Implementing INotifyPropertyChanged - does a better way exist?

Question

Microsoft should have implemented something snappy for INotifyPropertyChanged, like in the automatic properties, just specify {get; set; notify;} I

Answer 1

An idea using reflection:

class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged {

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    bool Notify(MethodBase mb, ref T oldValue, T newValue) {

        // Get Name of Property
        string name = mb.Name.Substring(4);

        // Detect Change
        bool changed = EqualityComparer.Default.Equals(oldValue, newValue);

        // Return if no change
        if (!changed) return false;

        // Update value
        oldValue = newValue;

        // Raise Event
        if (PropertyChanged != null) {
            PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name));
        }//if

        // Notify caller of change
        return true;

    }//method

    string name;

    public string Name {
        get { return name; }
        set {
            Notify(MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod(), ref this.name, value);
        }
    }//method

}//class