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Presentation Model and Dependency Injection

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ASP.NET MVVM provides a framework to implement the Presentation Model pattern, a.k.a. the Model-View-ViewModel pattern in ASP.NET projects. Developers can take advantages of Dependency Injection and Event Broker to write concise, elegant and business focused code.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;

namespace Demo.Web.Mvvm
{
    internal class PageControllerBuilder
    {

        internal static void CreateController(Control target)
        {
            if (target == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("in-prarm target is null");

            foreach (var prop in ReflectionCache.GetProperties(target.GetType(), typeof(CreateAttribute)))
            {
                var attributes = prop.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(CreateAttribute), false);
                if (attributes.Length > 0 && prop.GetValue(target, null) == null)
                {
                    CreateAttribute attribute = attributes[0] as CreateAttribute;

                    object instance = CreateInstance(prop.PropertyType, attribute);
                    prop.SetValue(target, instance, null);

                    SubscribeEvents(target, instance, prop.Name);
                }
            }
        }

        private static object CreateInstance(Type type, CreateAttribute attribute)
        {
            object instance;
            string key = string.IsNullOrEmpty(attribute.Id) ? type.FullName : attribute.Id;
            switch (attribute.Scope)
            {
                case CreateScope.Application:
                    instance = HttpContext.Current.Application[key];
                    if (instance == null)
                    {
                        instance = Activator.CreateInstance(type);
                        HttpContext.Current.Application[key] = instance;
                    }
                    break;

                case CreateScope.Session:
                    instance = HttpContext.Current.Session[key];
                    if (instance == null)
                    {
                        instance = Activator.CreateInstance(type);
                        HttpContext.Current.Session[key] = instance;
                    }
                    break;

                case CreateScope.Request:
                    instance = HttpContext.Current.Items[key];
                    if (instance == null)
                    {
                        instance = Activator.CreateInstance(type);
                        HttpContext.Current.Items[key] = instance;
                    }
                    break;

                default: //CreateScope.Control:
                    instance = Activator.CreateInstance(type);
                    break;
            }

            return instance;
        }


        internal static void InjectController(Control target)
        {
            if (target == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("in-prarm target is null");

            foreach (var prop in ReflectionCache.GetProperties(target.GetType(), typeof(InjectAttribute)))
            {
                var attributes = prop.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(InjectAttribute), false);
                if (attributes.Length > 0 && prop.GetValue(target, null) == null)
                {
                    InjectAttribute attribute = attributes[0] as InjectAttribute;
                    object instance = InjectInstance(target, prop.PropertyType, attribute);
                    prop.SetValue(target, instance, null);

                    SubscribeEvents(target, instance, prop.Name);
                }
            }
        }


        private static object InjectInstance(Control target, Type type, InjectAttribute attribute)
        {
            object instance = null;
            switch (attribute.Scope)
            {
                case InjectScope.Application:
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(attribute.Id))
                    {
                        for (int i = 0; i < HttpContext.Current.Application.Count; i++)
                        {
                            object obj = HttpContext.Current.Application[i];
                            Type objtype = obj.GetType();
                            if (objtype == type || (objtype.GetInterface(type.FullName) != null))
                            {
                                instance = HttpContext.Current.Application[i];
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        object obj = HttpContext.Current.Application[attribute.Id];
                        if (obj != null)
                        {
                            Type objtype = obj.GetType();
                            if (objtype == type || (objtype.GetInterface(type.FullName) != null))
                            {
                                instance = HttpContext.Current.Application[attribute.Id];
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    break;

                case InjectScope.Session:
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(attribute.Id))
                    {
                        for (int i = 0; i < HttpContext.Current.Session.Count; i++)
                        {
                            object obj = HttpContext.Current.Session[i];
                            Type objtype = obj.GetType();
                            if (objtype == type || (objtype.GetInterface(type.FullName) != null))
                            {
                                instance = HttpContext.Current.Session[i];
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        object obj = HttpContext.Current.Session[attribute.Id];
                        if (obj != null)
                        {
                            Type objtype = obj.GetType();
                            if (objtype == type || (objtype.GetInterface(type.FullName) != null))
                            {
                                instance = HttpContext.Current.Session[attribute.Id];
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    break;

                 case InjectScope.Page:
                    foreach (PropertyInfo prop in ReflectionCache.GetProperties(target.Page.GetType(), typeof(CreateAttribute)))
                    {
                        if (prop.PropertyType == type || (prop.PropertyType.GetInterface(type.FullName) != null))
                        {
                            instance = prop.GetValue(target.Page, null);
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    break;

                 default: // InjectScope.Parent:
                    
                    Control control = target;
                    while (control != null)
                    {
                        control = control.Parent;
                        if ((control is UserControl) || (control is Page))
                        {
                            foreach (PropertyInfo prop in ReflectionCache.GetProperties(control.GetType(), typeof(CreateAttribute)))
                            {
                                if (prop.PropertyType == type || (prop.PropertyType.GetInterface(type.FullName) != null))
                                {
                                    instance = prop.GetValue(control, null);
                                    control = null;
                                    break;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    break;
            }

            return instance;
        }

        internal static void CreateControllerInChildren(Control parent)
        {
            if (parent.Controls.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (Control control in parent.Controls)
                {
                    if (control is UserControl)
                    {
                        CreateController(control);
                    }

                    if (control.Controls.Count > 0) CreateControllerInChildren(control);
                }
            }
        }

        internal static void InjectControllerInChildren(Control parent)
        {
            if (parent.Controls.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (Control control in parent.Controls)
                {
                    if (control is UserControl)
                    {
                        InjectController(control);
                    }

                    if (control.Controls.Count > 0) InjectControllerInChildren(control);
                }
            }
        }

        public static void BuildController(Page page)
        {
            if (page == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("in-prarm page is null");

            CreateController(page);
            CreateControllerInChildren(page);
            InjectController(page);
            InjectControllerInChildren(page);

        }

        internal static void UnloadController(Page page)
        {
            if (page == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("in-prarm page is null");
            UnSubscribeEvents(page);
        }

        private static void SubscribeEvents(Control target, object controller, string propertyName)
        {
            if (target == null || controller == null) return;

            foreach (MethodInfo method in ReflectionCache.GetMethods(target.GetType().BaseType, typeof(EventSubscriptionAttribute)))
            {
                var attributes = method.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(EventSubscriptionAttribute), false);

                foreach (object attribute in attributes)
                {
                    string eventName = ((EventSubscriptionAttribute)attribute).EventName ?? method.Name;

                    EventInfo publishedEvent = controller.GetType().GetEvent(eventName,
                       BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static);

                    if (publishedEvent != null && IsNotStatic(publishedEvent) && IsValidHandler(publishedEvent))
                    {
                        Delegate handler = Delegate.CreateDelegate(publishedEvent.EventHandlerType, target, method);
                        publishedEvent.AddEventHandler(controller, handler);

                        EventLinks.Add(new EventLink
                        {
                            EventInfo = publishedEvent,
                            Target = controller,
                            Handler = handler,
                        });
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        private static bool IsValidHandler(EventInfo publishedEvent)
        {
            return !publishedEvent.GetAddMethod().IsStatic && !publishedEvent.GetRemoveMethod().IsStatic;
        }

        private static bool IsNotStatic(EventInfo publishedEvent)
        {
            return typeof(EventHandler).IsAssignableFrom(publishedEvent.EventHandlerType) ||
                   (publishedEvent.EventHandlerType.IsGenericType &&
                   typeof(EventHandler<>).IsAssignableFrom(publishedEvent.EventHandlerType.GetGenericTypeDefinition()));
        }

        private static void UnSubscribeEvents(Control parent)
        {
            foreach (EventLink link in EventLinks)
            {
                link.EventInfo.RemoveEventHandler(link.Target, link.Handler);
            }
        }

        private const string key = "_events_";
        private static List<EventLink> EventLinks
        {
            get
            {
                var events = HttpContext.Current.Items[key] as List<EventLink>;
                if (events == null)
                {
                    events = new List<EventLink>();
                    HttpContext.Current.Items[key] = events;
                }
                return events;
            }
        }
    }
}

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