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DataGrid filtering, multi-input, MVVM, C#

So I am having a bit of troubling figuring this out: I have a DataGrid that I am trying to filter. I am using an ICollectionView as the ItemsSource. I have a couple of ComboBoxes that I would like to narrow down the data, then I also have a TextBox I would like users to narrow down data further.
My issue is, I can get the TextBox to filter the data, and I can get the ComboBox to filter the data, but I can't get them to work together to further filter data. Only one filter works at a time.
public static string FilterText
{
get { return _filterText; }
set
{
_filterText = value;
ICollectionView.Filter = FilterTB;
}
}
public static Model1 PublicModelProperty
{
get { return _publicModelProperty; }
set
{
_publicModelProperty = value;
ICollectionView.Filter = FilterCB;
}
}
public static bool FilterTB(object names)
{
Model2 name = names as Model2;
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(FilterText))
{
return name.Property1.Contains(FilterText) ||
name.Property2.Contains(FilterText);
}
else
{
return true;
}
}
public static bool FilterCB(object names)
{
Model2 name = names as Model2;
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(PublicModelProperty.Property))
{
return name.Property3.Contains(PublicModelProperty.Property);
}
else
{
return true;
}
}

You should filter using both FilterText and PublicModelProperty
public static string FilterText
{
get { return _filterText; }
set
{
_filterText = value;
ICollectionView.Filter = FilterBoth;
}
}
public static Model1 PublicModelProperty
{
get { return _publicModelProperty; }
set
{
_publicModelProperty = value;
ICollectionView.Filter = FilterBoth;
}
}
public static bool FilterBoth(object names)
{
Model2 name = names as Model2;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(FilterText))
{
if (!name.Property1.Contains(FilterText) &&
!name.Property2.Contains(FilterText))
return false;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(PublicModelProperty.Property))
{
if (!name.Property3.Contains(PublicModelProperty.Property))
return false;
}
return true;
}

WPF hierarchicaldatatemplate Filter

I have in ViewModel
public string SearchPattern
{
get
{
return searchPattern;
}
set
{
searchPattern = value;
}
}
private bool UserFilter(object item)
{
return (item as Node).Name.Contains(SearchPattern);
}
public ICollectionView YourFilteredCollection
{
get
{
var source = CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(model.Items);
source.Filter = UserFilter;
return source;
}
}
YourFilteredCollection depends on Model property
public ObservableCollection<Node> Items { get; set; }
Than I decided to filter Node sub items YourFilteredCollectionNodes
public class Node
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public ObservableCollection<Node> Nodes { get; set; }
public ICollectionView YourFilteredCollectionNodes
{
get
{
var source = CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(Nodes);
if (source != null)
{
source.Filter = UserFilter;
}
return source;
}
}
private bool UserFilter(object item)
{
//return (item as Node).Name.Contains(SearchPattern);
return true;
}
}
But in this case how it is possible to pass SearchPattern from ViewModel in ObservableCollection item that is in Model??

Getting new items added to an Observable Collection of a custom class

I have a set of classes that I am using to deserialize JSON into. My program will periodically look for changes to this JSON file, and if it finds any, will push the new data to the properties of these classes using reflection.
I need to find any new items added to the collection of the Item2 class (SocialExportJSON.SocialExportData.Item2) after a successful update.
My JSON classes look like this (there are more but I want to avoid too big a wall of code):
public class Item2 : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
[JsonProperty("type")]
private string type;
public string Type
{
get
{
return type;
}
set
{
if (type != value)
{
type = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Type");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("id")]
private string id;
public string ID
{
get
{
return id;
}
set
{
if (id != value)
{
id = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("ID");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("postedIso8601")]
private string postedIso8601;
public string PostedIso8601
{
get
{
return postedIso8601;
}
set
{
if (postedIso8601 != value)
{
postedIso8601 = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("PostedIso8601");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("postedTimestamp")]
private object postedTimestamp;
public object PostedTimestamp
{
get
{
return postedTimestamp;
}
set
{
if (postedTimestamp != value)
{
postedTimestamp = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("PostedTimestamp");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("engagement")]
private Engagement engagement;
public Engagement Engagement
{
get
{
return engagement;
}
set
{
if (engagement != value)
{
engagement = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Engagement");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("source")]
private Source2 source;
public Source2 Source
{
get
{
return source;
}
set
{
if (source != value)
{
source = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Source");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("author")]
private Author author;
public Author Author
{
get
{
return author;
}
set
{
if (author != value)
{
author = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Author");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("content")]
private Content content;
public Content Content
{
get
{
return content;
}
set
{
if (content != value)
{
content = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Content");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("location")]
private Location location;
public Location Location
{
get
{
return location;
}
set
{
if (location != value)
{
location = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Location");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("publication")]
private Publication publication;
public Publication Publication
{
get
{
return publication;
}
set
{
if (publication != value)
{
publication = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Publication");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("metadata")]
private Metadata metadata;
public Metadata Metadata
{
get
{
return metadata;
}
set
{
if (metadata != value)
{
metadata = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Metadata");
}
}
}
//Event handling
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void RaisePropertyChanged(string property)
{
//Console.WriteLine("Updated");
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
}
}
public class SocialExportData : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
[JsonProperty("dataType")]
private string dataType;
public string DataType
{
get
{
return dataType;
}
set
{
if (dataType != value)
{
dataType = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("DataType");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("id")]
private int id;
public int ID
{
get
{
return id;
}
set
{
if (id != value)
{
id = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("ID");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("story")]
private Story story;
public Story Story
{
get
{
return story;
}
set
{
if (story != value)
{
story = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Story");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("order")]
private string order;
public string Order
{
get
{
return order;
}
set
{
if (order != value)
{
order = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Order");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("lifetime")]
private string lifetime;
public string Lifetime
{
get
{
return lifetime;
}
set
{
if (lifetime != value)
{
lifetime = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Lifetime");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("maxAge")]
private int maxAge;
public int MaxAge
{
get
{
return maxAge;
}
set
{
if (maxAge != value)
{
maxAge = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("MaxAge");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("maxSize")]
private int maxSize;
public int MaxSize
{
get
{
return maxSize;
}
set
{
if (maxSize != value)
{
maxSize = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("MaxSize");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("consumeCount")]
private int consumeCount;
public int ConsumeCount
{
get
{
return consumeCount;
}
set
{
if (consumeCount != value)
{
consumeCount = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("ConsumeCount");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("consumeInterval")]
private int consumeInterval;
public int ConsumeInterval
{
get
{
return consumeInterval;
}
set
{
if (consumeInterval != value)
{
consumeInterval = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("ConsumeInterval");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("items")]
private ObservableCollection<Item2> items;
public ObservableCollection<Item2> Items
{
get
{
return items;
}
set
{
if (items != value)
{
items = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Items");
}
}
}
//Event handling
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void RaisePropertyChanged(string property)
{
//Console.WriteLine("Updated");
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
}
}
public class SocialExportJSON : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
[JsonProperty("id")]
private string id;
public string ID
{
get
{
return id;
}
set
{
if (id != value)
{
id = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("ID");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("ttl")]
private int ttl;
public int TTL
{
get
{
return ttl;
}
set
{
if (ttl != value)
{
ttl = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("TTL");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("serial")]
private long serial;
public long Serial
{
get
{
return serial;
}
set
{
if (serial != value)
{
serial = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Serial");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("formatType")]
private string formatType;
public string FormatType
{
get
{
return formatType;
}
set
{
if (formatType != value)
{
formatType = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("FormatType");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("modifiedIso8601")]
private string modifiedIso8601;
public string ModifiedIso8601
{
get
{
return modifiedIso8601;
}
set
{
if (modifiedIso8601 != value)
{
modifiedIso8601 = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("ModifiedIso8601");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("modifiedTimestamp")]
private long modifiedTimestamp;
public long ModifiedTimestamp
{
get
{
return modifiedTimestamp;
}
set
{
if (modifiedTimestamp != value)
{
modifiedTimestamp = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("ModifiedTimestamp");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("timezone")]
private string timezone;
public string Timezone
{
get
{
return timezone;
}
set
{
if (timezone != value)
{
timezone = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Timezone");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("dataType")]
private string dataType;
public string DataType
{
get
{
return dataType;
}
set
{
if (dataType != value)
{
dataType = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("DataType");
}
}
}
[JsonProperty("exports")]
private ObservableCollection<SocialExportData> exports;
public ObservableCollection<SocialExportData> Exports
{
get
{
return exports;
}
set
{
if (exports != value)
{
exports = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Exports");
}
}
}
//Event handling
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void RaisePropertyChanged(string property)
{
//Console.WriteLine("Updated");
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
}
}
In another class, I have a method to deserialize to a global instance of my JSON class. It looks like this:
public SocialExportJSON socialExportData;
private async void DownloadAndDeserializeJSONAsync()
{
try
{
//Create a web client with the supplied credentials
var exportClient = new WebClient { Credentials = new NetworkCredential(uName, pw), Encoding = Encoding.UTF8};
//Create a task to download the JSON string and wait for it to finish
var downloadTask = Task.Run(() => exportClient.DownloadString(new Uri(eURL)));
downloadTask.Wait();
//Get the string from the task
var JSONString = await downloadTask;
//Create a task to deserialize the JSON from the last task
var DeserializeTask = Task.Run(() => JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SocialExportJSON>(JSONString));
DeserializeTask.Wait();
SocialExportJSON sej = await DeserializeTask;
//Check the timestamp first to see if we should change the data
if(socialExportData == null)
{
//Get the data from the task
socialExportData = await DeserializeTask;
}
else if(sej.ModifiedTimestamp != socialExportData.ModifiedTimestamp)
{
//Get the data from the task
SocialExportJSON newData = await DeserializeTask;
GetNewItems(newData);
SetNewData(newData);
//Call the exportUpdated event when the task has finished
exportUpdated();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.Message.ToString());
}
}
In my SetNewData function, shown below, I use reflection to set the properties of my global class. Because I'm setting the whole collection rather than iterating through each of the properties in each of the classes, I can't use the CollectionChanged event to find new items.
public void SetNewData(SocialExportJSON newData)
{
//Loop through each of the properties and copy from source to target
foreach (PropertyInfo pi in socialExportData.GetType().GetProperties())
{
if (pi.CanWrite)
{
pi.SetValue(socialExportData, pi.GetValue(newData, null), null);
}
}
}
Is there a way I can modify my SetNewData function in such a way that it calls CollectionChanged? If not, what would be the best way to go about getting any new additions to my collection of Item2?

In my Main function. I create an instance of my class called SocialExport like so:
SocialExport s = new SocialExport("http://example.json", "example", "example");.
This class is where the global instance of my JSON class is contained, and my event handler is added like so
s.socialExportData.Exports[0].Items.CollectionChanged += CollectionChanged;
Then you are hooking up an event handler for the CollectionChanged event for that particular instance of ObservableCollection<Item2>.
If you create a new ObservableCollection<Item2>, you obviously must hook up an event handler to this one as well. The event handler that is associated with the old object won't be invoked when new items are added to the new instance.
So whenever a new ObservableCollection<Item2> is created, using deserialization or not, you should hook up a new event handler.
You could probably do this in your DownloadAndDeserializeJSONAsync method. The other option would be to create only one instance of the collection and remove and add items from/to this one.

ASP MVC 5 Creating Treeview with check boxes on Leafnode

This is my model structure from which I want to use to create a treeview, with checkboxes on leaf nodes:
public class CategoryEntity : BaseEntity
{
public CategoryEntity()
: base()
{
}
private Guid _categoryId;
public Guid CategoryId
{
get { return _categoryId; }
set { _categoryId = value; InvokePropertyChanged("CategoryId"); IsDirty = true; }
}
private string _categoryname;
public string CategoryName
{
get { return _categoryname; }
set { _categoryname = value; InvokePropertyChanged("CategoryName"); IsDirty = true; }
}
private string _categorydescription;
public string CategoryDescription
{
get { return _categorydescription; }
set { _categorydescription = value; InvokePropertyChanged("CategoryDescription"); IsDirty = true; }
}
private string _categorytype;
public string CategoryType
{
get { return _categorytype; }
set { _categorytype = value; InvokePropertyChanged("CategoryType"); IsDirty = true; }
}
private Guid? _parentcategoryId;
public Guid? ParentCategoryId
{
get { return _parentcategoryId; }
set { _parentcategoryId = value; InvokePropertyChanged("ParentCategoryId"); IsDirty = true; }
}
}
The problem is that I am new to MVC and I don't know which controls to use to display this values in a tree structure. Can anyone suggest a way of doing this?

Entity Framework 6.1: CRUD on Child objects

I populate a data grid with a list of objects that come from a repository like this:
public static IEnumerable<Order> GetOrdersForDataGrid()
{
IEnumerable<Order> query;
using (RSDContext = new RSDContext())
{
query = context.Orders.Include(o=>o.OrderDetails).ToList();
}
return query;
}
When I want to edit an order I pass the selected row to a new window like this:
OrderEditWindow orderEdit = new OrderEditWindow();
orderEdit.SelectedOrder = SelectedOrder;
orderEdit.ShowDialog();
Here I set the DataContext of the Window to:
DataContext = SelectedOrder;
In this window I have another data grid that binds to OrderDetails collection property of Order. The problem is on CRUD operations on OrderDetails. For example, after I add a new orderDetail like this:
private void AddProductDetailButton_OnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (!ValidateProductDetail())
return;
var _selectedProduct = ProductAutoCompleteBox.SelectedItem as Product;
var selectedProduct = ProductsRepository.GetProductById(_selectedProduct.ProductId);
OrderDetail orderDetail = new OrderDetail();
orderDetail.Price = selectedProduct.Price;
orderDetail.ProductCode = selectedProduct.Code;
orderDetail.ProductName = selectedProduct.Name;
orderDetail.Quantity = int.Parse(QuantityNumericUpDown.Value.ToString());
orderDetail.Um = selectedProduct.Um;
orderDetail.Total = selectedProduct.Price * int.Parse(QuantityNumericUpDown.Value.ToString());
orderDetail.Group = selectedProduct.Subgroup.Group.Name;
orderDetail.Subgroup = selectedProduct.Subgroup.Name;
orderDetail.SupplierName = selectedProduct.Supplier.Name;
//orderDetail.Order=SelectedOrder;
//orderDetail.OrderId = SelectedOrder.OrderId;
SelectedOrder.OrderDetails.Add(orderDetail);
ProductAutoCompleteBox.Text = string.Empty;
QuantityNumericUpDown.Value = 1;
ProductAutoCompleteBox.Focus();
}
and then I call the update method from repository:
public static void UpdateOrder(Order order)
{
using (RSDContext context = new RSDContext())
{
context.Orders.Attach(order);
context.Entry(order).State = EntityState.Modified;
context.SaveChanges();
}
}
I get an error about OrderId. If i set manualy the navigation property and the id I don't get an error but changes dont get saved into db.
My Order model look like this:
public class Order : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public Order()
{
_OrderDetails = new ObservableCollection<OrderDetail>();
_OrderDetails.CollectionChanged += _OrderDetails_CollectionChanged;
}
void _OrderDetails_CollectionChanged(object sender, System.Collections.Specialized.NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.NewItems != null)
AttachProductChangedEventHandler(e.NewItems.Cast<OrderDetail>());
if (e.OldItems != null)
CalcualteTotals();
}
[NotMapped]
public decimal CalculatedTotal
{
get
{
return OrderDetails.Sum(x => x.Total);
}
}
public int OrderId { get; set; }
private int _Number;
public int Number
{
get { return _Number; }
set
{
_Number = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Number");
}
}
private DateTime _Date;
public DateTime Date
{
get { return _Date; }
set
{
_Date = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Date");
}
}
private bool _Canceled;
public bool Canceled
{
get { return _Canceled; }
set
{
_Canceled = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Canceled");
}
}
private string _ClientName;
public string ClientName
{
get { return _ClientName; }
set
{
_ClientName = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("ClientName");
}
}
private string _ClientPhone;
public string ClientPhone
{
get { return _ClientPhone; }
set
{
_ClientPhone = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("ClientPhone");
}
}
private string _DeliveryAddress;
public string DeliveryAddress
{
get { return _DeliveryAddress; }
set
{
_DeliveryAddress = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("DeliveryAddress");
}
}
private decimal _Transport;
public decimal Transport
{
get { return _Transport; }
set
{
_Transport = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Transport");
}
}
private decimal _Total;
public decimal Total
{
get { return _Total; }
set
{
_Total = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Total");
}
}
private ObservableCollection<OrderDetail> _OrderDetails;
public virtual ObservableCollection<OrderDetail> OrderDetails
{
//get { return _OrderDetails ?? (_OrderDetails = new ObservableCollection<OrderDetail>()); }
get
{
return _OrderDetails;
}
set
{
_OrderDetails = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("OrderDetails");
}
}
private void AttachProductChangedEventHandler(IEnumerable<OrderDetail> orderDetails)
{
foreach (var p in orderDetails)
{
p.PropertyChanged += (sender, e) =>
{
switch (e.PropertyName)
{
case "Quantity":
case "Price":
case "Total":
CalcualteTotals();
break;
}
};
}
CalcualteTotals();
}
public void CalcualteTotals()
{
NotifyPropertyChanged("CalculatedTotal");
}
public void NotifyPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this,
new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}
And my OrderDetail model look like this:
public class OrderDetail : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public int OrderDetailId { get; set; }
public int OrderId { get; set; }
public Order Order { get; set; }
private int _ProductCode;
public int ProductCode
{
get { return _ProductCode; }
set
{
_ProductCode = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("ProductCode");
}
}
private string _ProductName;
public string ProductName
{
get { return _ProductName; }
set
{
_ProductName = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("ProductName");
}
}
private string _Um;
public string Um
{
get { return _Um; }
set
{
_Um = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Um");
}
}
private decimal _Price;
public decimal Price
{
get { return _Price; }
set
{
_Price = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Price");
NotifyPropertyChanged("Total");
}
}
private int _Quantity;
public int Quantity
{
get { return _Quantity; }
set
{
_Quantity = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Quantity");
NotifyPropertyChanged("Total");
}
}
private string _SupplierName;
public string SupplierName
{
get { return _SupplierName; }
set
{
_SupplierName = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("SupplierName");
}
}
private string _Subgroup;
public string Subgroup
{
get { return _Subgroup; }
set
{
_Subgroup = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Subgroup");
}
}
private string _Group;
public string Group
{
get { return _Group; }
set
{
_Group = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Group");
}
}
public decimal _Total;
public decimal Total
{
get { return Quantity * Price; }
set
{
_Total = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Total");
}
}
public void NotifyPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this,
new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}
I'm really trying to use some sort of unit of work and I don't understand how i'm supposed to apply CRUD on objects with child collections and keep the UI updated in the same time (by working in a ObservableCollection and using Binding ClientPhone, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged my parent window is updated as I type)
A final working solution:
using (RSDContext context = new RSDContext())
{
var details = order.OrderDetails;
order.OrderDetails = null;
List<int> OriginalOrderDetailsIds =
context.OrderDetails.Where(o => o.OrderId == order.OrderId).Select(o => o.OrderDetailId).ToList();
List<int> CurrentOrderDetailsIds = details.Select(o => o.OrderDetailId).ToList();
List<int> DeletedOrderDetailsIds = OriginalOrderDetailsIds.Except(CurrentOrderDetailsIds).ToList();
context.Entry(order).State = EntityState.Modified;
foreach (var deletedOrderDetailId in DeletedOrderDetailsIds)
{
context.Entry(context.OrderDetails.Single(o => o.OrderDetailId == deletedOrderDetailId)).State = EntityState.Deleted;
}
foreach (OrderDetail detail in details)
{
// Add.
if (detail.OrderDetailId == 0)
{
detail.OrderId = order.OrderId;
context.Entry(detail).State = EntityState.Added;
}
// Update.
else
{
context.Entry(detail).State = EntityState.Modified;
}
}
context.SaveChanges();
}

You could do this way for adding and updating the child, but not sure about deleted order details in the ui. If you don't want to get the order from entity, you need some kind of marking in the OrderDetail for deleted OrderDetail.
using (RSDContext context = new RSDContext())
{
var details = order.OrderDetails;
order.OrderDetails = null;
context.Entry(order).State = EntityState.Modified;
foreach (var detail in details)
{
if (detail.Id == 0)
{
// Adds.
detail.OrderId = order.Id;
context.Entry(detail).State = EntityState.Added;
}
else if (detail.IsDeleted)
// Adds new property called 'IsDeleted'
// and add [NotMapped] attribute
// then mark this property as true from the UI for deleted items.
{
// Deletes.
context.Entry(detail).State = EntityState.Deleted;
}
else
{
// Updates.
context.Entry(detail).State = EntityState.Modified;
}
}
order.OrderDetails = details;
context.SaveChanges();
}