Add a initialization command to prebuild

source/Prebuild/Core/Kernel.cs

@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Schema;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
 using Prebuild.Core.Attributes;
 using Prebuild.Core.Interfaces;
 using Prebuild.Core.Nodes;
@@ -94,10 +96,10 @@ public class Kernel : IDisposable
 
     private readonly Dictionary<string, NodeEntry> m_Nodes = new();
 
-    private string m_Target;
+    private string m_Target = "vs2022";
     private bool cmdlineTargetFramework;
     private FrameworkVersion m_TargetFramework; //Overrides all project settings
-    public string ForcedConditionals { get; private set; }
+    public string ForcedConditionals { get; internal set; }
 
     private string m_Clean;
     private string[] m_RemoveDirectories;
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ public class Kernel : IDisposable
     ///     Gets a value indicating whether [pause after finish].
     /// </summary>
     /// <value><c>true</c> if [pause after finish]; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
-    public bool PauseAfterFinish { get; private set; }
+    public bool PauseAfterFinish { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the instance.
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ public class Kernel : IDisposable
     ///     Gets the command line.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The command line.</value>
-    public CommandLineCollection CommandLine { get; private set; }
+    public CommandLineCollection CommandLine { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the targets.
@@ -144,13 +146,13 @@ public class Kernel : IDisposable
     ///     Gets the log.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The log.</value>
-    public Log Log { get; private set; }
+    public Log Log { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the current working directory.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The current working directory.</value>
-    public CurrentDirectory CurrentWorkingDirectory { get; private set; }
+    public CurrentDirectory CurrentWorkingDirectory { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the solutions.
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ public class Kernel : IDisposable
     ///     being processed
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The XmlDocument object</value>
-    public XmlDocument CurrentDoc { get; private set; }
+    public XmlDocument CurrentDoc { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 
@@ -270,7 +272,8 @@ public class Kernel : IDisposable
         Log.Write("John Hurliman (john.hurliman@intel.com),");
         Log.Write("WhiteCore build 2015 (greythane@gmail.com),");
         Log.Write("OpenSimulator build 2017 Ubit Umarov,");
-        Log.Write("");
+        Log.Write("Aria's Creations 2023 - Tara Piccari");
+        Log.Write();
         Log.Write("See 'prebuild /usage' for help");
         Log.Write();
     }
@@ -646,6 +649,63 @@ public class Kernel : IDisposable
         var file = "./prebuild.xml";
         if (CommandLine.WasPassed("file")) file = CommandLine["file"];
 
+        if(CommandLine.WasPassed("init"))
+        {
+            Log.Write("Initializing a skeleton Prebuild.xml file");
+            // Initialize a new Prebuild file
+            // Write out a dummy file with a Solution that consists of a dummy project.
+
+            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
+            XmlElement elem = doc.CreateElement("Prebuild");
+
+            var ver = doc.CreateAttribute("version");
+            ver.InnerText = "1.10";
+            elem.Attributes.Append(ver);
+
+            var ns = doc.CreateAttribute("xmlns");
+            ns.InnerText = "http://dnpb.sourceforge.net/schemas/prebuild-1.10.xsd";
+            elem.Attributes.Append(ns);
+
+            doc.AppendChild(elem);
+
+            SolutionNode sol = new SolutionNode();
+            sol.Name = "Example";
+            sol.Version = "1.0";
+            sol.DefaultFramework = FrameworkVersion.net7_0;
+
+            ProjectNode proj = new ProjectNode();
+            proj.Name = "Hello World";
+            proj.Path = "source/example";
+            var Opts = new OptionsNode();
+            Opts.OutputPath = "../../bin/";
+
+            ConfigurationNode debug = new ConfigurationNode();
+            debug.Name = "Debug";
+            debug.Options = Opts;
+
+            ConfigurationNode release = new ConfigurationNode();
+            release.Name = "Release";
+            release.Options = Opts;
+
+            proj.ConfigurationsTable.Add("Debug", debug);
+            proj.ConfigurationsTable.Add("Release", release);
+
+
+
+            sol.ProjectsTable.Add(proj.Name, proj);
+
+            sol.Write(doc, elem);
+
+
+            using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(file, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.ReadWrite))
+            {
+                doc.Save(fs);
+            }
+
+            Log.Write("Initialization completed");
+            return;
+        }
+
         ProcessFile(file);
 
         var target = m_Target != null ? m_Target.ToLower() : m_Clean.ToLower();

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/AuthorNode.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY O
 
 using System;
 using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Prebuild.Core.Attributes;
 using Prebuild.Core.Utilities;
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public class AuthorNode : DataNode
     ///     Gets the signature.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The signature.</value>
-    public string Signature { get; private set; }
+    public string Signature { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 
@@ -67,5 +68,13 @@ public class AuthorNode : DataNode
         Signature = Signature.Trim();
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+
+        XmlElement elem = doc.CreateElement("Author");
+        elem.InnerText = Signature;
+        current.AppendChild(elem);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/CleanFilesNode.cs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class CleanFilesNode : DataNode
     ///     Gets the signature.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The signature.</value>
-    public string Pattern { get; private set; }
+    public string Pattern { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 
@@ -60,9 +60,18 @@ public class CleanFilesNode : DataNode
         if (node == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("node");
 
         Pattern = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "pattern", string.Empty);
-        ;
+        
         Pattern = Pattern.Trim();
     }
 
+
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement Clean = doc.CreateElement("CleanFiles");
+        Clean.InnerText = Pattern;
+
+        current.AppendChild (Clean);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/CleanupNode.cs

@@ -66,5 +66,15 @@ public class CleanupNode : DataNode
         }
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("Cleanup");
+        foreach(CleanFilesNode n in CleanFiles)
+        {
+            n.Write(doc, main);
+        }
+        current.AppendChild(main);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/ConfigurationNode.cs

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class ConfigurationNode : DataNode, ICloneable, IComparable
     ///     Gets the name.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The name.</value>
-    public string Name { get; private set; } = "unknown";
+    public string Name { get; internal set; } = "unknown";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the name and platform for the configuration.
@@ -187,5 +187,17 @@ public class ConfigurationNode : DataNode, ICloneable, IComparable
         Options.CopyTo(conf.Options);
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("Configuration");
+        main.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+        main.SetAttribute("platform", Platform);
+
+
+        Options.Write(doc, main);
+
+        current.AppendChild(main);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/DataNode.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY O
 
 using System.IO;
 using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
 using Prebuild.Core.Interfaces;
 
 namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes;
@@ -57,6 +58,16 @@ public abstract class DataNode : IDataNode
     {
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Serializes to the specified node
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="doc">The document</param>
+    /// <param name="current">The current node</param>
+    public virtual void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current) {
+        
+    }
+
+
     public BuildAction GetBuildActionByFileName(string fileName)
     {
         var extension = Path.GetExtension(fileName).ToLower();

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/DatabaseProjectNode.cs

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ public class DatabaseProjectNode : DataNode
 
     public Guid Guid { get; } = Guid.NewGuid();
 
-    public string Name { get; private set; }
+    public string Name { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string Path { get; private set; }
+    public string Path { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string FullPath { get; private set; }
+    public string FullPath { get; internal set; }
 
     public IEnumerable<DatabaseReferenceNode> References => references;
 
@@ -64,4 +64,24 @@ public class DatabaseProjectNode : DataNode
 
         base.Parse(node);
     }
+
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+
+        XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("DatabaseProject");
+        main.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+        main.SetAttribute("path", Path);
+
+
+        foreach(AuthorNode author in authors)
+        {
+            author.Write(doc, main);
+        }
+        foreach(DatabaseReferenceNode databaseReference in references)
+        {
+            databaseReference.Write(doc, main);
+        }
+
+        current.AppendChild(main);
+    }
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/DatabaseReferenceNode.cs

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes;
 [DataNode("DatabaseReference")]
 public class DatabaseReferenceNode : DataNode
 {
-    public string Name { get; private set; }
+    public string Name { get; internal set; }
 
-    public Guid ProviderId { get; private set; }
+    public Guid ProviderId { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string ConnectionString { get; private set; }
+    public string ConnectionString { get; internal set; }
 
     public override void Parse(XmlNode node)
     {
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ public class DatabaseReferenceNode : DataNode
                 // digitaljeebus: pulled from HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\DataProviders\*
                 // Not sure if these will help other operating systems, or if there's a better way.
                 case "Microsoft.SqlServerCe.Client.3.5":
-                    ProviderId = new Guid("7C602B5B-ACCB-4acd-9DC0-CA66388C1533");
+                    ProviderId = new Guid(DatabaseProviders.SqlServerCe35);
                     break;
                 case "System.Data.OleDb":
-                    ProviderId = new Guid("7F041D59-D76A-44ed-9AA2-FBF6B0548B80");
+                    ProviderId = new Guid(DatabaseProviders.OleDb);
                     break;
                 case "System.Data.OracleClient":
-                    ProviderId = new Guid("8F5C5018-AE09-42cf-B2CC-2CCCC7CFC2BB");
+                    ProviderId = new Guid(DatabaseProviders.OracleClient);
                     break;
                 case "System.Data.SqlClient":
-                    ProviderId = new Guid("91510608-8809-4020-8897-FBA057E22D54");
+                    ProviderId = new Guid(DatabaseProviders.SqlClient);
                     break;
                 case "System.Data.Odbc":
-                    ProviderId = new Guid("C3D4F4CE-2C48-4381-B4D6-34FA50C51C86");
+                    ProviderId = new Guid(DatabaseProviders.Odbc);
                     break;
 
                 default:
@@ -51,4 +51,70 @@ public class DatabaseReferenceNode : DataNode
 
         base.Parse(node);
     }
+
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("DatabaseReference");
+        main.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+
+        string provider = "";
+        string providerId = "";
+
+
+        switch (ProviderId.ToString())
+        {
+            case DatabaseProviders.Odbc:
+                {
+                    provider = "System.Data.Odbc";
+                    break;
+                }
+            case DatabaseProviders.OracleClient:
+            {
+                provider = "System.Data.OracleClient";
+                break;
+            }
+            case DatabaseProviders.SqlClient:
+                {
+                    provider = "System.Data.SqlClient";
+                    break;
+                }
+            case DatabaseProviders.OleDb:
+                {
+                    provider = "System.Data.OleDb";
+                    break;
+                }
+            case DatabaseProviders.SqlServerCe35:
+                {
+                    provider = "Microsoft.SqlServerCe.Client.3.5";
+                    break;
+                }
+            default:
+                {
+                    providerId = ProviderId.ToString();
+                    provider = null;
+                    break;
+                }
+        }
+        if(provider!= null)
+            main.SetAttribute("providerName", provider);
+        else
+        {
+            main.SetAttribute("providerId", providerId);
+        }
+
+        var conn = doc.CreateAttribute("connectionString");
+        conn.InnerText = ConnectionString;
+        main.Attributes.Append(conn);
+
+        current.AppendChild(main);
+    }
+}
+
+public class DatabaseProviders
+{
+    public const string SqlServerCe35 = ("7C602B5B-ACCB-4acd-9DC0-CA66388C1533");
+    public const string OleDb = ("7F041D59-D76A-44ed-9AA2-FBF6B0548B80");
+    public const string OracleClient = ("8F5C5018-AE09-42cf-B2CC-2CCCC7CFC2BB");
+    public const string SqlClient = ("91510608-8809-4020-8897-FBA057E22D54");
+    public const string Odbc = ("C3D4F4CE-2C48-4381-B4D6-34FA50C51C86");
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/DescriptionNode.cs

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class DescriptionNode : DataNode
     ///     Gets the description Value.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The description Value.</value>
-    public string Value { get; private set; }
+    public string Value { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 
@@ -68,5 +68,13 @@ public class DescriptionNode : DataNode
         Value = Value.Trim();
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("Description");
+        main.InnerText = Value;
+
+        current.AppendChild(main);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/ExcludeNode.cs

@@ -49,7 +49,18 @@ public class ExcludeNode : DataNode
     public override void Parse(XmlNode node)
     {
         Name = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "name", Name);
-        Name = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "pattern", Name);
+        Pattern = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "pattern", Pattern);
+    }
+
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("Exclude");
+        if(Name != null && Name!= "")
+            main.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+        else
+            main.SetAttribute("pattern", Pattern);
+
+        current.AppendChild(main);
     }
 
     #endregion
@@ -60,13 +71,14 @@ public class ExcludeNode : DataNode
     ///     Gets the name.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The name.</value>
-    public string Name { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string Name { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the pattern.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The pattern.</value>
-    public string Pattern => Name;
+    public string Pattern { get; internal set; } = "";
+
 
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/FileNode.cs

@@ -155,6 +155,21 @@ public class FileNode : DataNode
         }
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("File");
+        main.SetAttribute("buildAction", BuildAction.ToString());
+        main.SetAttribute("subType", SubType.ToString());
+        main.SetAttribute("resourceName", ResourceName);
+        main.SetAttribute("link", IsLink ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+        main.SetAttribute("linkPath", LinkPath);
+        main.SetAttribute("copyToOutput", CopyToOutput.ToString());
+        main.SetAttribute("preservePath", PreservePath ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+        main.InnerText = Path;
+
+        current.AppendChild(main);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Fields
@@ -168,11 +183,11 @@ public class FileNode : DataNode
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
-    public string Path { get; private set; }
+    public string Path { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
-    public string ResourceName { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string ResourceName { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
@@ -186,11 +201,11 @@ public class FileNode : DataNode
         }
     }
 
-    public CopyToOutput CopyToOutput { get; private set; } = CopyToOutput.Never;
+    public CopyToOutput CopyToOutput { get; internal set; } = CopyToOutput.Never;
 
-    public bool IsLink { get; private set; }
+    public bool IsLink { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string LinkPath { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string LinkPath { get; internal set; } = string.Empty;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
@@ -206,13 +221,13 @@ public class FileNode : DataNode
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
-    public bool IsValid { get; private set; }
+    public bool IsValid { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="file"></param>
     /// <returns></returns>
-    public bool PreservePath { get; private set; }
+    public bool PreservePath { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/FilesNode.cs

@@ -40,16 +40,9 @@ public class FilesNode : DataNode
 {
     #region Fields
 
-    private readonly List<string> m_Files = new();
+
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, BuildAction> m_BuildActions = new();
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, FileNode> m_Files = new();
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, SubType> m_SubTypes = new();
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, MatchNode> m_Matches = new();
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, string> m_ResourceNames = new();
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, CopyToOutput> m_CopyToOutputs = new();
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, bool> m_Links = new();
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, string> m_LinkPaths = new();
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, bool> m_PreservePaths = new();
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, string> m_DestinationPath = new();
-    private readonly NameValueCollection m_CopyFiles = new();
 
     #endregion
 
@@ -57,9 +50,37 @@ public class FilesNode : DataNode
 
     public int Count => m_Files.Count;
 
-    public string[] Destinations => m_CopyFiles.AllKeys;
+    public int CopyFiles
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            int cur = 0;
+            foreach (var item in m_Files)
+            {
+                if(item.Value.BuildAction == BuildAction.Copy) cur++;
+            }
+            foreach(var item in m_Matches)
+            {
+                if(item.Value.BuildAction == BuildAction.Copy) cur++;
+            }
 
-    public int CopyFiles => m_CopyFiles.Count;
+            return cur;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public string[] Destinations
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            List<string> dests = new();
+            foreach(var item in m_Matches)
+            {
+                dests.Add(item.Value.DestinationPath);
+            }
+
+            return dests.ToArray();
+        }
+    }
 
     #endregion
 
@@ -67,64 +88,84 @@ public class FilesNode : DataNode
 
     public BuildAction GetBuildAction(string file)
     {
-        if (!m_BuildActions.ContainsKey(file)) return BuildAction.Compile;
+        if(m_Files.ContainsKey(file))
-
+        {
-        return m_BuildActions[file];
+            return m_Files[file].BuildAction;
+        }
+        if(m_Matches.ContainsKey(file))
+        {
+            return (BuildAction)m_Matches[file].BuildAction;
+        }
+        return BuildAction.Compile;
     }
 
     public string GetDestinationPath(string file)
     {
-        if (!m_DestinationPath.ContainsKey(file)) return null;
+        if (!m_Matches.ContainsKey(file)) return null;
-        return m_DestinationPath[file];
+        return m_Matches[file].DestinationPath;
     }
 
     public string[] SourceFiles(string dest)
     {
-        return m_CopyFiles.GetValues(dest);
+        List<string> files = new();
+        foreach(MatchNode node in m_Matches.Values)
+        {
+            if (node.DestinationPath.Equals(dest))
+            {
+                files.AddRange(node.Files);
+            }
+        }
+        return files.ToArray();
     }
 
     public CopyToOutput GetCopyToOutput(string file)
     {
-        if (!m_CopyToOutputs.ContainsKey(file)) return CopyToOutput.Never;
+        if (m_Files.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Files[file].CopyToOutput;
-        return m_CopyToOutputs[file];
+        if(m_Matches.ContainsKey(file))return m_Matches[file].CopyToOutput;
+        return CopyToOutput.Never;
     }
 
     public bool GetIsLink(string file)
     {
-        if (!m_Links.ContainsKey(file)) return false;
+        if (m_Files.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Files[file].IsLink;
-        return m_Links[file];
+        if (m_Matches.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Matches[file].IsLink;
+        return false;
     }
 
     public bool Contains(string file)
     {
-        return m_Files.Contains(file);
+        return m_Files.ContainsKey(file) || m_Matches.ContainsKey(file);
     }
 
     public string GetLinkPath(string file)
     {
-        if (!m_LinkPaths.ContainsKey(file)) return string.Empty;
+        if (m_Files.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Files[file].LinkPath;
-        return m_LinkPaths[file];
+        if (m_Matches.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Matches[file].LinkPath;
+        return string.Empty;
     }
 
     public SubType GetSubType(string file)
     {
-        if (!m_SubTypes.ContainsKey(file)) return SubType.Code;
+        if (m_Files.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Files[file].SubType;
+        if (m_Matches.ContainsKey(file)) return (SubType)m_Matches[file].SubType;
 
-        return m_SubTypes[file];
+        return SubType.Code;
     }
 
     public string GetResourceName(string file)
     {
-        if (!m_ResourceNames.ContainsKey(file)) return string.Empty;
+        if (m_Files.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Files[file].ResourceName;
+        if (m_Matches.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Matches[file].ResourceName;
 
-        return m_ResourceNames[file];
+        return string.Empty;
     }
 
     public bool GetPreservePath(string file)
     {
-        if (!m_PreservePaths.ContainsKey(file)) return false;
+        if (m_Files.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Files[file].PreservePath;
+        if (m_Matches.ContainsKey(file)) return m_Matches[file].PreservePath;
 
-        return m_PreservePaths[file];
+        return false;
     }
 
     public override void Parse(XmlNode node)
@@ -133,60 +174,51 @@ public class FilesNode : DataNode
         foreach (XmlNode child in node.ChildNodes)
         {
             var dataNode = Kernel.Instance.ParseNode(child, this);
-            if (dataNode is FileNode)
+            if (dataNode is FileNode fn)
             {
-                var fileNode = (FileNode)dataNode;
+                if (fn.IsValid)
-                if (fileNode.IsValid)
+                    if (!m_Files.ContainsKey(fn.Path))
-                    if (!m_Files.Contains(fileNode.Path))
                     {
-                        m_Files.Add(fileNode.Path);
+                        m_Files.Add(fn.Path, fn);
-                        m_BuildActions[fileNode.Path] = fileNode.BuildAction;
-                        m_SubTypes[fileNode.Path] = fileNode.SubType;
-                        m_ResourceNames[fileNode.Path] = fileNode.ResourceName;
-                        m_PreservePaths[fileNode.Path] = fileNode.PreservePath;
-                        m_Links[fileNode.Path] = fileNode.IsLink;
-                        m_LinkPaths[fileNode.Path] = fileNode.LinkPath;
-                        m_CopyToOutputs[fileNode.Path] = fileNode.CopyToOutput;
                     }
             }
-            else if (dataNode is MatchNode)
+            else if (dataNode is MatchNode mn)
             {
-                foreach (var file in ((MatchNode)dataNode).Files)
+                foreach (var file in mn.Files)
                 {
-                    var matchNode = (MatchNode)dataNode;
+                    m_Matches.Add(file, mn);
-                    if (!m_Files.Contains(file))
-                    {
-                        m_Files.Add(file);
-                        if (matchNode.BuildAction == null)
-                            m_BuildActions[file] = GetBuildActionByFileName(file);
-                        else
-                            m_BuildActions[file] = matchNode.BuildAction.Value;
                     
-                        if (matchNode.BuildAction == BuildAction.Copy)
-                        {
-                            m_CopyFiles.Add(matchNode.DestinationPath, file);
-                            m_DestinationPath[file] = matchNode.DestinationPath;
-                        }
-
-                        m_SubTypes[file] = matchNode.SubType == null
-                            ? GetSubTypeByFileName(file)
-                            : matchNode.SubType.Value;
-                        m_ResourceNames[file] = matchNode.ResourceName;
-                        m_PreservePaths[file] = matchNode.PreservePath;
-                        m_Links[file] = matchNode.IsLink;
-                        m_LinkPaths[file] = matchNode.LinkPath;
-                        m_CopyToOutputs[file] = matchNode.CopyToOutput;
-                    }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("Files");
+        foreach(FileNode fi in m_Files.Values)
+        {
+            fi.Write(doc, main);
+        }
+
+        foreach(MatchNode mn in m_Matches.Values)
+        {
+            mn.Write(doc, main);
+        }
+
+
+        current.AppendChild(main);
+    }
+
     // TODO: Check in to why StringCollection's enumerator doesn't implement
     // IEnumerator?
     public IEnumerator<string> GetEnumerator()
     {
-        return m_Files.GetEnumerator();
+        List<string> concat = new();
+        concat.AddRange(m_Files.Keys);
+        concat.AddRange(m_Matches.Keys);
+
+        return concat.GetEnumerator();
     }
 
     #endregion

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/InternalsNode.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
     [DataNode("InternalsVisibleTo")]
     public class InternalsNode : DataNode
     {
-        public string Name { get; private set; }
+        public string Name { get; internal set; }
 
         #region Methods
         public override void Parse(XmlNode node)
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
             base.Parse(node);
             Name = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "name", "");
         }
+
+        public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+        {
+            XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("InternalsVisibleTo");
+            main.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+
+            current.AppendChild(main);
+        }
         #endregion
     }
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/MatchNode.cs

@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@ public class MatchNode : DataNode
     public override void Parse(XmlNode node)
     {
         if (node == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("node");
-        var path = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "path", ".");
+        path = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "path", ".");
-        var pattern = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "pattern", "*");
+        pattern = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "pattern", "*");
-        var destination = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "destination", string.Empty);
+        destination = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "destination", string.Empty);
-        var recurse = (bool)Helper.TranslateValue(typeof(bool), Helper.AttributeValue(node, "recurse", "false"));
+        recurse = (bool)Helper.TranslateValue(typeof(bool), Helper.AttributeValue(node, "recurse", "false"));
-        var useRegex = (bool)Helper.TranslateValue(typeof(bool), Helper.AttributeValue(node, "useRegex", "false"));
+        useRegex = (bool)Helper.TranslateValue(typeof(bool), Helper.AttributeValue(node, "useRegex", "false"));
-        var buildAction = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "buildAction", string.Empty);
+        buildAction = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "buildAction", string.Empty);
         if (buildAction != string.Empty)
             BuildAction = (BuildAction)Enum.Parse(typeof(BuildAction), buildAction);
 
@@ -242,6 +242,33 @@ public class MatchNode : DataNode
         m_Regex = null;
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("Match");
+
+        main.SetAttribute("path", path);
+        main.SetAttribute("pattern", pattern);
+        main.SetAttribute("destination", destination);
+        main.SetAttribute("recurse", recurse ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+        main.SetAttribute("useRegex", useRegex ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+        main.SetAttribute("buildAction", buildAction);
+        main.SetAttribute("resourceName", ResourceName);
+        main.SetAttribute("copyToOutput", CopyToOutput.ToString());
+        main.SetAttribute("link", IsLink ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+        main.SetAttribute("linkPath", LinkPath);
+        main.SetAttribute("preservePath", PreservePath ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+
+
+        foreach(ExcludeNode exclude in m_Exclusions)
+        {
+            exclude.Write(doc, main);
+        }
+
+
+
+        current.AppendChild(main);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Fields
@@ -250,6 +277,13 @@ public class MatchNode : DataNode
     private Regex m_Regex;
     private readonly List<ExcludeNode> m_Exclusions = new();
 
+    private string path;
+    private string pattern;
+    private string destination;
+    private bool recurse;
+    private bool useRegex;
+    private string buildAction;
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Properties
@@ -260,25 +294,25 @@ public class MatchNode : DataNode
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
-    public BuildAction? BuildAction { get; private set; }
+    public BuildAction? BuildAction { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string DestinationPath { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string DestinationPath { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     public SubType? SubType { get; }
 
-    public CopyToOutput CopyToOutput { get; private set; }
+    public CopyToOutput CopyToOutput { get; internal set; }
 
-    public bool IsLink { get; private set; }
+    public bool IsLink { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string LinkPath { get; private set; }
+    public string LinkPath { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
-    public string ResourceName { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string ResourceName { get; internal set; } = "";
 
-    public bool PreservePath { get; private set; }
+    public bool PreservePath { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/MauiNode.cs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
     [DataNode("Maui")]
     public class MauiNode : DataNode
     {
-        public MauiTitle applicationTitle { get; private set; } = null;
+        public MauiTitle applicationTitle { get; internal set; } = null;
 
         public override void Parse(XmlNode node)
         {
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
             }
         }
 
+        public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+        {
+            XmlElement maui = doc.CreateElement("Maui");
+            applicationTitle.Write(doc, maui);
+
+            current.AppendChild(maui);
+        }
+
         public override string ToString()
         {
             string ret = "<UseMaui>true</UseMaui>\n";

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/MauiTitle.cs

@@ -11,12 +11,19 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
     [DataNode("Title")]
     public class MauiTitle : DataNode
     {
-        public string value { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
+        public string value { get; internal set; } = string.Empty;
         public override void Parse(XmlNode node)
         {
             value = node.InnerText;
         }
 
+        public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+        {
+            XmlElement main = doc.CreateElement("Title");
+            main.InnerText = value;
+            current.AppendChild(main);
+        }
+
         public override string ToString()
         {
             return $"<ApplicationTitle>{value}</ApplicationTitle>";

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/NullableNode.cs

@@ -16,5 +16,11 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
         {
             base.Parse(node);
         }
+
+        public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+        {
+            XmlElement nullable = doc.CreateElement("Nullable");
+            current.AppendChild(nullable);
+        }
     }
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/OptionsNode.cs

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
 using Prebuild.Core.Attributes;
 using Prebuild.Core.Utilities;
 
@@ -73,47 +74,48 @@ public class OptionsNode : DataNode
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("OptimizeCode")]
-    public bool OptimizeCode { get; set; }
+    public bool OptimizeCode { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("CheckUnderflowOverflow")]
-    public bool CheckUnderflowOverflow { get; set; }
+    public bool CheckUnderflowOverflow { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("AllowUnsafe")]
-    public bool AllowUnsafe { get; set; }
+    public bool AllowUnsafe { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("PreBuildEvent")]
-    public string PreBuildEvent { get; set; }
+    public string PreBuildEvent { get; set; } = "";
+
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("PostBuildEvent")]
-    public string PostBuildEvent { get; set; }
+    public string PostBuildEvent { get; set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("PreBuildEventArgs")]
-    public string PreBuildEventArgs { get; set; }
+    public string PreBuildEventArgs { get; set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("PostBuildEventArgs")]
-    public string PostBuildEventArgs { get; set; }
+    public string PostBuildEventArgs { get; set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("RunPostBuildEvent")]
-    public string RunPostBuildEvent { get; set; }
+    public string RunPostBuildEvent { get; set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("RunScript")]
-    public string RunScript { get; set; }
+    public string RunScript { get; set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ public class OptionsNode : DataNode
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("WarningsAsErrors")]
-    public bool WarningsAsErrors { get; set; }
+    public bool WarningsAsErrors { get; set; } = false;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ public class OptionsNode : DataNode
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("Prefer32Bit")]
-    public bool Prefer32Bit { get; set; }
+    public bool Prefer32Bit { get; set; } = false;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
@@ -171,12 +173,12 @@ public class OptionsNode : DataNode
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("GenerateDocumentation")]
-    public bool GenerateDocumentation { get; set; }
+    public bool GenerateDocumentation { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("GenerateXmlDocFile")]
-    public bool GenerateXmlDocFile { get; set; }
+    public bool GenerateXmlDocFile { get; set; } = false;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
@@ -191,22 +193,22 @@ public class OptionsNode : DataNode
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("DebugInformation")]
-    public bool DebugInformation { get; set; }
+    public bool DebugInformation { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("RegisterComInterop")]
-    public bool RegisterComInterop { get; set; }
+    public bool RegisterComInterop { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("RemoveIntegerChecks")]
-    public bool RemoveIntegerChecks { get; set; }
+    public bool RemoveIntegerChecks { get; set; } = false;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("IncrementalBuild")]
-    public bool IncrementalBuild { get; set; }
+    public bool IncrementalBuild { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
@@ -221,15 +223,17 @@ public class OptionsNode : DataNode
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     [field: OptionNode("NoStdLib")]
-    public bool NoStdLib { get; set; }
+    public bool NoStdLib { get; set; } = false;
 
     [field: OptionNode("UseDependencyFile")]
-    public bool UseDepsFile { get; }
+    public bool UseDepsFile { get; } = true;
 
-    [field: OptionNode("SelfContained")] public bool SelfContained { get; }
+
+    [field: OptionNode("SelfContained")]
+    public bool SelfContained { get; } = true;
 
     [field: OptionNode("UseRuntimeIdentifier")]
-    public bool UseRuntimeIdentifier { get; }
+    public bool UseRuntimeIdentifier { get; } = false;
 
     private readonly List<string> m_FieldsDefined = new();
 
@@ -303,6 +307,21 @@ public class OptionsNode : DataNode
             SetOption(child.Name, Helper.InterpolateForEnvironmentVariables(child.InnerText));
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement options = doc.CreateElement("Options");
+        foreach(var def in m_OptionFields.Keys)
+        {
+            var E = doc.CreateElement(def);
+            E.InnerText = m_OptionFields[def].GetValue(this).ToString();
+
+            options.AppendChild(E);
+        }
+
+        current.AppendChild(options);
+
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Return 'true' if the option symbol has had a value set
     /// </summary>

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/PackageReferenceNode.cs

@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ public class PackageReferenceNode : DataNode, IComparable
         PrivateAssets = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "private", PrivateAssets);
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement reference = doc.CreateElement("PackageReference");
+        reference.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+        reference.SetAttribute("version", Version);
+        reference.SetAttribute("private", PrivateAssets);
+
+        current.AppendChild(reference);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Fields
@@ -72,15 +82,15 @@ public class PackageReferenceNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the name.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The name.</value>
-    public string Name { get; private set; } = "unknown";
+    public string Name { get; internal set; } = "unknown";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the version.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The version.</value>
-    public string Version { get; private set; }
+    public string Version { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string PrivateAssets { get; private set; }
+    public string PrivateAssets { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/ProcessNode.cs

@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ public class ProcessNode : DataNode
         }
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement proc = doc.CreateElement("Process");
+        proc.InnerText = Path;
+
+        current.AppendChild(proc);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Fields
@@ -73,13 +81,13 @@ public class ProcessNode : DataNode
     ///     Gets the path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The path.</value>
-    public string Path { get; private set; }
+    public string Path { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets a value indicating whether this instance is valid.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value><c>true</c> if this instance is valid; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
-    public bool IsValid { get; private set; } = true;
+    public bool IsValid { get; internal set; } = true;
 
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/ProjectNode.cs

@@ -261,6 +261,85 @@ public class ProjectNode : DataNode, IComparable
         }
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement proj = doc.CreateElement("Project");
+
+        proj.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+        proj.SetAttribute("path", Path);
+        proj.SetAttribute("filterGroups", FilterGroups);
+        proj.SetAttribute("version", Version);
+        proj.SetAttribute("icon", AppIcon);
+        proj.SetAttribute("appmanifest", ApplicationManifest);
+        proj.SetAttribute("configFile", ConfigFile);
+        proj.SetAttribute("designerFolder", DesignerFolder);
+        proj.SetAttribute("assemblyName", AssemblyName);
+        proj.SetAttribute("scanFiles", ScanFiles ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+        proj.SetAttribute("language", Language);
+        proj.SetAttribute("type", Type.ToString());
+        proj.SetAttribute("runtime", Runtime.ToString());
+        proj.SetAttribute("frameworkVersion", m_Framework.ToString());
+        proj.SetAttribute("startupObject", StartupObject);
+        proj.SetAttribute("rootNamespace", RootNamespace);
+        proj.SetAttribute("copyDependencies", CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+        proj.SetAttribute("guid", Guid.ToString());
+        proj.SetAttribute("generateAssemblyInfoFile", GenerateAssemblyInfoFile ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+        proj.SetAttribute("winforms", UseWindowsForms ?  bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+        proj.SetAttribute("debugStartParameters", DebugStartParameters);
+
+        foreach(ConfigurationNode conf in Configurations)
+        {
+            conf.Write(doc, proj);
+        }
+
+        foreach(ReferencePathNode rpn in ReferencePaths)
+        {
+            rpn.Write(doc, proj);
+        }
+
+        foreach(ReferenceNode refer in References)
+        {
+            refer.Write(doc, proj);
+        }
+
+        foreach(PackageReferenceNode pkg in PackageReferences)
+        {
+            pkg.Write(doc, proj);
+        }
+
+        foreach(ProjectReferenceNode prj in ProjectReferences)
+        {
+            prj.Write(doc, proj);
+        }
+
+        foreach(AuthorNode auth in Authors)
+        {
+            auth.Write(doc, proj);
+        }
+
+        Files.Write(doc, proj);
+        foreach(TextGenNode gen in TextGenNodes)
+        {
+            gen.Write(doc, proj);
+        }
+
+        if(MauiSettings!=null)
+            MauiSettings.Write(doc, proj);
+        if (Nullable)
+        {
+            XmlElement nu = doc.CreateElement("Nullable");
+            proj.AppendChild(nu);
+        }
+
+        if(InternalsVisible!=null)
+            InternalsVisible.Write(doc, proj);
+
+
+
+
+        current.AppendChild(proj);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Fields
@@ -303,28 +382,28 @@ public class ProjectNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the name.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The name.</value>
-    public string Name { get; private set; } = "unknown";
+    public string Name { get; internal set; } = "unknown";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Contains settings for DotNet Maui (7.0+)
     /// Default is null, which indicates not to include any Maui content in the project file.
     /// </summary>
-    public MauiNode MauiSettings { get; private set; } = null;
+    public MauiNode MauiSettings { get; internal set; } = null;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Marks the visibility for internals
     /// </summary>
-    public InternalsNode InternalsVisible { get; private set; }
+    public InternalsNode InternalsVisible { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Enables Windows forms on a dotnet project.
     /// </summary>
-    public bool UseWindowsForms { get; private set; } = false;
+    public bool UseWindowsForms { get; internal set; } = false;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Scans the directory for files
     /// </summary>
-    public bool ScanFiles {get;private set;} = true;
+    public bool ScanFiles {get;internal set;} = true;
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     The version of the .NET Framework to compile under
@@ -353,18 +432,18 @@ public class ProjectNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The path.</value>
-    public string Path { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string Path { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the filter groups.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The filter groups.</value>
-    public string FilterGroups { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string FilterGroups { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Indicates project nullable attribute
     /// </summary>
-    public bool Nullable { get; private set; } = false;
+    public bool Nullable { get; internal set; } = false;
     public string NullableStr 
     { 
         get
@@ -377,65 +456,65 @@ public class ProjectNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the project's version
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The project's version.</value>
-    public string Version { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string Version { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the full path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The full path.</value>
-    public string FullPath { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string FullPath { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the name of the assembly.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The name of the assembly.</value>
-    public string AssemblyName { get; private set; }
+    public string AssemblyName { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Copies the local dependencies to the output on build.
     ///     This is the same behavior as publish.
     /// </summary>
-    public bool CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies { get; private set; }
+    public bool CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the app icon.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The app icon.</value>
-    public string AppIcon { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string AppIcon { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the Application Manifest.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The Application Manifest.</value>
-    public string ApplicationManifest { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string ApplicationManifest { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the app icon.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The app icon.</value>
-    public string ConfigFile { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string ConfigFile { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
-    public string DesignerFolder { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string DesignerFolder { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the language.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The language.</value>
-    public string Language { get; private set; } = "C#";
+    public string Language { get; internal set; } = "C#";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the type.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The type.</value>
-    public ProjectType Type { get; private set; } = ProjectType.Exe;
+    public ProjectType Type { get; internal set; } = ProjectType.Exe;
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the runtime.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The runtime.</value>
-    public ClrRuntime Runtime { get; private set; } = ClrRuntime.Microsoft;
+    public ClrRuntime Runtime { get; internal set; } = ClrRuntime.Microsoft;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
@@ -445,13 +524,13 @@ public class ProjectNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the startup object.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The startup object.</value>
-    public string StartupObject { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string StartupObject { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the root namespace.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The root namespace.</value>
-    public string RootNamespace { get; private set; }
+    public string RootNamespace { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the configurations.
@@ -470,7 +549,7 @@ public class ProjectNode : DataNode, IComparable
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the text generator nodes
     /// </summary>
-    public List<TextGenNode> TextGenNodes { get; private set; } = new();
+    public List<TextGenNode> TextGenNodes { get; internal set; } = new();
 
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -545,7 +624,7 @@ public class ProjectNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the files.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The files.</value>
-    public FilesNode Files { get; private set; } = new();
+    public FilesNode Files { get; internal set; } = new();
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets or sets the parent.
@@ -584,9 +663,9 @@ public class ProjectNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the GUID.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The GUID.</value>
-    public Guid Guid { get; private set; }
+    public Guid Guid { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string DebugStartParameters { get; private set; }
+    public string DebugStartParameters { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/ProjectReferenceNode.cs

@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ public class ProjectReferenceNode : DataNode, IComparable
         Include = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "include", Include);
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement cur = doc.CreateElement("ProjectReference");
+        cur.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+        cur.SetAttribute("include", Include);
+
+        current.AppendChild(cur);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Fields
@@ -71,13 +80,13 @@ public class ProjectReferenceNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the name.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The name.</value>
-    public string Name { get; private set; } = "unknown";
+    public string Name { get; internal set; } = "unknown";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The path.</value>
-    public string Include { get; private set; }
+    public string Include { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/ReferenceNode.cs

@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ public class ReferenceNode : DataNode, IComparable
         Version = Helper.AttributeValue(node, "version", Version);
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement cur = doc.CreateElement("Reference");
+        cur.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+        cur.SetAttribute("path", Path);
+        cur.SetAttribute("version", Version);
+        cur.SetAttribute("localCopy", m_LocalCopy);
+
+
+        current.AppendChild(cur);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Fields
@@ -75,13 +87,13 @@ public class ReferenceNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the name.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The name.</value>
-    public string Name { get; private set; } = "unknown";
+    public string Name { get; internal set; } = "unknown";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The path.</value>
-    public string Path { get; private set; }
+    public string Path { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets a value indicating whether [local copy specified].
@@ -106,7 +118,7 @@ public class ReferenceNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the version.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The version.</value>
-    public string Version { get; private set; }
+    public string Version { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/ReferencePathNode.cs

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class ReferencePathNode : DataNode, IComparable
     ///     Gets the path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The path.</value>
-    public string Path { get; private set; }
+    public string Path { get; internal set; }
 
     #endregion
 
@@ -77,5 +77,13 @@ public class ReferencePathNode : DataNode, IComparable
         Path = Path.Trim();
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement cur = doc.CreateElement("ReferencePath");
+        cur.InnerText = Path;
+
+        current.AppendChild(cur);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 }

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/SolutionNode.cs

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
 using Prebuild.Core.Attributes;
 using Prebuild.Core.Interfaces;
 using Prebuild.Core.Utilities;
@@ -136,6 +137,46 @@ public class SolutionNode : DataNode
         }
     }
 
+    public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+    {
+        XmlElement sol = doc.CreateElement("Solution");
+        sol.SetAttribute("name", Name);
+        sol.SetAttribute("activeConfig", ActiveConfig);
+        sol.SetAttribute("path", Path);
+        sol.SetAttribute("version", Version);
+        sol.SetAttribute("frameworkVersion", DefaultFramework.ToString());
+        if(Options != null)
+            Options.Write(doc, sol);
+
+        if (Files != null) Files.Write(doc, sol);
+
+        if(Configurations != null) 
+            foreach(ConfigurationNode conf in Configurations)
+            {
+                conf.Write(doc, sol);
+            }
+
+        foreach(ProjectNode proj in Projects)
+        {
+            proj.Write(doc, sol);
+        }
+
+        foreach(SolutionNode solX in Solutions)
+        {
+            solX.Write(doc, sol);
+        }
+
+        foreach(DatabaseProjectNode db in DatabaseProjects)
+        {
+            db.Write(doc, sol);
+        }
+
+        if(Cleanup != null)
+            Cleanup.Write(doc, sol);
+
+        current.AppendChild(sol);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Fields
@@ -179,37 +220,37 @@ public class SolutionNode : DataNode
     ///     Gets the name.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The name.</value>
-    public string Name { get; private set; } = "unknown";
+    public string Name { get; internal set; } = "unknown";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The path.</value>
-    public string Path { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string Path { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the full path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The full path.</value>
-    public string FullPath { get; private set; } = "";
+    public string FullPath { get; internal set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the version.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The version.</value>
-    public string Version { get; private set; } = "1.0.0";
+    public string Version { get; internal set; } = "1.0.0";
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the options.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The options.</value>
-    public OptionsNode Options { get; private set; }
+    public OptionsNode Options { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the files.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The files.</value>
-    public FilesNode Files { get; private set; }
+    public FilesNode Files { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the configurations.

source/Prebuild/Core/Nodes/TextGenNode.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
         #region Values
         private string m_Name;
         private string m_OutputName;
-        private List<string> m_Libs = new();
+        private List<ReferenceNode> m_Libs = new();
         private string m_Tool;
         
 
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
             foreach (XmlNode childNode in node.ChildNodes)
             {
                 var data = Kernel.Instance.ParseNode(childNode, this);
-                if(data is ReferenceNode)
+                if(data is ReferenceNode rn)
                 {
-                    m_Libs.Add(((ReferenceNode)data).Name);
+                    m_Libs.Add(rn);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
             else m_OutputName = Path.ChangeExtension(m_OutputName, ".SnapWrap.cs");
 
         }
+
+        public override void Write(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement current)
+        {
+            XmlElement cur = doc.CreateElement("TextGen");
+            cur.SetAttribute("name", m_Name);
+            cur.SetAttribute("output", m_OutputName);
+            cur.SetAttribute("tool", m_Tool);
+
+            foreach(var reference in m_Libs)
+            {
+                reference.Write(doc, cur);
+            }
+            cur.SetAttribute("sourceInSolution", SourceInSolution ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString);
+
+            current.AppendChild(cur);
+        }
         #endregion
 
         #region Fields
@@ -76,11 +92,17 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
         {
             get
             {
-                return String.Join("..", m_Libs);
+                List<string> tmp = new();
+                foreach(var rn in m_Libs)
+                {
+                    tmp.Add(rn.Name);
+                }
+
+                return String.Join("..", tmp);
             }
         }
 
-        public bool SourceInSolution { get; private set; } = false;
+        public bool SourceInSolution { get; internal set; } = false;
 
         public string SourceDirectory
         {

source/Prebuild/Core/Parse/IfContext.cs

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class IfContext
     ///     Gets a value indicating whether [ever kept].
     /// </summary>
     /// <value><c>true</c> if [ever kept]; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
-    public bool EverKept { get; private set; }
+    public bool EverKept { get; internal set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets or sets the state.

source/Prebuild/Core/Targets/AutotoolsTarget.cs

@@ -95,22 +95,22 @@ public enum ClrVersion
 
 public class SystemPackage
 {
-    public string Name { get; private set; }
+    public string Name { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string Version { get; private set; }
+    public string Version { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string Description { get; private set; }
+    public string Description { get; internal set; }
 
-    public ClrVersion TargetVersion { get; private set; }
+    public ClrVersion TargetVersion { get; internal set; }
 
     // The package is part of the mono SDK
     public bool IsCorePackage => Name == "mono";
 
     // The package has been registered by an add-in, and is not installed
     // in the system.
-    public bool IsInternalPackage { get; private set; }
+    public bool IsInternalPackage { get; internal set; }
 
-    public string[] Assemblies { get; private set; }
+    public string[] Assemblies { get; internal set; }
 
     public void Initialize(string name,
         string version,

source/Prebuild/Prebuild.cs

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ internal class Prebuild
         Console.WriteLine("/ppo             Pre-process the file, but perform no other processing");
         Console.WriteLine("/pause           Pauses the application after execution to view the output");
         Console.WriteLine("/yes             Default to yes to any questions asked");
+        Console.WriteLine("/init            Initializes a skeleton Prebuild file");
         Console.WriteLine();
         Console.WriteLine("See 'prebuild /showtargets for a list of available targets");
         Console.WriteLine("See readme.txt or check out http://dnpb.sourceforge.net for more information");