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Templates, Inversion of Control, Factories, and so on

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This article gives a little presentation of Control Templates, Data Templates, Inversion of Control, and Factories, explaining why they are all related and how to better use them.
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using Pfz.WpfControls;
using Pfz.Extensions;

namespace Pfz.Databasing.WpfControls
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Controls bound to a record and capable of finding it by it's key, editing
	/// or inserting new ones.
	/// </summary>
	public class SearchAndEditControl:
		UserControl
	{
		private KeyBoundControl _keyControl = new KeyBoundControl();
		private RecordBoundControl _recordControl = new RecordBoundControl();
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a new instance of SearchAndEditControl.
		/// </summary>
		public SearchAndEditControl()
		{
			var panel = new StackPanel();
			var children = panel.Children;
			children.Add(_keyControl);
			children.Add(_recordControl);
			Content = panel;

			_keyControl.KeyValuesChanged += _KeyControl_KeyValuesChanged;
			
			CanInsertRecord = true;

            DataContextChanged += new System.Windows.DependencyPropertyChangedEventHandler(SearchAndEditControl_DataContextChanged);
		}

        void SearchAndEditControl_DataContextChanged(object sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)
        {
            IRecord newValue = args.NewValue as IRecord;

            var key = Key;
            if (key == null && newValue != null)
            {
                key = newValue.GetIndex("");
                Key = key;
            }

            if (key != null && newValue != null)
                _keyControl.LoadKeyValues(newValue);
        }

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the Key used by this control.
		/// </summary>
		public IDatabaseIndex Key
		{
			get
			{
				return _keyControl.Key;
			}
			set
			{
				_keyControl.Key = value;
				
				if (value == null)
					return;
					
				var record = Record;
				var recordType = value.RecordType;
				if (record != null && !recordType.IsAssignableFrom(record.GetType()))
					_SetRecord(null);

				
				var bindings = PropertyBindings;
				if (bindings.Count == 0)
				{
					var primaryKeyProperty = Databasing.Record.GetPrimaryKeyProperty(recordType);
					var keyProperties = value.Properties;

					foreach(var triplet in Databasing.Record.GetPropertiesDictionary(recordType))
					{
						var property = triplet.Value.Property;

						if (property == primaryKeyProperty)
							continue;

						if (keyProperties.ContainsKey(property.Name))
							continue;

						var binding = new PropertyBinding();
						binding.Property = property;
						bindings.Add(binding);
					}
				}
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the propeties this control will display.
		/// Example as string property:
		/// FullTypeName.* (which will get all properties)
		/// FullTypeName:PropertyName;OtherPropertyName
		/// FullTypeName:PropertyName=Display name;OtherPropertyName=Other display name
		/// FullTypeName.PropertyName=Display name;OtherFullTypeName.PropertyName=Other display name
		/// </summary>
		[TypeConverter(typeof(PropertyBindingsTypeConverter))]
		public ObservableCollection<PropertyBinding> PropertyBindings
		{
			get
			{
				return _recordControl.PropertyBindings;
			}
			set
			{
				_recordControl.PropertyBindings = value;
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the record of this control.
		/// </summary>
		public IRecord Record
		{
			get
			{
				return DataContext as IRecord;
			}
			set
			{
                DataContext = value;
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets a value indicating that, by default, this is a read-only control.
		/// By default means, if it search the record. If you set a record to it, the state
		/// of the record will determine if it is read-only or not.
		/// </summary>
		public bool IsReadOnlyByDefault { get; set; }
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets a value indicating if this control can automatically create
		/// a new record when one is not found. The default value is true.
		/// </summary>
		[DefaultValue(true)]
		public bool CanInsertRecord { get; set; }

		void _KeyControl_KeyValuesChanged(object sender, KeyValuesChangedEventArgs e)
		{
			var values = e.Values;
			foreach(var value in values)
			{
				if (value == null)
				{
					_SetRecord(null);
					return;
				}
			}
			
			var key = Key;
			var record = key.TryGetRecord(values);
			
			if (!IsReadOnlyByDefault)
			{
				if (record != null)
					record = record.CreateUpdateRecord();
				else
				if (CanInsertRecord)
				{
					record = Databasing.Record.Create(key.RecordType);
					
					int valueIndex = -1;
					foreach(var property in key.Properties.Values)
					{
						valueIndex++;
						object value = values[valueIndex];
						property.SetValue(record, value);
					}
				}
			}
			
			_SetRecord(record);
		}
		private void _SetRecord(IRecord record)
		{
			var setter = this.FindPropertySetter(FrameworkElement.DataContextProperty);
			if (setter == null)
				setter = this;

			setter.SetValue(FrameworkElement.DataContextProperty, record);
		}
	}
}

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I started to program computers when I was 11 years old, as a hobbyist, programming in AMOS Basic and Blitz Basic for Amiga.
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