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Bindable Converter Parameter

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A simple technique to achieve Bindable-ConverterParameter in WPF's XAML.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows;
using System.Globalization;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace BindableConverterParameterTake3
{
    class TestValueConverterWithOneObjectParameter : IValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            if (parameter == null || ((object[])parameter).Any(param => param == null))
            {
                return value.ToString();
            }
            return value.ToString();
        }

        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("New value for the Binding-Source: " + value.ToString() + " ;Current value of the Binding-Source: " + ((object[])parameter)[0].ToString());
            return value;
        }
    }



    class MultiValueMultiMixedConverterParameterConverter : IMultiValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            if (values == null || values.Any(v => { return v == null || v == DependencyProperty.UnsetValue; }))
            {
                return "";
            }
            object[] parameters = (object[])parameter;
            if (parameter == null || parameters == null || ((object[])parameter).Any(param => param == null))
            {
                return "";
            }

            return values[0].ToString() + parameters[0].ToString() + parameters[1].ToString() + parameters[2].ToString() + values[1].ToString();
        }

        public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[] targetTypes, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            object[] parameters = (object[])parameter;
            string AllConcatSigns = parameters[3].ToString();
            string[] FirstNameLastName = value.ToString().Replace(parameters[2].ToString(),"").Split(AllConcatSigns.ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

            return new object[] { FirstNameLastName[0], FirstNameLastName[1] };
        }
    }
    class MultiValueMultiConverterParameterConverter : IMultiValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            if (values == null || values.Any(v => { return v == null || v == DependencyProperty.UnsetValue; }))
            {
                return "";
            }
            object[] parameters = (object[])parameter;
            if (parameter == null || parameters == null || ((object[])parameter).Any(param => param == null))
            {
                return "";
            }

            return values[0].ToString() + parameters[0].ToString() + parameters[1].ToString() + values[1].ToString();
        }

        public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[] targetTypes, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            object[] parameters = (object[])parameter;
            string AllConcatSigns = parameters[2].ToString();
            string[] FirstNameLastName = value.ToString().Split(AllConcatSigns.ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

            return new object[] { FirstNameLastName[0], FirstNameLastName[1] };
        }
    }
    class TestValueConverterWithTwoObjectsParameter : IValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            if (parameter == null || ((object[])parameter).Any(param => param == null))
            {
                return value.ToString();
            }
            return value.ToString() + (((object[])parameter)[0].ToString() == "-" ? (((object[])parameter)[0].ToString() + ((object[])parameter)[1].ToString()) : "");// ?? ((object[])parameter)[0].ToString();
        }

        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            object[] parameters = (object[])parameter;
            string ret= value.ToString().Replace(parameters[0].ToString(), "").Replace(parameters[1].ToString(), "");
            return ret;
        }
    }
    class TestValueConverterWithThreeObjectsParameter : IValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            if (parameter == null || ((object[])parameter).Any(param => param == null))
            {
                return value.ToString();
            }
            return value.ToString() + (((object[])parameter)[0].ToString() == "-" ? (((object[])parameter)[0].ToString() + ((object[])parameter)[1].ToString() + ((object[])parameter)[2].ToString()) : "");// ?? ((object[])parameter)[0].ToString();
        }

        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            return value.ToString().Replace(parameter.ToString(), "");
        }
    }
    class TestValueConverter : IValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            return value.ToString() + parameter ?? parameter.ToString();
        }

        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            return value.ToString().Replace(parameter.ToString(), "");
        }
    }
    class TestMultiValueConverter : IMultiValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            return values[0].ToString() + (parameter != null ? parameter.ToString() : "") + values[1] ?? values[1].ToString();
        }

        public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[] targetTypes, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }

    #region Enum Converters
    class EnumMember2Description : IValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            if (value == null)
            {
                return null;
            }

            object[] parameters = (object[])parameter;
            Type t = (Type)parameters[0]; //the enum type

            DescriptionAttribute descrattr = t.GetField(value.ToString()).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false).First() as DescriptionAttribute;

            return descrattr.Description;
        }


        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }
    class Value2SelectedEnum : IValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            if (value == null)
            {
                return null;
            }
            object[] parameters = (object[])parameter;
 
            Type t = (Type)parameters[0];
            var v2 = Enum.ToObject(t, value);
            return v2;
        }

        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            //object[] parameters = (object[])parameter;

            return (int)value;
        }
    }
    #endregion

}

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