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Item-Level Presentation Models for WPF

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Make your life easier by inserting a Presentation Model layer (aka ViewModel) between your domain-model collection contents and template-generated WPF objects.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;

using HappyNomad.Examples.PresentationModel.GUI.Model;

namespace HappyNomad.Examples.PresentationModel.GUI {

	/// <summary>
	/// Interaction logic for Demo2.xaml
	/// </summary>
	public partial class Demo2 : UserControl {
		private SampleTreeNodeView rootWrapper;
		
		public Demo2() {
			InitializeComponent();

			//Build sample presentation-model objects:
			rootWrapper = new SampleTreeNodeView();
			sampleTreeView.ItemsSource = rootWrapper.SubItems; //SampleTreeNode.Root.SubNodes;
		}

		private void addButton_Click( object sender, RoutedEventArgs args ) {
			SampleTreeNodeView selected = (SampleTreeNodeView)sampleTreeView.SelectedItem; //get selected item
			SampleTreeNode newItem = new SampleTreeNode( editItemBox.Text ); //create new item
			int newIndex = selected.Parent.SubItems.IndexOf( selected ) + 1; //determine new item's position

			//Insert new item into domain-model tree structure:
			selected.Parent.DomainItem.SubNodes.Insert( newIndex, newItem );

			//Select new item in UI:
			rootWrapper.FindDescendant( newItem ).IsSelected = true;
			sampleTreeView.Focus();
		}

		private void updateButton_Click( object sender, RoutedEventArgs args ) {
			BindingExpression be = editItemBox.GetBindingExpression( TextBox.TextProperty );
			be.UpdateSource(); //update sampleTreeView.SelectedItem.DomainItem.Name with editItemBox.Text's value
			sampleTreeView.Focus();
		}

		private void demoteButton_Click( object sender, RoutedEventArgs args ) {
			SampleTreeNodeView viewToMove = (SampleTreeNodeView)sampleTreeView.SelectedItem; //get selected item
			SampleTreeNode itemToMove = viewToMove.DomainItem; //get selected domain object

			SampleTreeNode oldParent = itemToMove.ParentNode; //Determine former parent...
			int oldIndex = oldParent.SubNodes.IndexOf( itemToMove ); //and index.
			if ( oldIndex == 0 ) return; //nowhere to demote to, so finished

			SampleTreeNode newParent = oldParent.SubNodes[oldIndex - 1]; //Determine new parent...
			int newIndex = newParent.SubNodes.Count; //and index.

			itemToMove.ParentNode = null; //move the selected item
			newParent.SubNodes.Insert( newIndex, itemToMove );

			viewToMove.Parent.IsExpanded = true; //Make sure the moved item is visible
			viewToMove.IsSelected = true; //and that it's selected.
			sampleTreeView.Focus(); //avoid some strange WPF behaviour
		}

		private void deleteButton_Click( object sender, RoutedEventArgs args ) {
			SampleTreeNodeView selected = (SampleTreeNodeView)sampleTreeView.SelectedItem; //get selected item
			selected.DomainItem.ParentNode = null; //remove subtree
			sampleTreeView.Focus();
		}
	}
}

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Adrian loves facilitating suave user experiences via the latest and greatest GUI technologies such as Windows 8 Metro-style apps as well as WPF. More generally, he finds joy in architecting software that is easy to comprehend and maintain. He does so by applying design patterns at the top-level, and by incessantly refactoring code at lower levels. He's always interested in hearing about opportunities for full or part-time development work. He resides in Pennsylvania but can potentially travel anywhere in the country. (Writing about himself in the third-person is Adrian's new hobby.)

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