Added a placeholder auto binding system to automate binding of views to view models without writing so much boilerplate code

git-svn-id: file:///srv/devel/repo-conversion/nuwi@44 d2e56fa2-650e-0410-a79f-9358c0239efd

Source/AutoBinding/ConventionBinder.cs

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+using Nuclex.Windows.Forms.Views;
+using System;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+namespace Nuclex.Windows.Forms.AutoBinding {
+
+	/// <summary>
+	///   Binds a view to its model using a convention-over-configuration approach
+	/// </summary>
+	public class ConventionBinder : IAutoBinder {
+
+		/// <summary>Binds the specified view to an explicitly selected view model</summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="TViewModel">
+		///   Type of view model the view will be bound to
+		/// </typeparam>
+		/// <param name="view">View that will be bound to a view model</param>
+		/// <param name="viewModel">View model the view will be bound to</param>
+		public void Bind<TViewModel>(Control view, TViewModel viewModel)
+			where TViewModel : class {
+			bind(view, viewModel);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		///   Binds the specified view to the view model specified in its DataContext
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="viewControl">View that will be bound</param>
+		public void Bind(Control viewControl) {
+			IView viewControlAsView = viewControl as IView;
+			if(viewControlAsView == null) { 
+				throw new InvalidOperationException(
+					"The specified view has no view model associated. Either assign your " +
+					"view model to the view's data context beforehand or use the overload " +
+					"of Bind() that allows you to explicitly specify the view model."
+				);
+			}
+
+			bind(viewControl, viewControlAsView.DataContext);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>Binds a view to a view model</summary>
+		/// <param name="view">View that will be bound</param>
+		/// <param name="viewModel">View model the view will be bound to</param>
+		private void bind(Control view, object viewModel) {
+		}
+
+	}
+} // namespace Nuclex.Windows.Forms.AutoBinding

Source/AutoBinding/IAutoBinder.cs

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+using System;
+
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using Nuclex.Windows.Forms.Views;
+
+namespace Nuclex.Windows.Forms.AutoBinding {
+
+	/// <summary>Binds views to their view models</summary>
+	public interface IAutoBinder {
+
+		/// <summary>Binds the specified view to an explicitly selected view model</summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="TViewModel">
+		///   Type of view model the view will be bound to
+		/// </typeparam>
+		/// <param name="view">View that will be bound to a view model</param>
+		/// <param name="viewModel">View model the view will be bound to</param>
+		void Bind<TViewModel>(Control view, TViewModel viewModel)
+			where TViewModel : class;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		///   Binds the specified view to the view model specified in its DataContext
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="view">View that will be bound</param>
+		void Bind(Control view);
+
+	}
+
+} // namespace Nuclex.Windows.Forms.AutoBinding