MVVM Published Locators

mvvm.cs

	public class ViewSelector : DataTemplateSelector
	{
		public override DataTemplate SelectTemplate(object item, DependencyObject container)
		{
			/*
<Window.Resources>
        <Selectors:ViewSelector x:Key="ViewSelector">
        </Selectors:ViewSelector>
    </Window.Resources>
    <DockPanel Name="pnlDockMain" >
         <ContentControl Name="ctrlContentCenter" 
            Content="{Binding CurrentViewModel}"  
            ContentTemplateSelector="{StaticResource ViewSelector}" />
    </DockPanel>
*/
			if (item == null)
				return new DataTemplate();

			var viewTypeName = item.GetType().Name.Replace("Model", string.Empty);
			var viewType = item.GetType().Assembly.GetTypes().Single(t => t.Name == viewTypeName);

			var dt = new DataTemplate(viewType)
						{
							VisualTree = new FrameworkElementFactory(viewType)
						};

			return dt;
		}
	}