AvalonDock [2.0] Tutorial Part 1 - Adding a Tool Window

namespace SimpleControls.MRU.ViewModel.Base
{
  using System;
  using System.ComponentModel;
  using System.Linq.Expressions;
  using System.Windows;

  /// <summary>
  /// Every ViewModel class is required to implement the INotifyPropertyChanged
  /// interface in order to tell WPF when a property changed (for instance, when
  /// a method or setter is executed).
  /// 
  /// Therefore, the PropertyChanged methode has to be called when data changes,
  /// because the relevant properties may or may not be bound to GUI elements,
  /// which in turn have to refresh their display.
  /// 
  /// The PropertyChanged method is to be called by the members and properties of
  /// the class that derives from this class. Each call contains the name of the
  /// property that has to be refreshed.
  /// 
  /// The BaseViewModel is derived from from System.Windows.DependencyObject to allow
  /// resulting ViewModels the implemantion of dependency properties. Dependency properties
  /// in turn are useful when working with IValueConverter and ConverterParameters.
  /// </summary>
  public class BaseViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Standard event handler of the <seealso cref="INotifyPropertyChanged"/> interface
    /// </summary>
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    /// <summary>
    /// Tell bound controls (via WPF binding) to refresh their display.
    /// 
    /// Sample call: this.NotifyPropertyChanged(() => this.IsSelected);
    /// where 'this' is derived from <seealso cref="BaseViewModel"/>
    /// and IsSelected is a property.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="TProperty"></typeparam>
    /// <param name="property"></param>
    public void NotifyPropertyChanged<TProperty>(Expression<Func<TProperty>> property)
    {
      var lambda = (LambdaExpression)property;
      MemberExpression memberExpression;

      if (lambda.Body is UnaryExpression)
      {
        var unaryExpression = (UnaryExpression)lambda.Body;
        memberExpression = (MemberExpression)unaryExpression.Operand;
      }
      else
        memberExpression = (MemberExpression)lambda.Body;

      this.OnPropertyChanged(memberExpression.Member.Name);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Tell bound controls (via WPF binding) to refresh their display.
    /// 
    /// Sample call: this.OnPropertyChanged("IsSelected");
    /// where 'this' is derived from <seealso cref="BaseViewModel"/>
    /// and IsSelected is a property.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="propertyName">Name of property to refresh</param>
    public void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {
      try
      {
        if (this.PropertyChanged != null)
          this.PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
      }
      catch
      {
      }
    }
  }
}