// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information. using System; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Linq; namespace CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel; /// /// An attribute that can be used to support in generated properties. When this attribute is /// used, the generated property setter will also call (or the equivalent /// method in the target class) for the properties specified in the attribute data. This can be useful to keep the code compact when /// there are one or more dependent properties that should also be reported as updated when the value of the annotated observable /// property is changed. If this attribute is used in a field without , it is ignored. /// /// In order to use this attribute, the containing type has to implement the interface /// and expose a method with the same signature as . If the containing /// type also implements the interface and exposes a method with the same signature as /// , then this method will be invoked as well by the property setter. /// /// /// This attribute can be used as follows: /// /// partial class MyViewModel : ObservableObject /// { /// [ObservableProperty] /// [AlsoNotifyChangeFor(nameof(FullName))] /// private string name; /// /// [ObservableProperty] /// [AlsoNotifyChangeFor(nameof(FullName))] /// private string surname; /// /// public string FullName => $"{Name} {Surname}"; /// } /// /// /// And with this, code analogous to this will be generated: /// /// partial class MyViewModel /// { /// public string Name /// { /// get => name; /// set /// { /// if (SetProperty(ref name, value)) /// { /// OnPropertyChanged(nameof(FullName)); /// } /// } /// } /// /// public string Surname /// { /// get => surname; /// set /// { /// if (SetProperty(ref surname, value)) /// { /// OnPropertyChanged(nameof(FullName)); /// } /// } /// } /// } /// /// [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = false)] public sealed class AlsoNotifyChangeForAttribute : Attribute { /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// /// The name of the property to also notify when the annotated property changes. public AlsoNotifyChangeForAttribute(string propertyName) { PropertyNames = new[] { propertyName }; } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// /// The name of the property to also notify when the annotated property changes. /// /// The other property names to also notify when the annotated property changes. This parameter can optionally /// be used to indicate a series of dependent properties from the same attribute, to keep the code more compact. /// public AlsoNotifyChangeForAttribute(string propertyName, params string[] otherPropertyNames) { PropertyNames = new[] { propertyName }.Concat(otherPropertyNames).ToArray(); } /// /// Gets the property names to also notify when the annotated property changes. /// public string[] PropertyNames { get; } }