Following on from my previous post, where I shared a Live Template for quickly declaring a normal read-write dependency property and its associated property change event boilerplate, here's an unsurprisingly similar template for creating a read-only dependency property. #region $PROPNAME$ Read-Only Property and Property Change Routed Event private static readonly DependencyPropertyKey $PROPNAME$PropertyKey = DependencyProperty.RegisterReadOnly( "$PROPNAME$", typeof ( $PROPTYPE$ ), typeof ( $DECLARING_TYPE$ ), new PropertyMetadata( $DEF_VALUE$ , On$PROPNAME$Changed ) ); public static readonly DependencyProperty $PROPNAME$Property = $PROPNAME$PropertyKey.DependencyProperty; public $PROPTYPE$ $PROPNAME$ { get { return ( $PROPTYPE$ ) GetValue( $PROPNAME$Property ); } private set { SetValue( $PROPNAME$PropertyKey, value ); } } public static readonly RoutedEvent $PROPNAME$ChangedEvent = EventManager.RegisterRoutedEvent( "$PROPNAME$Changed", RoutingStrategy.$ROUTINGSTRATEGY$, typeof( RoutedPropertyChangedEventHandler< $PROPTYPE$ > ), typeof( $DECLARING_TYPE$ ) ); public event RoutedPropertyChangedEventHandler< $PROPTYPE$ > $PROPNAME$Changed { add { AddHandler( $PROPNAME$ChangedEvent, value ); } remove { RemoveHandler( $PROPNAME$ChangedEvent, value ); } } private static void On$PROPNAME$Changed( DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e) { var $DECLARING_TYPE_var$ = d as $DECLARING_TYPE$; var args = new RoutedPropertyChangedEventArgs< $PROPTYPE$ >( ( $PROPTYPE$ ) e.OldValue, ( $PROPTYPE$ ) e.NewValue ); args.RoutedEvent = $DECLARING_TYPE$.$PROPNAME$ChangedEvent; $DECLARING_TYPE_var$.RaiseEvent( args );$END$ } #endregion
The only real difference here is the addition of the DependencyPropertyKey, which allows your implementation to set the value of the dependency property without exposing the setter code to consumers of your type.
You'll probably find that you create read-only dependency properties much less often than read-write properties, but this should still save you some typing when you do need to do so.
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