Databinding in windows forms on an object graph with possible null properties?
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If I have an object graph like this:
class Company { public Address MainAddress {...} }
class Address { public string City { ... } }
Company c = new Company(); c.MainAddress = new Address(); c.MainAddress.City = "Stockholm";
and databind to a control using: textBox1.DataBinding.Add( "Text", c, "MainAddress.City" );
Everything is fine, but If I bind to: Company c2 = new Company();
c2 using the same syntax it crashes since the MainAddress property is null. I wonder if there is a custom Binding class that can set up listeners for all the possible paths here and bind to the actual object dynamically when/if I sometime later in the application set the MainAddress property.
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