Handling OnPropertyChanged

Question

I\'m not well versed in event-based programming. Basically, I\'m still stumbling around with it. I\'m trying to get something set up, but even with the tutorials, I can\'t w

Answer 1

The link that you looked is for the MVVM pattern and WPF. It is not a general C# implementation. You need something like this:

public event EventHandler PropertyChanged;

    public int SomeMember {
        get {
            return this.someMember;
        }
        set {
            if (this.someMember != value) {
                someMember = value;
                if (PropertyChanged != null) { // If someone subscribed to the event
                    PropertyChanged(this, EventArgs.Empty); // Raise the event
                }
            }
        }

...

public void addChatter(ChattyClass chatter) {
    myChatters.add(chatter);
    chatter.PropertyChanged += listner; // Subscribe to the event
}
// This will be called on property changed
private void listner(object sender, EventArgs e){
    Console.WriteLine("Hey! Hey! Listen! A property of a chatter in my list has changed!");
}

If you want to know what property has changed you need to change your event definition to:

public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

And change the calling to:

public int SomeMember {
    get {
        return this.someMember;
    }
    set {
        if (this.someMember != value){
            someMember = value;
            if (PropertyChanged != null) { // If someone subscribed to the event
                PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("SomeMember")); // Raise the event
            }
        }
   }

   private void listner(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e) {
       string propertyName = e.PropertyName;
       Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Hey! Hey! Listen! a {0} of a chatter in my list has changed!", propertyName));
   }