jalone on 26-07-2011 in Thoughts | 0 comments

One of the missing default features i noticed in Xcode 3, coming from Eclipse ( classic or CDT ), is the automatic class template filling when using function “add C++ file”.
Programming in Object Oriented this save you lot a time and even silly errors.
What we want is to fill the files created when adding  new C++ File with Header like this:
Let’s say we want to create a new Neuron class:

Neuron.cpp

/*
*  Neuron.cpp
*  NeuralNetTest
*
*  Created by Lorenzo Tognalini on 26/07/11.
*  Copyright 2011 jalone.net. All rights reserved.
*
*/

#include "Neuron.h"

Neuron::Neuron(){

}

Neuron::~Neuron(){

}

Neuron.h

/*
*  Neuron.h
*  NeuralNetTest
*
*  Created by Lorenzo Tognalini on 26/07/11.
*  Copyright 2011 jalone.net. All rights reserved.
*
*/

#ifndef Neuron_H
#define Neuron_H

class Neuron{

public:
Neuron();
virtual    ~Neuron();
};

#endif //Neuron_H

To achieve this just follow this path

/Developer/Library/Xcode/File Templates/C and C++

and you’ll find two fails file.h and file.cpp
open them with any texteditor and edit their content using some provided tags ( pay attention to tag character ).
This is the way i edited them:

file.h

/*
*  «FILENAME»
*  «PROJECTNAME»
*
*  Created by «FULLUSERNAME» on «DATE».
*  Copyright «YEAR» «ORGANIZATIONNAME». All rights reserved.
*
*/

#ifndef «FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»_H
#define «FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»_H

class «FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»{

public:
«FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»();
virtual    ~«FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»();

};

#endif //«FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»_H

file.cpp

/*
*  «FILENAME»
*  «PROJECTNAME»
*
*  Created by «FULLUSERNAME» on «DATE».
*  Copyright «YEAR» «ORGANIZATIONNAME». All rights reserved.
*
*/

«OPTIONALHEADERINCLUDELINE»

«FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»::«FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»(){

}

«FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»::~«FILEBASENAMEASIDENTIFIER»(){

}

I’d like to make the include guard symbol uppercase and word underscore-separated, but i couldn’t find a way. So please let me know if you find more tags.

EDIT: files in previous path could not survive a developer tools change to solve this edit file following this link