/// <summary>
/// Searchs for a appropriate control for a given controller and attaches the control to the controller.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="controller">The controller a control is searched for.</param>
public void FindAndAttachControlTo(IMVCController controller)
{
// if the controller has
System.Type ct = controller.GetType();
object[] viewattributes = ct.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ExpectedTypeOfViewAttribute), false);
if (viewattributes != null && viewattributes.Length > 0)
{
if (viewattributes.Length > 1)
{
Array.Sort(viewattributes);
}
foreach (ExpectedTypeOfViewAttribute attr in viewattributes)
{
Type[] controltypes = ReflectionService.GetNonAbstractSubclassesOf(new System.Type[] { typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Control), attr.TargetType });
foreach (Type controltype in controltypes)
{
// test if the control has a special preference for a controller...
object[] controlForAttributes = controltype.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(UserControlForControllerAttribute), false);
if (controlForAttributes.Length > 0)
{
bool containsControllerType = false;
foreach (UserControlForControllerAttribute controlForAttr in controlForAttributes)
{
if (ReflectionService.IsSubClassOfOrImplements(ct,controlForAttr.TargetType))
{
containsControllerType = true;
break;
}
}
if (!containsControllerType)
continue; // then this view is not intended for our controller
}
// all seems ok, so we can try to create the control
object controlinstance = System.Activator.CreateInstance(controltype);
if (null == controlinstance)
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("Searching a control for controller of type {0}. Find control type {1}, but it was not possible to create a instance of this type.", ct, controltype));
controller.ViewObject = controlinstance;
if (controller.ViewObject == null)
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("Searching a control for controller of type {0}. Find control type {1}, but the controller did not accept this control.", ct, controltype));
return;
}
}
}
else // Controller has no ExpectedTypeOfView attribute
{
System.Windows.Forms.UserControl control =
(System.Windows.Forms.UserControl)ReflectionService.GetClassForClassInstanceByAttribute(
typeof(UserControlForControllerAttribute),
new System.Type[] { typeof(System.Windows.Forms.UserControl) },
new object[] { controller });
if (control == null)
return;
controller.ViewObject = control;
}
}
private static void CreateAndAttachControlOfType(IMVCController controller, System.Type controltype)
{
object controlinstance = System.Activator.CreateInstance(controltype);
if (null == controlinstance)
{
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("Searching a control for controller of type {0}. Find control type {1}, but it was not possible to create a instance of this type.", controller.GetType(), controltype));
}
controller.ViewObject = controlinstance;
}
/// <summary>
/// Searchs for a appropriate control for a given controller and attaches the control to the controller.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="controller">The controller a control is searched for.</param>
public void FindAndAttachControlTo(IMVCController controller)
{
// if the controller has
System.Type ct = controller.GetType();
object[] viewattributes = ct.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ExpectedTypeOfViewAttribute), false);
if (viewattributes != null && viewattributes.Length > 0)
{
if (viewattributes.Length > 1)
{
Array.Sort(viewattributes);
}
foreach (ExpectedTypeOfViewAttribute attr in viewattributes)
{
Type[] controltypes = ReflectionService.GetNonAbstractSubclassesOf(new System.Type[] { typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Control), attr.TargetType });
foreach (Type controltype in controltypes)
{
// test if the control has a special preference for a controller...
object[] controlForAttributes = controltype.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(UserControlForControllerAttribute), false);
if (controlForAttributes.Length > 0)
{
bool containsControllerType = false;
foreach (UserControlForControllerAttribute controlForAttr in controlForAttributes)
{
if (ReflectionService.IsSubClassOfOrImplements(ct, controlForAttr.TargetType))
{
containsControllerType = true;
break;
}
}
if (!containsControllerType)
{
continue; // then this view is not intended for our controller
}
}
// all seems ok, so we can try to create the control
object controlinstance = System.Activator.CreateInstance(controltype);
if (null == controlinstance)
{
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("Searching a control for controller of type {0}. Find control type {1}, but it was not possible to create a instance of this type.", ct, controltype));
}
controller.ViewObject = controlinstance;
if (controller.ViewObject == null)
{
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("Searching a control for controller of type {0}. Find control type {1}, but the controller did not accept this control.", ct, controltype));
}
return;
}
}
}
else // Controller has no ExpectedTypeOfView attribute
{
System.Windows.Forms.UserControl control =
(System.Windows.Forms.UserControl)ReflectionService.GetClassForClassInstanceByAttribute(
typeof(UserControlForControllerAttribute),
new System.Type[] { typeof(System.Windows.Forms.UserControl) },
new object[] { controller });
if (control == null)
{
return;
}
controller.ViewObject = control;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Searchs for a appropriate control for a given controller and attaches the control to the controller.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="controller">The controller a control is searched for.</param>
/// <param name="guiControlType">Base type of the underlying Gui system.</param>
private void InternalFindAndAttachControlUsingGuiType(IMVCController controller, System.Type guiControlType)
{
// if the controller has
System.Type ct = controller.GetType();
object[] viewattributes = ct.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ExpectedTypeOfViewAttribute), false);
if (null == viewattributes || viewattributes.Length == 0)
{
viewattributes = ct.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ExpectedTypeOfViewAttribute), true);
}
bool isInvokeRequired = Current.Dispatcher.InvokeRequired;
if (viewattributes != null && viewattributes.Length > 0)
{
if (viewattributes.Length > 1)
{
Array.Sort(viewattributes);
}
foreach (ExpectedTypeOfViewAttribute attr in viewattributes)
{
Type[] controltypes = ReflectionService.GetNonAbstractSubclassesOf(new System.Type[] { guiControlType, attr.TargetType });
if (controltypes.Length > 1)
{
// retrieve priorities for the types, and then sort controltypes using priority descending
var priorities = new int[controltypes.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < controltypes.Length; ++i)
{
object[] pattributes = controltypes[i].GetCustomAttributes(typeof(UserControlPriorityAttribute), false);
if (null != pattributes && pattributes.Length > 0)
{
priorities[i] = -((UserControlPriorityAttribute)pattributes[0]).Priority;
}
}
Array.Sort(priorities, controltypes); // the negation of priority (see above) ensures that the sorting is priority descending
}
foreach (Type controltype in controltypes)
{
// test if the control has a special preference for a controller...
object[] controlForAttributes = controltype.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(UserControlForControllerAttribute), false);
if (controlForAttributes.Length > 0)
{
bool containsControllerType = false;
foreach (UserControlForControllerAttribute controlForAttr in controlForAttributes)
{
if (ReflectionService.IsSubClassOfOrImplements(ct, controlForAttr.TargetType))
{
containsControllerType = true;
break;
}
}
if (!containsControllerType)
{
continue; // then this view is not intended for our controller
}
}
// all seems ok, so we can try to create the control
if (isInvokeRequired)
{
Current.Dispatcher.InvokeIfRequired(CreateAndAttachControlOfType, controller, controltype);
}
else
{
CreateAndAttachControlOfType(controller, controltype);
}
return;
}
}
}
else // Controller has no ExpectedTypeOfView attribute
{
if (isInvokeRequired)
{
Current.Dispatcher.InvokeIfRequired(CreateControlForControllerWithNoExpectedTypeOfViewAttribute, controller, guiControlType);
}
else
{
CreateControlForControllerWithNoExpectedTypeOfViewAttribute(controller, guiControlType);
}
}
}