How do I create a data template based on an XML attribute?
I am working on a WPF frontend that reads an XML file and displays data. The XML file will be something like this:
<People>
<Person Gender="Male">
<Name>Joe</Name>
</Person>
<Person Gender="Female">
<Name>Susan</Name>
</Person>
</People>
I need a data template that depends on the Gender attribute for Person. This data template is for list items. the source of the list is People.
<DataTemplate DataType="Person[@Gender='Male']">
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="Person[@Gender='Female']">
</DataTemplate>
I thought it would be something like the above line of code, but it won't work. Any ideas?
Thank!
ANSWER
Here's the DataTemplateSelector for the above XML example:
public class MyDataTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
{
private DataTemplate _MaleTemplate = null;
private DataTemplate _FemaleTemplate = null;
public DataTemplate MaleTemplate
{
get { return _MaleTemplate; }
set { _MaleTemplate = value; }
}
public DataTemplate FemaleTemplate
{
get { return _FemaleTemplate; }
set { _FemaleTemplate = value; }
}
public override DataTemplate SelectTemplate(object item, DependencyObject container)
{
XmlElement currentNode = (XmlElement)item;
DataTemplate selectedTemplate = null;
string selectedGender = "";
selectedGender = currentNode.GetAttribute("Gender");
switch (selectedGender)
{
case "Male":
selectedTemplate = _MaleTemplate;
break;
case "Female":
selectedTemplate = _FemaleTemplate;
break;
default:
break;
}
return selectedTemplate;
}
}
Thanks for the help! I hope this is helpful for someone else too!
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