Creating and reusing object instances in XAML

Question

I want to create objects in XAML and reuse these instances. I think it should be simple, but I was stuck, I probably missed something obvious.

Let's say I want to add cats to different rooms (there is an ObservableCollection in the room containing objects like Cat). In UserControl.Resources, I create an ObjectDataProviders:

<ObjectDataProvider x:Key="Cat1" ObjectType="{x:Type local:Cat}">
    <ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
        <System:String>Tom</System:String>
    </ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
</ObjectDataProvider>
<ObjectDataProvider x:Key="Cat2" ObjectType="{x:Type local:Cat}">
    <ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
        <System:String>Garfield</System:String>
    </ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
</ObjectDataProvider>
<ObjectDataProvider x:Key="Cat3" ObjectType="{x:Type local:Cat}">
    <ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
        <System:String>Furball</System:String>
    </ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
</ObjectDataProvider>

In my UserControl, I want to add cats to rooms:

<local:Room x:Name="Room1">
    <local:Room.Cats>

    </local:Room.Cats>
<local:Room>
<local:Room x:Name="Room2">
    <local:Room.Cats>

    </local:Room.Cats>
<local:Room>

What is the syntax for adding Cat instances to ObservableCollection Room.Cats? For example, I want to add Cat1 and Cat2 to Room1, Cat2 and Cat3 to Room2. Am I completely mistaken?

Answer 1

Heinzi Robert Rossney, , ObservableCollection, XAML :

ObservableCollection, XAML ( XAML 2009):

public class CatObservableCollection : ObservableCollection<Cat> { }

XAML UserControl.Resources Cats:

<local:Cat x:Key="Tom" Name="Tom"/>
<local:Cat x:Key="Garfield" Name="Garfield"/>
<local:Cat x:Key="Furball" Name="Furball"/>

:

<local:CatObservableCollection x:Key="Room1Collection">
    <StaticResourceExtension ResourceKey="Tom"/>
    <StaticResourceExtension ResourceKey="Garfield"/>
</local:CatObservableCollection>
<local:CatObservableCollection x:Key="Room2Collection">
    <StaticResourceExtension ResourceKey="Garfield"/>
    <StaticResourceExtension ResourceKey="Furball"/>
</local:CatObservableCollection>

:

<local:Room x:Name="Room1" Cats="{StaticResource Room1Collection}"/>
<local:Room x:Name="Room2" Cats="{StaticResource Room2Collection}"/>

Room.Cats - ObservableCollection <Cat>

Answer 2

, , . , , XAML, StaticResource, .

, Cat a Cat:

<Room Cat="{StaticResource Cat1}"/>

, .

, , , XAML , ObjectDataProvider s. ObjectDataProvider, -:

<Window x:Class="ObjectDataProviderDemo.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ObjectDataProviderDemo" 
        xmlns:Collections="clr-namespace:System.Collections;assembly=mscorlib" 
        Title="MainWindow" 
        Height="350" 
        Width="525">
    <Window.Resources>
        <local:Cat x:Key="Tom" Name="Tom"/>
        <local:Cat x:Key="Garfield" Name="Garfield"/>
        <local:Cat x:Key="Furball" Name="Furball"/>
        <Collections:ArrayList x:Key="CatList1">
            <ObjectDataProvider ObjectInstance="{StaticResource Tom}" />
            <ObjectDataProvider ObjectInstance="{StaticResource Garfield}" />
            <ObjectDataProvider ObjectInstance="{StaticResource Furball}" />
        </Collections:ArrayList>
        <Collections:ArrayList x:Key="CatList2">
            <ObjectDataProvider ObjectInstance="{StaticResource Tom}" />
            <ObjectDataProvider ObjectInstance="{StaticResource Furball}" />
        </Collections:ArrayList>
        <DataTemplate x:Key="CatTemplate">
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" />
        </DataTemplate>
    </Window.Resources>
    <StackPanel>
        <ListBox ItemsSource="{StaticResource CatList1}" 
                 ItemTemplate="{StaticResource CatTemplate}"/>
        <ListBox ItemsSource="{StaticResource CatList2}"
                 ItemTemplate="{StaticResource CatTemplate}" />
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

Answer 3

. , x: TypeArguments. TypeArguments . , XAML. XAML System.Windows.Markup.XamlReader.Load(Stream Stream) method

Cat.cs:

using System;

namespace WpfCollection._3840371
{
    public class Cat
    {
        public Cat() { }

        public Cat(String name, String color) { Name = name; Color = color; }

        public String Name { get; set; }
        public String Color { get; set; }
    }
}

Room.cs:

using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

namespace WpfCollection._3840371
{
    public class Room<T> where T : System.Windows.Data.ObjectDataProvider
    {
        public Room()
        {
            Cats = new ObservableCollection<T>();
        }

        public ObservableCollection<T> Cats { get; set; }
    }
}

:

namespace WpfCollection._3840371
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for Win3840371.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class Win3840371 : Window
    {
        public Win3840371()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            Room<ObjectDataProvider> kitchenRoom;
            using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"3840371/roomcats.txt", FileMode.Open))
            {
                kitchenRoom = (Room<ObjectDataProvider>)XamlReader.Load(fs);
            }

            foreach (ObjectDataProvider o in kitchenRoom.Cats)
                Debug.WriteLine(((Cat)o.Data).Name + " : " + ((Cat)o.Data).Color);
        }
    }
}

, .txt , XAML, :

<local:Room 
            xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
            xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
            xmlns:System="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
            xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfCollection._3840371;assembly=WpfCollection"
            x:Key="UpperRoom" x:TypeArguments="ObjectDataProvider">
            <local:Room.Cats>
                <ObjectDataProvider x:Key="Cat1" ObjectType="{x:Type local:Cat}">
                    <ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
                        <System:String>Tom</System:String>
                        <System:String>Red</System:String>
                    </ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
                </ObjectDataProvider>
                <ObjectDataProvider x:Key="Cat2" ObjectType="{x:Type local:Cat}">
                    <ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
                        <System:String>Rubia</System:String>
                        <System:String>Brown</System:String>
                    </ObjectDataProvider.ConstructorParameters>
                </ObjectDataProvider>
            </local:Room.Cats>
        </local:Room>