Is there a way I can have a generated code file like so:
public partial class A
{
public string a { get; set; }
}
and then in another file:
public partial class A
{
[Attribute("etc")]
public string a { get; set; }
}
So that I can have a class generated from the database and then use a non-generated file to mark it up?
You need to define a partial class for your A class just like below example
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
// your auto-generated partial class
public partial class A
{
public string MyProp { get; set; }
}
[MetadataType(typeof(AMetaData))]
public partial class A
{
}
public class AMetaData
{
[System.ComponentModel.DefaultValue(0)]
public string MyProp { get; set; }
}