diff --git a/cake/console/libs/tasks/fixture.php b/cake/console/libs/tasks/fixture.php
index 5d19da9f1..64ad60299 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/tasks/fixture.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/tasks/fixture.php
@@ -342,4 +342,99 @@ class FixtureTask extends Shell {
 		$this->_stop();
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ * Similar to View but has no dependancy on controller
+ *
+ **/
+class CodeGenerator {
+/**
+ * variables to add to template scope
+ *
+ * @var array
+ **/
+	var $templateVars = array();
+/**
+ * set the paths for the code generator to search for templates
+ *
+ * @param array $paths Array of paths to look in
+ * @access public
+ * @return void
+ **/
+	function setPaths($paths) {
+		$this->_paths = $paths;
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Find a template 
+ *
+ * @param string $directory Subdirectory to look for ie. 'views', 'objects'
+ * @param string $filename lower_case_underscored filename you want.
+ * @access public
+ * @return string filename or false if scan failed.
+ **/
+	function _findTemplate($directory, $filename) {
+		foreach ($this->_paths as $path) {
+			$templatePath = $path . 'templates' . DS . $directory . DS . $filename . '.ctp';
+			if (file_exists($templatePath) && is_file($templatePath)) {
+				return $templatePath;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Set variable values to the template scope
+ *
+ * @param mixed $one A string or an array of data.
+ * @param mixed $two Value in case $one is a string (which then works as the key).
+ *   Unused if $one is an associative array, otherwise serves as the values to $one's keys.
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function set($one, $two = null) {
+		$data = null;
+		if (is_array($one)) {
+			if (is_array($two)) {
+				$data = array_combine($one, $two);
+			} else {
+				$data = $one;
+			}
+		} else {
+			$data = array($one => $two);
+		}
+
+		if ($data == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		foreach ($data as $name => $value) {
+			$this->viewVars[$name] = $value;
+		}
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Runs the template
+ *
+ * @param string $directory directory / type of thing you want
+ * @param string $filename template name
+ * @param string $vars Additional vars to set to template scope.
+ * @access public
+ * @return contents of generated code template
+ **/
+	function generate($directory, $filename, $vars = null) {
+		if ($vars !== null) {
+			$this->set($vars);
+		}
+		$templateFile = $this->_findTemplate($directory, $filename);
+		if ($templateFile) {
+			extract($this->templateVars);
+			ob_start();
+			ob_implicit_flush(0);
+			include($templatePath);
+			$content = ob_get_clean();
+			return $content;
+		}
+		return '';
+	}
+}
 ?>