// ******************************************************************
/// <summary>
/// This method is asynchronous.
/// Expand all items and subs recursively if any. Does support virtualization (item recycling).
/// But honestly, make you a favor, make your life easier en create a model view around your hierarchy with
/// a IsExpanded property for each node level and bind it to each TreeView node level.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="treeView"></param>
/// <param name="actionItemExpanded"></param>
/// <param name="actionAllItemExpanded"></param>
public static void ExpandAll(this TreeView treeView, Action <TreeViewItem, object> actionItemExpanded = null, Action actionAllItemExpanded = null)
{
var referenceCounterTracker = new ReferenceCounterTracker(actionAllItemExpanded);
referenceCounterTracker.AddRef();
treeView.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() => ExpandSubContainers(treeView, actionItemExpanded, referenceCounterTracker)), DispatcherPriority.Background);
referenceCounterTracker.ReleaseRef();
}
// ******************************************************************
/// <summary>
/// Expand any ItemsControl (TreeView, TreeViewItem, ListBox, ComboBox, ...) and their childs if any (TreeView)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ic"></param>
/// <param name="actionItemExpanded"></param>
/// <param name="referenceCounterTracker"></param>
public static void ExpandSubContainers(ItemsControl ic, Action <TreeViewItem, object> actionItemExpanded, ReferenceCounterTracker referenceCounterTracker)
{
ItemContainerGenerator icg = ic.ItemContainerGenerator;
{
if (icg.Status == GeneratorStatus.ContainersGenerated)
{
ExpandSubWithContainersGenerated(ic, actionItemExpanded, referenceCounterTracker);
}
else if (icg.Status == GeneratorStatus.NotStarted)
{
ActionHolder actionHolder = new ActionHolder();
EventHandler itemCreated = delegate(object sender, EventArgs eventArgs)
{
var icgSender = sender as ItemContainerGenerator;
if (icgSender.Status == GeneratorStatus.ContainersGenerated)
{
ExpandSubWithContainersGenerated(ic, actionItemExpanded, referenceCounterTracker);
// Never use the following method in BeginInvoke due to ICG recycling. The same icg could be
// used and will keep more than one subscribers which is far from being intended
// ic.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(actionHolder.Action, DispatcherPriority.Background);
// Very important to unsubscribe as soon we've done due to ICG recycling.
actionHolder.Execute();
referenceCounterTracker.ReleaseRef();
}
};
referenceCounterTracker.AddRef();
actionHolder.Action = new Action(() => icg.StatusChanged -= itemCreated);
icg.StatusChanged += itemCreated;
// Next block is only intended to protect against any race condition (I don't know if it is possible ? How Microsoft implemented it)
// I mean the status changed before I subscribe to StatusChanged but after I made the check about its state.
if (icg.Status == GeneratorStatus.ContainersGenerated)
{
ExpandSubWithContainersGenerated(ic, actionItemExpanded, referenceCounterTracker);
}
}
}
}