WPF学习总结1：INotifyPropertyChanged接口的作用

在代码中经常见到这个接口，它里面有什么？它的作用是什么？它和依赖属性有什么关系？

下面就来总结回答这三个问题。

1.这个INotifyPropertyChanged接口里就一个PropertyChanged的event，这个接口其实是从.net 2.0就引入进来的，用它实现观察者模式很是方便。

#region Assembly System.dll, v4.0.0.0
// C:Program Files (x86)Reference AssembliesMicrosoftFramework.NETFrameworkv4.5System.dll
#endregion

namespace System.ComponentModel
{
    // Summary:
    //     Notifies clients that a property value has changed.
    public interface INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        // Summary:
        //     Occurs when a property value changes.
        event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
    }
}

2.它的作用是什么？

首先创建一个不用这个接口的例子。

创建一个Employee.cs类。

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace WpfAppLearning
{
    public class Employee

    {
        private string _name;
        public string Name 
        {
            get {
                return _name;
            }
            set
            {
                _name = value;

            }
        }
    }
}

 再创建一个MainWindow.xaml

<Window x:Class="WpfAppLearning.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <TextBox Name="txt1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="148,74,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="TextBox" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="120"/>
        <Button Content="Button" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="148,143,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75"/>

    </Grid>
</Window>

在MainWindow.xaml.cs里将Employee的Name属性和TextBox的Text属性绑定起来。

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

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

            //新建一个员工，并给员工姓名赋初值
            Employee employee = new Employee();
            employee.Name = "Tom";

            //创建绑定
            Binding bind = new Binding();
            bind.Source = employee;
            bind.Path = new PropertyPath("Name");

            //设置绑定
            this.txt1.SetBinding(TextBox.TextProperty, bind);

            //修改员工姓名以后
            employee.Name = "Bob";
        }
    }
}

运行起来，效果如下：

也就是说，给textbox绑定了数据源Employee对象之后，我修改了Employee对象的Name属性，但在界面上并没有显示出来，界面上显示的还是原来的初始值。

这时，可以让PropertyChanged登场了，其他都不动，只重新修改Employee.cs代码：

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace WpfAppLearning
{
    public class Employee : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        private string _name;
        public string Name
        {
            get
            {
                return _name;
            }
            set
            {
                _name = value;
                if (this.PropertyChanged != null)
                {
                    this.PropertyChanged.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("Name"));
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

运行如下：

可见，只要实现了这个接口，在Name属性值改变时激发一下PropertyChanged这个event，就能使binding得到变更通知了。

显然，在创建Binding对象并将它作为数据源绑定到TextBox控件时，TextBox控件自动订阅了这个PropertyChanged event。

但它是在哪里订阅的呢？很想知道，于是...

在Reflector里查看Binding.cs的代码，从它的构造函数，到Source及Path属性的代码中都找不到订阅该event的踪影。

    public class Binding : BindingBase
    {
        public Binding()
        {
        }

        public object Source
        {
            get
            {
                WeakReference<object> weakReference = (WeakReference<object>)base.GetValue(BindingBase.Feature.ObjectSource, null);
                if (weakReference == null)
                {
                    return null;
                }
                object result;
                if (!weakReference.TryGetTarget(out result))
                {
                    return null;
                }
                return result;
            }
            set
            {
                base.CheckSealed();
                if (this._sourceInUse != Binding.SourceProperties.None && this._sourceInUse != Binding.SourceProperties.Source)
                {
                    throw new InvalidOperationException(SR.Get("BindingConflict", new object[]
                    {
                        Binding.SourceProperties.Source,
                        this._sourceInUse
                    }));
                }
                if (value != DependencyProperty.UnsetValue)
                {
                    base.SetValue(BindingBase.Feature.ObjectSource, new WeakReference<object>(value));
                    this.SourceReference = new ExplicitObjectRef(value);
                    return;
                }
                base.ClearValue(BindingBase.Feature.ObjectSource);
                this.SourceReference = null;
            }
        }

        public PropertyPath Path
        {
            [TargetedPatchingOptOut("Performance critical to inline this type of method across NGen image boundaries")]
            get
            {
                return this._ppath;
            }
            set
            {
                base.CheckSealed();
                this._ppath = value;
                this._attachedPropertiesInPath = -1;
                base.ClearFlag(BindingBase.BindingFlags.PathGeneratedInternally);
                if (this._ppath == null || !this._ppath.StartsWithStaticProperty)
                {
                    return;
                }
                if (this._sourceInUse == Binding.SourceProperties.None || this._sourceInUse == Binding.SourceProperties.StaticSource)
                {
                    this.SourceReference = Binding.StaticSourceRef;
                    return;
                }
                throw new InvalidOperationException(SR.Get("BindingConflict", new object[]
                {
                    Binding.SourceProperties.StaticSource,
                    this._sourceInUse
                }));
            }
        }
    }

实际上Binding类中有一个UpdateSourceTrigger属性：

public class Binding : BindingBase
{

  [DefaultValue(0)]
  public UpdateSourceTrigger UpdateSourceTrigger
  {
    get
    {
        switch (base.GetFlagsWithinMask(BindingBase.BindingFlags.UpdateOnLostFocus | BindingBase.BindingFlags.UpdateExplicitly))
        {
            case BindingBase.BindingFlags.UpdateOnPropertyChanged:
                return UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged;

            case BindingBase.BindingFlags.UpdateOnLostFocus:
                return UpdateSourceTrigger.LostFocus;

            case BindingBase.BindingFlags.UpdateExplicitly:
                return UpdateSourceTrigger.Explicit;

            case (BindingBase.BindingFlags.UpdateOnLostFocus | BindingBase.BindingFlags.UpdateExplicitly):
                return UpdateSourceTrigger.Default;
        }
        Invariant.Assert(false, "Unexpected UpdateSourceTrigger value");
        return UpdateSourceTrigger.Default;
    }
    set
    {
        base.CheckSealed();
        BindingBase.BindingFlags flags = BindingBase.FlagsFrom(value);
        if (flags == BindingBase.BindingFlags.IllegalInput)
        {
            throw new InvalidEnumArgumentException("value", (int) value, typeof(UpdateSourceTrigger));
        }
        base.ChangeFlagsWithinMask(BindingBase.BindingFlags.UpdateOnLostFocus | BindingBase.BindingFlags.UpdateExplicitly, flags);
    }
  }
}

它的类型就是UpdateSourceTrigger枚举，这个枚举类型的值如下：

public enum UpdateSourceTrigger {     Default,     PropertyChanged,     LostFocus,     Explicit }

However, the default value for most dependency properties is System.Windows.Data.UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged，所以说，创建binding对象时虽然没有设置这个属性，但因为它有默认值，是PropertyChanged，如下：

            //创建绑定
            Binding bind = new Binding();
            bind.Source = employee;
            bind.Path = new PropertyPath("Name");
            //bind.UpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged; 这句可以省略。

这样看来，似乎已经找到根了，此时Binding对象应该知道了要监听PropertyChanged事件了，但实际上还没有具体订阅上，到底在哪里订阅上PropertyChanged事件的呢？

Debug一下，发现在创建完上面的绑定之后, employee.PropertyChanged为空，可见，此时还未订阅。

employee.PropertyChanged
null

当向下执行完this.txt1.SetBinding(TextBox.TextProperty, bind) 这句后， employee.PropertyChanged不为空了，说明此时已经订阅上了。

employee.PropertyChanged
{Method = {Void OnPropertyChanged(System.Object, System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs)}}
    base {System.MulticastDelegate}: {Method = {Void OnPropertyChanged(System.Object, System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs)}}

看看这个this.txt1.SetBinding的Reflector代码，实际上还是调用的BindingOperations类的SetBinding方法。

[RuntimeNameProperty("Name"), UsableDuringInitialization(true), StyleTypedProperty(Property="FocusVisualStyle", StyleTargetType=typeof(Control)), XmlLangProperty("Language")]
public class FrameworkElement : UIElement, IFrameworkInputElement, IInputElement, ISupportInitialize, IHaveResources, IQueryAmbient
{
  public BindingExpressionBase SetBinding(DependencyProperty dp, BindingBase binding)
  {
    return BindingOperations.SetBinding(this, dp, binding);
  }
}

 

BindingOperations类的SetBinding方法代码如下：  

using MS.Internal.Data;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Runtime;
namespace System.Windows.Data
{
        public static BindingExpressionBase SetBinding(DependencyObject target, DependencyProperty dp, BindingBase binding)
        {
            if (target == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("target");
            }
            if (dp == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("dp");
            }
            if (binding == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("binding");
            }
            BindingExpressionBase bindingExpressionBase = binding.CreateBindingExpression(target, dp);
            target.SetValue(dp, bindingExpressionBase);
            return bindingExpressionBase;
        }
}

再跳进去查，还是没有发现具体订阅的代码，看来还藏得够隐蔽的！算了，不查了，以后再说。

2013/9/3 补充，之所以找不到显式的事件订阅，可能是使用了weakreference来实现更加高明的订阅，学习中。