Click here to Skip to main content
15,886,199 members
Articles / Desktop Programming / WPF

Building an Extensible Application with MEF, WPF, and MVVM

Rate me:
Please Sign up or sign in to vote.
4.88/5 (45 votes)
15 Nov 2009LGPL316 min read 302K   7.4K   185  
An article for anyone interested in how to build an extensible application using WPF and the Model-View-ViewModel pattern.
#region "SoapBox.Core License"
/// <header module="SoapBox.Core"> 
/// Copyright (C) 2009 SoapBox Automation Inc., All Rights Reserved.
/// Contact: SoapBox Automation Licencing (license@soapboxautomation.com)
/// 
/// This file is part of SoapBox Core.
/// 
/// Commercial Usage
/// Licensees holding valid SoapBox Automation Commercial licenses may use  
/// this file in accordance with the SoapBox Automation Commercial License
/// Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance 
/// with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and
/// SoapBox Automation Inc.
/// 
/// GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
/// SoapBox Core is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 
/// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
/// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
/// License, or (at your option) any later version.
/// 
/// SoapBox Core is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
/// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
/// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
/// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
/// 
/// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
/// along with SoapBox Core. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
/// </header>
#endregion
        
using System;

namespace SoapBox.Core
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Controls the visibility of a MenuItem based on whether or
    /// not there are any items in its submenu.
    /// </summary>
    public sealed class MenuItemVisibleCondition : AbstractCondition 
    {
        public MenuItemVisibleCondition(IMenuItem menuItem)
        {
            m_menuItem = menuItem;
            SetCondition();

            // Register a callback for when the menuItem Items 
            // property changes
            menuItem.PropertyChanged += 
                new System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventHandler(
                    menuItem_PropertyChanged);
        }

        void menuItem_PropertyChanged(object sender, 
            System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.PropertyName == m_ItemsName)
            {
                SetCondition();
            }
        }
        static readonly string m_ItemsName =
            NotifyPropertyChangedHelper.GetPropertyName<IMenuItem>(o => o.Items);

        IMenuItem m_menuItem = null;

        private void SetCondition()
        {
            bool visible = false;
            if (m_menuItem != null)
            {
                if (m_menuItem.Items == null)
                {
                    // not supposed to have a submenu
                    visible = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    // it's supposed to have a submenu, see if any exist
                    foreach (IMenuItem item in m_menuItem.Items)
                    {
                        visible = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            Condition = visible;
        }
    }
}

By viewing downloads associated with this article you agree to the Terms of Service and the article's licence.

If a file you wish to view isn't highlighted, and is a text file (not binary), please let us know and we'll add colourisation support for it.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv3)


Written By
Engineer
Canada Canada
By day I'm a Professional Engineer, doing .NET, VB6, SQL Server, and Automation (Ladder Logic, etc.) programming.

On weekends I write and maintain an open source extensible application framework called SoapBox Core.

In the evenings I provide front line technical support for moms4mom.com and I help out with administrative tasks (like formatting stuff). I also pitch in as a moderator from time to time.

You can follow me on twitter.

Comments and Discussions