StaticViewLocator

A C# source generator that automatically implements static view locator for Avalonia without using reflection.

Usage

Add NuGet package reference to project.

<PackageReference Include="StaticViewLocator" Version="0.0.1">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>

Annotate view locator class with [StaticViewLocator] attribute, make class partial and imlement Build using s_views dictionary to retrieve views for data objects.

[StaticViewLocator]
public partial class ViewLocator : IDataTemplate
{
    public Control? Build(object? data)
    {
        if (data is null)
        {
            return null;
        }

        var type = data.GetType();

        if (s_views.TryGetValue(type, out var func))
        {
            return func.Invoke();
        }

        throw new Exception($"Unable to create view for type: {type}");
    }

    public bool Match(object? data)
    {
        return data is ViewModelBase;
    }
}

Source generator will generate the s_views dictionary similar to below code using convention based on ViewModel suffix for view models subsituted to View suffix.

public partial class ViewLocator
{
	private static Dictionary<Type, Func<Control>> s_views = new()
	{
		[typeof(StaticViewLocatorDemo.ViewModels.MainWindowViewModel)] = () => new TextBlock() { Text = "Not Found: StaticViewLocatorDemo.Views.MainWindowView" },
		[typeof(StaticViewLocatorDemo.ViewModels.TestViewModel)] = () => new StaticViewLocatorDemo.Views.TestView(),
	};
}

License

StaticViewLocator is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file for details.