I want to use xaml serialization to store the configuration data of my application. This info is represented as readonly properties of a custom configuration class. When loading the application, the configuration class is deserialized through xamlservices api from a text file. However, I get an error in the form:
Cannot set unknown member 'property_name'.' Line number '24' and line position '4'.
This is because the setters are private. Is there a way to deserialize the object with readonly properties through xaml?
Yes, but you won't get round-trip serialization. You write a XAML document in which the object you want is created using a non-default constructor.
Look up info about the directive.
If its a collection property you can try using the ContentWrapperAttribute.
You can also look at the ValueSerializerAttribute
More info can be found here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff354959.aspx
Related
Example:
<DataTemplate x:DataType="FooEntity">
<Grid Background="{x:Bind MyClass.MyStaticBindingMethod(???)}" />
</DataTemplate>
It’s easy enough to pass in properties of the entity, but I can’t see a way to pass in the instance itself. Is this feature not supported? I could store a reference to this in FooEntity with a property called Instance (for example), and then go MyClass.MyStaticBindingMethod(Instance), but just want to make sure there isn't a cleaner way.
Relevant docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xaml-platform/x-bind-markup-extension
You cannot pass the instance itself onto a DataTemplate.
The DataTemplate is only responsible for describing the visual structure of a data object and therefore its not part of its job to hold a explicit reference to any CLR object.
DataTemplate is defined to extend the visual structure of data objects, such as GridView/ListView, and those already handle the possibility of referencing to Collections, by setting the ItemsSource dependency property. Taking advantage of this, the DataTemplate simply exposes the customization of your visual structure. However this visual structure should be followed with the necessary bindings, to achieve your desired custom behavior.
If you are dealing with x:Bind, you will have to set the x:DataType, to the type of the Collection which you are setting as the Control ItemsSource, because the compiler needs that information at compile-time.
That is not a problem for Binding because those are evaluated at runtime, with the help of reflection.
I am not sure if I understand correctly, but to bind this, meaning the entity directly, you can just use empty binding:
Background="{x:Bind}"
or
Background="{Binding}"
This however means that FooEntity should derive from Brush so that it is compatible with Background type.
I am using FileHelpers class for dynamic generating the class
I got the result also but when I bind to property grid its not showing the nested object. Its says class need to have this attribute
[TypeConverter(typeof(ExpandableObjectConverter))]
But the class is dynamically generated through FileHelpers so how can I provide this attribute?
I even appended the string by fails fail to create the class now dynamically.
Please advise is there a way I can add this attribute to the class created dynamically through FileHelpers.
I'm having problem binding to correct object. How do I construct such path?
I'm binding Esri Silverlight control Graphic's layer to collection of TrackedAsset objects.
Now, inside graphics template I'm trying to bind to property of this TrackedAsset object.
It fails and this is what I see under locals. Seems like default binding inside of esri graphics points to ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.DataBinding object. This object has collection of "Attributes" and value of first of those attributes happen to be object I need.
I tried: {Binding Attributes.Values[0].IsGPSDataRecent}, no binding errors but I see no getter executed and it doesn't work as expected..
I have a TextBlock and its Text property is bound to a ViewModel property. The binding is Oneway.
When I change the Text property of the Control from the xaml.cs the binding gets broken. If the binding is TwoWay I don't have this problem but the source property is updated too. Is it possible to have OneWay binding and change the target property value without braking the binding?
I suggest a workaround, like setting the Binding to TwoWay and ignore the update in the property. Something like this:
private string textValue;
public string TextValue
{
get { return textValue; }
set
{
:
}
}
Now the Property can no longer be set by the view.
Although no code is provided, this scenario typically occurs when you have bound a control to a view model and at a later stage your logic tries to update the value in the control programmatically.
You should not try to do this, that is define multiple sources of the value for a control. If you bind the control to a property on the view model, then to update the value in the control you should update the field in the view model.
If you were to set the value of a bound control programmatically at runtime so that it no longer matched the bound object value, when some other event causes the control binding to be re-evaluated, the value that you have provided programmatically would be overwritten again, you could easily end up with a scenario where the value you provided programmatically is never visible to the user.
In this scenario you should either:
Add a new property to the view model, bind this value to the control, then your program logic can set this value equal to the original property when the data is loaded, and updated when you need to
Not use bindings at all, always write to the control programatically that way you tightly control when the value is updated.
There is a workaround to this if you absolutely must have one. if you are using compiled bindings (x:Bind), then because the bindings are compiled it is possible to call SetValue on the bound dependency property at runtime and the previously compiled bindings will still be evaluated. However I advise against exploiting this because it makes your code a lot harder to follow and debug, when bindings are used, we tend not to look for code that directly addresses and sets control values.
A Java class has properties and methods for manipulating those properties. An ExtJS class has properties, methods and configOptions.
Conceptually, what is the difference between configOptions and properties? Why we need both?
As per my understanding…
configs - are passed in the constructor, which defines behavior of the class, configs should not be changed at run-time because it will not have any effect, suppose you need to specify a title for the panel then you can add a config e.g. { title : 'some title' } that will be used by panel to set title of the panel at render time, but after that, even if you try to change title, you can't alter the property by simply changing that config option.
properties - are used to store information which is useful for that class, this is normally not passed through constructor but should have getter and setter methods, you can change property at run-time (if setter method is defined) and class object should detect this change, there can be read only properties also which are modified by class object only we shouldn't change it all.
More Info
Sencha: Properties vs Configs, in the Ext 4 Documentation
My answer to this question is a little simplistic and idealistic. I'm afraid trying to give a full answer that covers all the subtleties is more likely to add to the confusion rather than clarifying the situation.
Config options are used to configure an object when it is created. Trying to set them as properties on the object after it has been instantiated will often have no effect.
Ext.create('Ext.panel.Panel', {
// config options go here
});
An object will have lots of properties but only the ones listed in the Properties section should be considered public properties. While there's nothing to stop you accessing the private properties you should only do it as a last resort, try to use the documented methods to manipulate them instead where possible.
// rendered is a public property used to indicate whether the panel has been rendered
if (panel.rendered) {
// could just do panel.el but that isn't a public property, so use getEl instead
var el = panel.getEl();
...
}
One reason why the lines get blurred is that objects generally copy their configs onto themselves like this:
Ext.apply(this, config);
This results in all the config options becoming private properties, at least initially. Internally classes can then manipulate those properties as appropriate but externally accessing those properties is a breach of encapsulation and should be avoided.