I see two types of implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged
The first one:
public abstract class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}
The second one:
public abstract class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
[NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}
In 2nd one you see there is an extra attribute [NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
on the method OnPropertyChanged
In my case both behaves same but what, why and when to use this [NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
, what are benefits of this? I've searched on internet but couldn't find any good answer.
It is a Resharper attribute from their Annotations - designed to give you warning then your code looks suspicious :)
Consider this:
public class Foo : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
[NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
protected virtual void NotifyChanged(string propertyName) { ... }
private string _name;
public string Name {
get { return _name; }
set {
_name = value;
NotifyChanged("LastName");//<-- warning here
}
}
}
With the [NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
attribut on the NotifyChanged
method Resharper will give you a warning, that you are invoking the method with a (presumably) wrong value.
Because Resharper now knows that method should be called to make change notification, it will help you convert normal properties into properties with change notification:
Converting it into this:
public string Name
{
get { return _name; }
set
{
if (value == _name) return;
_name = value;
NotifyChange("Name");
}
}
This example is from the documentation on the [NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
attribute found here:
The NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator
is a Resharper feature.
You can simply remove it from your code in order for it to work
Similar question been asked here:
does anyone know how to get the [NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]