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MethodToValueConverter

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Assembly Catel.MVVM
Namespace Catel.MVVM.Converters
Available on .NET Framework 4.5, .NET Framework 4.6, Xamarin - Android, Xamarin - iOS 
public class MethodToValueConverter : ValueConverterBase

Base types ValueConverterBase

Converts the result of a method to a value. This makes it possible to bind to a method.

Examples

{Binding MyObject, Converter={StaticResource MethodToValueConverter}, ConverterParameter=‘MyMethod’}

Remarks

Code originally comes from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/502250/bind-to-a-method-in-wpf. Original license: CC BY-SA 2.5, compatible with the MIT license.

Fields

Methods

Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter)

Modifies the source data before passing it to the target for display in the UI.

Parameters

Name Description
value The source data being passed to the target.
targetType The Type of data expected by the target dependency property.
parameter An optional parameter to be used in the converter logic.

Returns

The value to be passed to the target dependency property.

ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter)

Modifies the target data before passing it to the source object.

Parameters

Name Description
value The target data being passed to the source.
targetType The Type of data expected by the source object.
parameter An optional parameter to be used in the converter logic.

Returns

The value to be passed to the source object.

Remarks

By default, this method returns UnsetValue. This method only has to be overridden when it is actually used.

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