Equiv. to Coalesce() in XAML Binding?

Question

In SQL I can do this:

Select Coalesce(Property1, Property2, Property3, \'All Null\') as Value
From MyTable 

If Property1, 2 and 3 are all n

Answer 1

You'd have to build a custom IMultiValueConverter to do that and use a MultiBinding. PriorityBinding uses the first binding in the collection that produces a value successfully. In your case, the Property1 binding resolves immediately, so it's used. Since Property1 is null, the TargetNullValue is used.

A converter like this:

public class CoalesceConverter : System.Windows.Data.IMultiValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, 
            object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        if (values == null)
            return null;
        foreach (var item in values)
            if (item != null)
                return item;
        return null;
    }

    public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[] targetTypes, 
            object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

And MultiBinding like this: