Binding Validation.HasError property in MVVM
The Validation.HasError
is readonly property, therefore Binding
will not work with this property. This can be seen in ILSpy
:
public virtual bool HasError
{
get
{
return this._validationError != null;
}
}
As an alternative, you should see a great article
which provides a solution in the form of use attached dependency properties, there you will see a detailed explanation of the example.
Below is a full example from this article, I just translated it under C#
, the original language is VB.NET
:
XAML
<Window x:Class="HasErrorTestValidation.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:HasErrorTestValidation"
WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Window.DataContext>
<local:TestData />
</Window.DataContext>
<StackPanel>
<TextBox x:Name="TestTextBox"
local:ProtocolSettingsLayout.MVVMHasError="{Binding Path=HasError}">
<TextBox.Text>
<Binding Path="TestText" UpdateSourceTrigger="PropertyChanged">
<Binding.ValidationRules>
<local:OnlyNumbersValidationRule ValidatesOnTargetUpdated="True"/>
</Binding.ValidationRules>
</Binding>
</TextBox.Text>
</TextBox>
<TextBlock>
<TextBlock.Text>
<Binding Path="HasError" StringFormat="HasError is {0}"/>
</TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock>
<TextBlock.Text>
<Binding Path="(Validation.HasError)" ElementName="TestTextBox" StringFormat="Validation.HasError is {0}"/>
</TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
Code-behind
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
#region Model
public class TestData : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private bool _hasError = false;
public bool HasError
{
get
{
return _hasError;
}
set
{
_hasError = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("HasError");
}
}
private string _testText = "0";
public string TestText
{
get
{
return _testText;
}
set
{
_testText = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("TestText");
}
}
#region PropertyChanged
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void NotifyPropertyChanged(string sProp)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(sProp));
}
}
#endregion
}
#endregion
#region ValidationRule
public class OnlyNumbersValidationRule : ValidationRule
{
public override ValidationResult Validate(object value, CultureInfo cultureInfo)
{
var result = new ValidationResult(true, null);
string NumberPattern = @"^[0-9-]+$";
Regex rgx = new Regex(NumberPattern);
if (rgx.IsMatch(value.ToString()) == false)
{
result = new ValidationResult(false, "Must be only numbers");
}
return result;
}
}
#endregion
public class ProtocolSettingsLayout
{
public static readonly DependencyProperty MVVMHasErrorProperty= DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("MVVMHasError",
typeof(bool),
typeof(ProtocolSettingsLayout),
new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(false,
FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.BindsTwoWayByDefault,
null,
CoerceMVVMHasError));
public static bool GetMVVMHasError(DependencyObject d)
{
return (bool)d.GetValue(MVVMHasErrorProperty);
}
public static void SetMVVMHasError(DependencyObject d, bool value)
{
d.SetValue(MVVMHasErrorProperty, value);
}
private static object CoerceMVVMHasError(DependencyObject d,Object baseValue)
{
bool ret = (bool)baseValue;
if (BindingOperations.IsDataBound(d,MVVMHasErrorProperty))
{
if (GetHasErrorDescriptor(d)==null)
{
DependencyPropertyDescriptor desc = DependencyPropertyDescriptor.FromProperty(Validation.HasErrorProperty, d.GetType());
desc.AddValueChanged(d,OnHasErrorChanged);
SetHasErrorDescriptor(d, desc);
ret = System.Windows.Controls.Validation.GetHasError(d);
}
}
else
{
if (GetHasErrorDescriptor(d)!=null)
{
DependencyPropertyDescriptor desc= GetHasErrorDescriptor(d);
desc.RemoveValueChanged(d, OnHasErrorChanged);
SetHasErrorDescriptor(d, null);
}
}
return ret;
}
private static readonly DependencyProperty HasErrorDescriptorProperty = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("HasErrorDescriptor",
typeof(DependencyPropertyDescriptor),
typeof(ProtocolSettingsLayout));
private static DependencyPropertyDescriptor GetHasErrorDescriptor(DependencyObject d)
{
var ret = d.GetValue(HasErrorDescriptorProperty);
return ret as DependencyPropertyDescriptor;
}
private static void OnHasErrorChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DependencyObject d = sender as DependencyObject;
if (d != null)
{
d.SetValue(MVVMHasErrorProperty, d.GetValue(Validation.HasErrorProperty));
}
}
private static void SetHasErrorDescriptor(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyDescriptor value)
{
var ret = d.GetValue(HasErrorDescriptorProperty);
d.SetValue(HasErrorDescriptorProperty, value);
}
}
As an alternative to the use of ValidationRule
, in MVVM style you can try to implement IDataErrorInfo
Interface. For more info see this:
Enforcing Complex Business Data Rules with WPF