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Migrate from Basic to MVVM and MEF Composable Patterns for a Silverlight Application - Part 3

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3 May 2012CPOL12 min read 24.7K   464   9  
The article series shows how to upgrade a Silverlight application having basic patterns to the MVVM and MEF composable patterns with easy approaches and detailed coding explanations.
using System;
using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
using GalaSoft.MvvmLight;
using ProductApp.Common;

namespace AnotherXap.ViewModels
{
    [Export(typeof(IModule)), ExportMetadata(MetadataKeys.Name, ModuleID.AnotherXapViewModel)]
    [PartCreationPolicy(CreationPolicy.NonShared)]
    public class AnotherXapViewModel : ViewModelBase, IModule
    {
        private Lazy<IOtherModel> _lazyAnotherModel;
        private IOtherModel _anotherModel;
        
        public AnotherXapViewModel()
        {
            // Import the lazy model module that can be removed later
            _lazyAnotherModel = ModuleCatalogService.Container.GetExport<IOtherModel>(ModuleID.AnotherXapModel);
            _anotherModel = _lazyAnotherModel.Value;
            
            // Populate the property with data from the Model
            DemoText = _anotherModel.DemoTextData;
        }

        private string _demoText;
        // 
        public string DemoText
        {
            // Property exposed for data binding
            get { return _demoText; }
            set
            {
                if (!ReferenceEquals(_demoText, value))
                {
                    _demoText = value;
                    RaisePropertyChanged("DemoText");
                }
            }
        }

        public override void Cleanup()
        {
            if (_anotherModel != null)
            {
                // Call Cleanup() in the Model
                _anotherModel.Cleanup();

                // Remove imported lazy Model from the Category Service
                // The parameter is the Lazy object instance, cannot be the Value of the Lazy
                ModuleCatalogService.Container.ReleaseExport<IOtherModel>(_lazyAnotherModel);

                _anotherModel = null;
                _lazyAnotherModel = null;
                _demoText = null;
            }

            // Unregister any message for this ViewModel
            base.Cleanup();
        }                          
    }
}

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Shenwei is a software developer and architect, and has been working on business applications using Microsoft and Oracle technologies since 1996. He obtained Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in 1998 and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) in 1999. He has experience in ASP.NET, C#, Visual Basic, Windows and Web Services, Silverlight, WPF, JavaScript/AJAX, HTML, SQL Server, and Oracle.

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