Question

here, i am using mvvm .in that my partner use class CommandBindingExtension ,in that i can understand role of IProvideValueTarget and IServiceProvider.

[MarkupExtensionReturnType(typeof(ICommand))]
public class CommandBindingExtension : MarkupExtension
{
    public CommandBindingExtension(string commandName)
    {
        this.CommandName = commandName;
    }

    [ConstructorArgument("commandName")]
    public string CommandName { get; set; }

    private object targetObject;
    private object targetProperty;

    public override object ProvideValue(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
    {
        IProvideValueTarget provideValueTarget = serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IProvideValueTarget)) as IProvideValueTarget;
        if (provideValueTarget != null)
        {
            targetObject = provideValueTarget.TargetObject;
            targetProperty = provideValueTarget.TargetProperty;
        }

        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(CommandName))
        {
            // The serviceProvider is actually a ProvideValueServiceProvider, which has a private field "_context" of type ParserContext
            ParserContext parserContext = GetPrivateFieldValue<ParserContext>(serviceProvider, "_context");
            if (parserContext != null)
            {
                // A ParserContext has a private field "_rootElement", which returns the root element of the XAML file
                FrameworkElement rootElement = GetPrivateFieldValue<FrameworkElement>(parserContext, "_rootElement");
                if (rootElement != null)
                {
                    // Now we can retrieve the DataContext
                    object dataContext = rootElement.DataContext;

                    // The DataContext may not be set yet when the FrameworkElement is first created, and it may change afterwards,
                    // so we handle the DataContextChanged event to update the Command when needed
                    if (!dataContextChangeHandlerSet)
                    {
                        rootElement.DataContextChanged += new DependencyPropertyChangedEventHandler(rootElement_DataContextChanged);
                        dataContextChangeHandlerSet = true;
                    }

                    if (dataContext != null)
                    {
                        ICommand command = GetCommand(dataContext, CommandName);
                        if (command != null)
                            return command;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        // The Command property of an InputBinding cannot be null, so we return a dummy extension instead
        return DummyCommand.Instance;
    }

plz explain what is the role of it.if u need whole class code than i will give it.

Answer 1

IProvideValueTarget is one of the services the service provider can provide in this context. See MSDN for more info on those services.

Authors of the types that support type converter and markup extension usages must often have contextual information about where a usage is located in the markup, or in surrounding object graph structure. Information might be needed so that the provided object is instantiated correctly or so that object references to existing objects in the object graph can be made. When using .NET Framework XAML Services, the context that might be required is exposed as a series of service interfaces.

The services available for a markup extension or type converter implementation are communicated through the context parameters that are part of the signature of each virtual method. In every case, you have IServiceProvider implemented in the context, and can call IServiceProvider.GetService to request a service.