SongBird - a Twitter Hybrid Smart Client

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace SongBird.Infrastructure
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Base class which implements change notification.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class NotificationBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Instantiate a new instance of <see cref="NotificationBase"/>.
        /// </summary>
        public NotificationBase()
        {
            Initialize();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Override this method to perform any initialization.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual void Initialize() { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Raise the change notifications.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="propertyName">The name of the property.</param>
        protected virtual void Changed(string propertyName)
        {
            PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = _propertyChanged;
            if (handler != null)
            {
                handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
            }
        }

        #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members

        private PropertyChangedEventHandler _propertyChanged;
        /// <summary>
        /// Property changed event handler.
        /// </summary>
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged
        {
            add { _propertyChanged += value; }
            remove { _propertyChanged -= value; }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}