ViewModelBase class

The ViewModelBase abstract class is designed to serve as a base class for all ViewModel classes. It provides support for property change notifications. Instead of implementing the INotifyPropertyChanged interface in each individual ViewModel of your application, you can directly inherit the ViewModelBase class.

Example 1: Custom ViewModel that inherits the abstract ViewModelBase class

using Telerik.Windows.Controls; 
public class MyViewModel : ViewModelBase 
{ 
    private object selectedItem; 
    public object SelectedItem 
    { 
        get { return this.selectedItem; } 
        set 
        { 
            if (value != this.selectedItem) 
            { 
                this.selectedItem = value; 
                OnPropertyChanged(() => this.SelectedItem); 
            } 
        } 
    } 
 
    private ObservableCollection<Club> clubsCollection; 
    public ObservableCollection<Club> ClubsCollection 
    { 
        get 
        { 
            return this.clubsCollection; 
        } 
        set 
        { 
            this.clubsCollection = value; 
            this.OnPropertyChanged("ClubsCollection"); 
        } 
    } 
 
    . . . 
} 

As shown in Example 1, when explicitly specifying the changed property, there are a couple of overloads that you can use. If you are using the .NET 4.5 controls version, an additional approach is available which uses the CallerMemberName attribute to notify for property changed events:

Example 2: Using the CallerMemberName attribute**:

    public object SelectedItem 
    { 
        get { return this.selectedItem; } 
        set 
        { 
            if (value != this.selectedItem) 
            { 
                this.selectedItem = value; 
                RaisePropertyChanged(); 
            } 
        } 
    } 

See Also

• EventToCommandBehavior
• Attached Behavior
• DelegateCommand