In F# type providers how do I add a static class to a provided type?

Question

How can I add a type to another ProvidedType, specifying that that type is a static class?

Answer 1

It's not immediately obvious how to do this but all you have to do is add the appropriate metadata attributes in the form of TypeAttributes:

//create a providedtype
let myStaticType = ProvidedTypeDefinition("Tags", Some typeof<obj>, isErased = false)

//set the TypeAttributes on the type
myStaticType.SetAttributes (TypeAttributes.Public ||| TypeAttributes.Class ||| TypeAttributes.Sealed ||| TypeAttributes.Abstract)

//Add the static type to another type
parentType.AddMember myStaticType

A static type is simply a type that has the Abstract and Sealed TypeAttributes