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Exposes classes as BindableObjects
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using System; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
using System.ComponentModel; | |
using System.Diagnostics; | |
using System.Reflection; | |
namespace ClearLines.iFX.WPF | |
{ | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Implements the INotifyPropertyChanged interface and | |
/// exposes a RaisePropertyChanged method for derived | |
/// classes to raise the PropertyChange event. The event | |
/// arguments created by this class are cached to prevent | |
/// managed heap fragmentation. | |
/// </summary> | |
[Serializable] | |
public abstract class BindableObject : INotifyPropertyChanged | |
{ | |
#region Data | |
private static readonly Dictionary<string, PropertyChangedEventArgs> eventArgCache; | |
private const string ERROR_MSG = "{0} is not a public property of {1}"; | |
#endregion // Data | |
#region Constructors | |
static BindableObject() | |
{ | |
eventArgCache = new Dictionary<string, PropertyChangedEventArgs>(); | |
} | |
protected BindableObject() | |
{ | |
} | |
#endregion // Constructors | |
#region Public Members | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Raised when a public property of this object is set. | |
/// </summary> | |
[field:NonSerialized] | |
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Returns an instance of PropertyChangedEventArgs for | |
/// the specified property name. | |
/// </summary> | |
/// <param name="propertyName"> | |
/// The name of the property to create event args for. | |
/// </param> | |
public static PropertyChangedEventArgs | |
GetPropertyChangedEventArgs(string propertyName) | |
{ | |
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(propertyName)) | |
throw new ArgumentException( | |
"propertyName cannot be null or empty."); | |
PropertyChangedEventArgs args; | |
// Get the event args from the cache, creating them | |
// and adding to the cache if necessary. | |
lock (typeof(BindableObject)) | |
{ | |
bool isCached = eventArgCache.ContainsKey(propertyName); | |
if (!isCached) | |
{ | |
eventArgCache.Add( | |
propertyName, | |
new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName)); | |
} | |
args = eventArgCache[propertyName]; | |
} | |
return args; | |
} | |
#endregion // Public Members | |
#region Protected Members | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Derived classes can override this method to | |
/// execute logic after a property is set. The | |
/// base implementation does nothing. | |
/// </summary> | |
/// <param name="propertyName"> | |
/// The property which was changed. | |
/// </param> | |
protected virtual void AfterPropertyChanged(string propertyName) | |
{ | |
} | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Attempts to raise the PropertyChanged event, and | |
/// invokes the virtual AfterPropertyChanged method, | |
/// regardless of whether the event was raised or not. | |
/// </summary> | |
/// <param name="propertyName"> | |
/// The property which was changed. | |
/// </param> | |
protected void RaisePropertyChanged(string propertyName) | |
{ | |
this.VerifyProperty(propertyName); | |
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = this.PropertyChanged; | |
if (handler != null) | |
{ | |
// Get the cached event args. | |
PropertyChangedEventArgs args = | |
GetPropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName); | |
// Raise the PropertyChanged event. | |
handler(this, args); | |
} | |
this.AfterPropertyChanged(propertyName); | |
} | |
#endregion // Protected Members | |
#region Private Helpers | |
[Conditional("DEBUG")] | |
private void VerifyProperty(string propertyName) | |
{ | |
Type type = this.GetType(); | |
// Look for a public property with the specified name. | |
PropertyInfo propInfo = type.GetProperty(propertyName); | |
if (propInfo == null) | |
{ | |
// The property could not be found, | |
// so alert the developer of the problem. | |
string msg = string.Format( | |
ERROR_MSG, | |
propertyName, | |
type.FullName); | |
Debug.Fail(msg); | |
} | |
} | |
#endregion // Private Helpers | |
} | |
} |
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