/// <summary>
/// Creates dependency chain of <see cref="DependencyNode{T}"/> instances for a given
/// expression.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the expression's compiled return value.</typeparam>
/// <param name="settings">Settings that define the dependency graph, change listeners
/// and monitoring behaviour.</param>
/// <returns>The root dependency node, that links to the targeted item.</returns>
public static DependencyNode <T> CreateDependency <T>(DependencyNodeSettings <T> settings)
{
DependencyNode <T> node = WalkExpressionTree <T>(settings.TargetExpression.Body, settings.ObserveSubValueChanges, null);
if (settings.ChangeHandler != null)
{
node.DependencyChanged += settings.ChangeHandler;
}
return(node);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates dependency chain of <see cref="DependencyNode{T}"/> instances for a given
/// expression.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the expression's compiled return value.</typeparam>
/// <param name="target">The expression that declares the dependency chain from root
/// to the target item or value.</param>
/// <param name="changeHandler">An optional event listener that is being invoked if the
/// target value changes either through direct change, or because the dependency graph
/// was changed because of a changed intermediary node.</param>
/// <returns>The root dependency node, that links to the targeted item.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If <paramref name="target"/>
/// is a null reference.</exception>
public static DependencyNode <T> CreateDependency <T>(Expression <Func <T> > target,
EventHandler <DependencyChangeEventArgs <T> > changeHandler)
{
if (target == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("target");
}
//create settings component
var settings = new DependencyNodeSettings <T>(target);
if (changeHandler != null)
{
settings.ChangeHandler = changeHandler;
}
//delegate to overload
return(CreateDependency(settings));
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates dependency chain of <see cref="DependencyNode{T}"/> instances for a given
/// expression.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the expression's compiled return value.</typeparam>
/// <param name="settings">Settings that define the dependency graph, change listeners
/// and monitoring behaviour.</param>
/// <returns>The root dependency node, that links to the targeted item.</returns>
public static DependencyNode <T> Create <T>(DependencyNodeSettings <T> settings)
{
return(DependencyBuilder.CreateDependency(settings));
}
