Interface Stub Order

Question

I am wondering if there is a way to set the order in which Visual Studios generates the interface stubs when you implement that interface on a class. In my situation, I have an interface with dozens of method declarations, and when I implement the interface and get the prompt... "Press TAB to implement stubs for interface 'IMyInterface'" ...My methods are all out of order and jumbled up good 'n proper. Is there some kind of Design Preprocessor Directive or something that will allow me to set the order in which the methods/accessors are generated in Visual Studios?

mibuyt · Answer

Hi, I had checked with my friends. 1. There is no way you can set the order to be displayed. 2. Since you implement an interface, it is like a contract.. so you will expect all the methods/properties to be displayed when you try to implement it... 3. If you want to group methods in 1 interface, why not just break them into multiple interfaces, each has its own purpose... Hope you get what i mean :) Cheers.

mibuyt · Answer

Yeah, I tested it just now. Can't get it work. I am not sure about this, but i am going to Microsoft later. Maybe i can ask my Microsoft friends and MVPs, maybe they do have a solution :) Cheers.

adam_gartee · Answer

Nope, I've already tried that. My interface has regions already set up, and the regions are not copied over. I was actually hoping to set the order, #region-ize, and add auto-comments to the implementing class eventually. That would be heaven indeed! -agartee

mibuyt · Answer

Hi, How about grouping your methods with #region? It means within your interface, you group as below: public interface ITest { #region TestA .... #endregion #region TestB ... #endregion } When you try to implement that interface, i think it is properly group together. I might be wrong! I can't remember what i did, but it works before. Give it a try and let me know :) Hope it helps.