Question

I have to use this Command in a WPF application (i dont like it really but if i have to -> i have to ):
http://wpftutorial.net/DelegateCommand.html

But the main problem I have here is that I don t want to have in nearly every line of my code a call to the

RaiseCanExecuteChanged()

method. So what could I do to do that auto like RoutedUICommand does.

I have a lot of databindings and as example if Foo.FooProp != null Command can execute. But I want as less code as possible and so I would have to register events everywhere or update commands all over my application….

Answer 1

You could implement a form of DelegateCommand which invokes the delegates added to CanExecuteChanged everytime there is a change of possible consequence in the UI. This example uses CommandManager.RequerySuggested.

public class AutoDelegateCommand : DelegateCommand, ICommand
{
    public AutoDelegateCommand(Action<object> execute)
        : base(execute)
    {
    }        

    public AutoDelegateCommand(Action<object> execute, Predicate<object> canExecute)
        : base(execute, canExecute)
    {
    }

    event EventHandler ICommand.CanExecuteChanged
    {
        add { CommandManager.RequerySuggested += value; }
        remove { CommandManager.RequerySuggested -= value; }
    }
}

I think I’ve seen an example like this before, perhaps in the MVVMLight toolkit?