' This example declares two types, one of which inherits from another,
 ' and creates a set of different styles of constructors using CodeConstructor.

 ' Creates a new CodeCompileUnit to contain the program graph.
 Dim CompileUnit As New CodeCompileUnit()
 ' Declares a new namespace object and names it.
 Dim Samples As New CodeNamespace("Samples")
 ' Adds the namespace object to the compile unit.
 CompileUnit.Namespaces.Add(Samples)
 ' Adds a new namespace import for the System namespace.
 Samples.Imports.Add(New CodeNamespaceImport("System"))
 
 ' Declares a new type and names it.
 Dim BaseType As New CodeTypeDeclaration("BaseType")
 ' Adds the new type to the namespace object's type collection.
 Samples.Types.Add(BaseType)
 
 ' Declares a default constructor that takes no arguments.
 Dim defaultConstructor As New CodeConstructor()
 defaultConstructor.Attributes = MemberAttributes.Public
 ' Adds the constructor to the Members collection of the BaseType.
 BaseType.Members.Add(defaultConstructor)
 
 ' Declares a constructor that takes a string argument.
 Dim stringConstructor As New CodeConstructor()
 stringConstructor.Attributes = MemberAttributes.Public
 ' Declares a parameter of type string named "TestStringParameter".
 stringConstructor.Parameters.Add(New CodeParameterDeclarationExpression("System.String", "TestStringParameter"))
 ' Adds the constructor to the Members collection of the BaseType.
 BaseType.Members.Add(stringConstructor)
 
 ' Declares a type that derives from BaseType and names it.
 Dim DerivedType As New CodeTypeDeclaration("DerivedType")
 ' The DerivedType class inherits from the BaseType class.
 DerivedType.BaseTypes.Add(New CodeTypeReference("BaseType"))
 ' Adds the new type to the namespace object's type collection.
 Samples.Types.Add(DerivedType)
 
 ' Declare a constructor that takes a string argument and calls the base class constructor with it.
 Dim baseStringConstructor As New CodeConstructor()
 baseStringConstructor.Attributes = MemberAttributes.Public
 ' Declares a parameter of type string named "TestStringParameter".	
 baseStringConstructor.Parameters.Add(New CodeParameterDeclarationExpression("System.String", "TestStringParameter"))
 ' Calls a base class constructor with the TestStringParameter parameter.
 baseStringConstructor.BaseConstructorArgs.Add(New CodeVariableReferenceExpression("TestStringParameter"))
 ' Adds the constructor to the Members collection of the DerivedType.
 DerivedType.Members.Add(baseStringConstructor)
 
 ' Declares a constructor overload that calls another constructor for the type with a predefined argument.
 Dim overloadConstructor As New CodeConstructor()
 overloadConstructor.Attributes = MemberAttributes.Public
 ' Sets the argument to pass to a base constructor method.
 overloadConstructor.ChainedConstructorArgs.Add(New CodePrimitiveExpression("Test"))
 ' Adds the constructor to the Members collection of the DerivedType.
 DerivedType.Members.Add(overloadConstructor)

 ' Declares a constructor overload that calls another constructor for the type.
 Dim overloadConstructor2 As New CodeConstructor()
 overloadConstructor2.Attributes = MemberAttributes.Public
 overloadConstructor2.Parameters.Add( New CodeParameterDeclarationExpression("System.Int32", "TestIntParameter") )
 ' Sets the argument to pass to a base constructor method.
 overloadConstructor2.ChainedConstructorArgs.Add(New CodeSnippetExpression(""))
 ' Adds the constructor to the Members collection of the DerivedType.
 DerivedType.Members.Add(overloadConstructor2)

' A Visual Basic code generator produces the following source code for the preceeding example code:

' Public Class BaseType
'     
'     Public Sub New()
'         MyBase.New
'     End Sub
'        
'     Public Sub New(ByVal TestStringParameter As String)
'         MyBase.New
'     End Sub
' End Class
'    
' Public Class DerivedType
'     Inherits BaseType
'        
'     Public Sub New(ByVal TestStringParameter As String)
'         MyBase.New(TestStringParameter)
'     End Sub
'     
'     Public Sub New()
'         Me.New("Test")
'     End Sub
'
'     Public Sub New(ByVal TestIntParameter As Integer)
'         Me.New()
'     End Sub
' End Class