DelegateAggregateDescriptor

Properties

• ValueLookup: Gets or sets the IKeyLookup instance used to retrieve the value from the underlying ViewModel, used for aggregated value computation.
• Function: Gets or sets the IAggregateFunction instance that performs the aggregation of the values as specified by the ValueLookup property.

Here is an example of how to use a DelegateAggregateDescriptor:

First, create a class that inherits from the IKeyLookup interface. It will return the values of a Points property that is of type double.

public class CustomIKeyLookUp : IKeyLookup
{

    public object GetKey(object instance)
    {
        var data = instance as Data;
        return data.Points;
    }

}

Then, implement a class that inherits from the IAggregateFunction interface. This function will return the difference between the maximum and minimum values of the Points property.

public class MyAggregateFunction : IAggregateFunction
{
    private double min = double.MaxValue;
    private double max;

    public object GetValue()
    {
        return this.max - this.min;
    }

    public void Accumulate(object value)
    {
        double val = Convert.ToDouble(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        this.min = Math.Min(this.min, val);
        this.max = Math.Max(this.max, val);
    }


    public void Merge(IAggregateFunction aggregateFunction)
    {
        var myFunction = aggregateFunction as MyAggregateFunction;
        if (myFunction != null)
        {
            this.min = Math.Min(this.min, myFunction.min);
            this.max = Math.Max(this.max, myFunction.max);
        }
    }

    public IAggregateFunction Clone()
    {
        return new MyAggregateFunction();
    }
}

Create a DelegateAggregateDescriptor and add it to the grid's AggregateDescriptors collection:

grid.AggregateDescriptors.Add(new DelegateAggregateDescriptor() { ValueLookup = new CustomIKeyLookUp(), Function = new MyAggregateFunction() });

You can get the aggregate value/s through the GetAggregateValue and GetAggregateValues methods of theIDataView interface.