# ImportHelpers Properties

- Package: [Joinery.Dovetail](/Dovetail/api/joinery.dovetail.md)
- Type: [ImportHelpers](/Dovetail/api/joinery.dovetail/importhelpers.md)
- Kind: `Properties`
- Members: `1`

This class is used by the source generator to allow the conventions provided to be overridden by the caller.

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## Rivets

- Name: `Rivets`
- Modifiers: `static` `nullable` `get; set`
- Returns: [DovetailContextBuilderFactory?](/Dovetail/api/joinery.dovetail/dovetailcontextbuilderfactory.md)

The external conventions that have been provided by the caller.

```csharp
public static DovetailContextBuilderFactory? Rivets { get; set; }
```

## Remarks

If the `IsTestProject` property is detected, the generator will inject a `CompilerServices.ModuleInitializerAttribute` the automatically assigns the external conventions.