Better way to trigger OnPropertyChanged

It looks like as if the Framework 4.5 slightly simplifies this:

private string m_Fieldname;
public string Fieldname
{
    get { return m_Fieldname; }
    set
    {
        m_Fieldname = value;
        OnPropertyChanged();
    }
}

private void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "none passed")
{
    // ... do stuff here ...
}

This doesn't quite automate things to the extent you're looking for, but using the CallerMemberNameAttribute makes passing the property name as a string unnecessary.

If you're working on Framework 4.0 with KB2468871 installed, you can install the Microsoft BCL Compatibility Pack via nuget, which also provides this attribute.

Josh Smith has a good article on using DynamicObject to do this here

Basically it involves inheriting from DynamicObject and then hooking into TrySetMember. CLR 4.0 only, unfortunately, although it may also be possible using ContextBoundObject in earlier versions but that would probably hurt performance, being primarily suited for remoting\WCF.

You could have a look at PostSharp. They even have a sample at Data Binding. The code taken from there:

/// <summary>
/// Aspect that, when apply on a class, fully implements the interface 
/// <see cref="INotifyPropertyChanged"/> into that class, and overrides all properties to
/// that they raise the event <see cref="INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged"/>.
/// </summary>
[Serializable]
[IntroduceInterface( typeof(INotifyPropertyChanged), 
                     OverrideAction = InterfaceOverrideAction.Ignore )]
[MulticastAttributeUsage( MulticastTargets.Class, 
                          Inheritance = MulticastInheritance.Strict )]
public sealed class NotifyPropertyChangedAttribute : InstanceLevelAspect, 
                                                     INotifyPropertyChanged
{

    /// <summary>
    /// Field bound at runtime to a delegate of the method <c>OnPropertyChanged</c>.
    /// </summary>
    [ImportMember( "OnPropertyChanged", IsRequired = false)] 
    public Action<string> OnPropertyChangedMethod;

    /// <summary>
    /// Method introduced in the target type (unless it is already present);
    /// raises the <see cref="PropertyChanged"/> event.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="propertyName">Name of the property.</param>
    [IntroduceMember( Visibility = Visibility.Family, IsVirtual = true, 
                      OverrideAction = MemberOverrideAction.Ignore )]
    public void OnPropertyChanged( string propertyName )
    {
        if ( this.PropertyChanged != null )
        {
           this.PropertyChanged( this.Instance, 
                                  new PropertyChangedEventArgs( propertyName ) );
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Event introduced in the target type (unless it is already present);
    /// raised whenever a property has changed.
    /// </summary>
    [IntroduceMember( OverrideAction = MemberOverrideAction.Ignore )]
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    /// <summary>
    /// Method intercepting any call to a property setter.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="args">Aspect arguments.</param>
    [OnLocationSetValueAdvice, 
     MulticastPointcut( Targets = MulticastTargets.Property, 
         Attributes = MulticastAttributes.Instance)]
    public void OnPropertySet( LocationInterceptionArgs args )
    {
        // Don't go further if the new value is equal to the old one.
        // (Possibly use object.Equals here).
        if ( args.Value == args.GetCurrentValue() ) return;

        // Actually sets the value.
        args.ProceedSetValue();

        // Invoke method OnPropertyChanged (our, the base one, or the overridden one).
        this.OnPropertyChangedMethod.Invoke( args.Location.Name );

    }
}

Usage is then as simple as this:

[NotifyPropertyChanged]
public class Shape
{
   public double X { get; set; }
   public double Y { get; set; }
}

Examples taken from PostSharp site and inserted for completing the answer