C# Language INotifyPropertyChanged interface INotifyPropertyChanged With Generic Set Method
Example
The NotifyPropertyChangedBaseclass below defines a generic Set method that can be called from any derived type.
public class NotifyPropertyChangedBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
protected void RaisePropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null) =>
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public virtual bool Set<T>(ref T field, T value, [CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
{
if (Equals(field, value))
return false;
storage = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(propertyName);
return true;
}
}
To use this generic Set method, you simply need to create a class that derives from NotifyPropertyChangedBase.
public class SomeViewModel : NotifyPropertyChangedBase
{
private string _foo;
private int _bar;
public string Foo
{
get { return _foo; }
set { Set(ref _foo, value); }
}
public int Bar
{
get { return _bar; }
set { Set(ref _bar, value); }
}
}
As shown above, you can call Set(ref _fieldName, value); in a property's setter and it will automatically raise a PropertyChanged event if it is needed.
You can then register to the PropertyChanged event from another class that needs to handle property changes.
public class SomeListener
{
public SomeListener()
{
_vm = new SomeViewModel();
_vm.PropertyChanged += OnViewModelPropertyChanged;
}
private void OnViewModelPropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Property {e.PropertyName} was changed.");
}
private readonly SomeViewModel _vm;
}
