Question

I am in a small fix, I have a class as below.

Public Class Bill
    Public prime As BillPrime
    Public items As System.Collections.ObjectModel.ObservableCollection(Of ItemDetails)
    Public status As New BillStatus
    Public Sub New()
        prime = New BillPrime
        items = New System.Collections.ObjectModel.ObservableCollection(Of ItemDetails)
        status = New BillStatus
    End Sub
End Class

How can I update some x value in prime when there is a change in any of the ItemDetails object in items.

Could you please help on how can I come to a solution?

Answer 1

Try using a BindingList(of T) instead, then you can listen for a change event:

Imports System.ComponentModel

Public Class Bill
  Public prime As BillPrime
  Public WithEvents items As BindingList(Of ItemDetails)
  Public status As New BillStatus
  Public Sub New()
    prime = New BillPrime
    items = New BindingList(Of ItemDetails)
    status = New BillStatus
  End Sub

  Public Sub items_ListChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ListChangedEventArgs)  Handles items.ListChanged
    prime.X = "something"
  End Sub
End Class

This would require your classes to implement INotifyPropertyChanged:

Public Class ItemDetails
  Implements INotifyPropertyChanged

  Public Event PropertyChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PropertyChangedEventArgs) Implements INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged

  Private _DetailOne As String

  Property DetailOne() As String
    Get
      Return _DetailOne
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As String)
      _DetailOne = value
      RaiseEvent PropertyChanged(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs("DetailOne"))
    End Set
  End Property

End Class