Attributes provide a powerful method of associating declarative information by decorating elements of the code, such as types, methods, properties, parameters and assemblies. Once an attribute is associated with a program entity, it can be queried at run time and used in various cases, for example, associating a help document with program entities (via the Help attribute), or marking an item as out of date (via the Obsolete attribute).
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The Create Descendant and Create Descendant (with virtual overrides) CodeRush code providers are now available not only on the type declaration but on any reference to a type inside source code, for example:

It allows to create derived classes without navigating to the declaration of the ancestor class.
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Products: CodeRush Pro
Versions: 12.1 and up
VS IDEs: 2008 and up
Updated: Mar/24/2012
ID: U005
The Create Descendant code provider shipped in CodeRush generates a descendant class for the active class, providing overrides for abstract members, if any. The second version of the code provider named Create Descendant (with virtual overrides), in addition to the Create Descendant, adds overrides for virtual members into a descendant class.
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