Possible to generate hpp or h file automatically?

Question

Sorry for the noop question, but is it possible (In Visual C++ 2010 or some other IDE) to generate the header file automatically based on the variables and code in the actual source code (.cpp) files?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Most IDE's support some command like 'Create class' which creates a skeleton .h/.cpp file pair for you.
Additionally the Eclipse CDT IDE supports a command 'Implement methods' that will create member function bodies from the declarations in the header file.

Another option is to use a separate or builtin CASE or UML tool that is able to generate code from your model (I think there's a free UML modelling plugin available for Eclipse, never used this myself though).

Answer 2

*.h or *.hpp files are a part of the actual source code. So, in common case it is impossible.