Subscribe to INotifyPropertyChanged for nested (child) objects

Question

I\'m looking for a clean and elegant solution to handle the INotifyPropertyChanged event of nested (child) objects. Example code:

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Answer 1

I wrote an easy helper to do this. You just call BubblePropertyChanged(x => x.BestFriend) in your parent view model. n.b. there is an assumption you have a method called NotifyPropertyChagned in your parent, but you can adapt that.

        /// 

    /// Bubbles up property changed events from a child viewmodel that implements {INotifyPropertyChanged} to the parent keeping
    /// the naming hierarchy in place.
    /// This is useful for nested view models. 
    /// 
    /// Child property that is a viewmodel implementing INotifyPropertyChanged.
    /// 
    public IDisposable BubblePropertyChanged(Expression> property)
    {
        // This step is relatively expensive but only called once during setup.
        MemberExpression body = (MemberExpression)property.Body;
        var prefix = body.Member.Name + ".";

        INotifyPropertyChanged child = property.Compile().Invoke();

        PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = (sender, e) =>
        {
            this.NotifyPropertyChanged(prefix + e.PropertyName);
        };

        child.PropertyChanged += handler;

        return Disposable.Create(() => { child.PropertyChanged -= handler; });
    }