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Proper MVVM implementation of dynamically generated usercontrol

My scenario: I have a usercontrol consisting of a comboBox, and a TextBox. The comboBox should hold numbers contained in an ObservableCollection.
The task: The numbers in the ObservableCollection represent paths to book-chapters; therefore each chapter is unique. Meaning: if I have chapters 1 - 5, then the first userControl combo should show all chapters 1-5 (whereas one of them is selected randomly), the second userControl combo contains all chapters, but not the one selected in the previous combo, and so on. The textBox is for annotations for the chapters.
What I achieved so far: I have currently no model; just a main viewModel (ItemsViewModel in my case), and a viewModel for my userControl (PathViewModel). Then there is the mainWindow view.
The problem: On my mainWindow I can create several dynamically created userControls. The userControl TextBox is currently bound to a text property, while the index of the comboBox is bound to another property. But I don't know:
- how to gain access to the index, selected item/value of the specifically userControls
- how to react to a comboBox item/index change
Here is my code:
The userControl
<UserControl> <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<ComboBox x:Name="combo" Margin="10" MinWidth="60" VerticalAlignment="Center" ItemsSource="{Binding AvailableNumbers}" SelectedIndex="{Binding TheIndex}" />
<TextBox Margin="10" MinWidth="120" Text="{Binding TheText, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
</StackPanel>
The MainWindow
<Window>...<Window.DataContext>
<local:ItemsViewModel/>
</Window.DataContext>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel x:Name="HostPanel">
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding PathViewModels}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<local:PathControl/>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1">
<Button Command="{Binding UCCreationCommand}" Content="Add User Control" Margin="10"/>
<Button Command="{Binding UCDeletionCommand}" CommandParameter="" Content="Delete User Control" Margin="10"/>
<Button Command="{Binding ReadoutCommand}" Content="Show ITEMS" Margin="10"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid></Window>
My main ViewModel (called ItemsViewModel)
public class ItemsViewModel : NotifyPropertyChangedBase
{private int _aNumber;
public int ANumber
{
get { return _aNumber; }
set { _aNumber = value;
OnPropertyChanged(ref _aNumber, value);
}
}
public ObservableCollection<PathViewModel> PathViewModels { get; set; } = new
ObservableCollection<PathViewModel>();
public ObservableCollection<int> AllNumbers { get; set; } = new ObservableCollection<int>();
public ItemsViewModel()
{
UCCreationCommand = new CommandDelegateBase(UCCreationExecute, UCCreationCanExecute);
UCDeletionCommand = new CommandDelegateBase(UCDeletionExecute, UCDeletionCanExecute);
ReadoutCommand = new CommandDelegateBase(ReadoutExecute, ReadoutCanExecute);
AllNumbers.Add(1);
AllNumbers.Add(2);
AllNumbers.Add(3);
AllNumbers.Add(4);
AllNumbers.Add(5);
}
private bool ReadoutCanExecute(object paramerter)
{
if (PathViewModels.Count > 0)
{
return true;
}
return false;
}
private void ReadoutExecute(object parameter)
{
//just for testing
}
public ICommand UCCreationCommand { get; set; }
public ICommand UCDeletionCommand { get; set; }
public ICommand ReadoutCommand { get; set; }
private bool UCCreationCanExecute(object paramerter)
{
if (PathViewModels.Count < 8)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
private void UCCreationExecute(object parameter)
{
PathViewModel p = new PathViewModel();
foreach (int i in AllNumbers)
{
p.AvailableNumbers.Add(i);
}
int rndIndex = 0;
Random rnd = new Random();
//creates a random chapter index
rndIndex = rnd.Next(0, p.AvailableNumbers.Count);
//just explicit for debugging reasons
p.TheIndex = rndIndex;
AllNumbers.RemoveAt(rndIndex);
PathViewModels.Add(p);
}
private bool UCDeletionCanExecute(object paramerter)
{
if (PathViewModels.Count != 0)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
private void UCDeletionExecute(object parameter)
{
PathViewModel p = new PathViewModel();
int delIndex = PathViewModels.Count - 1;
p = PathViewModels[delIndex];
AllNumbers.Add((int)p.TheValue+1);
PathViewModels.Remove(p);
}
}
And finally my UserControl ViewModel:
public class PathViewModel : NotifyPropertyChangedBase
{
public ObservableCollection<int> AvailableNumbers { get; set; } = new ObservableCollection<int>();
private int _theIndex;
public int TheIndex
{
get { return _theIndex; }
set
{
_theIndex = value;
OnPropertyChanged(ref _theIndex, value);
}
}
private int _theValue;
public int TheValue
{
get { return _theValue; }
set
{
_theValue = value;
OnPropertyChanged(ref _theValue, value);
}
}
private string _theText;
public string TheText
{
get { return _theText; }
set
{
_theText = value;
OnPropertyChanged(ref _theText, value);
}
}
public PathViewModel()
{
}
}
Any hints on how to go on from here would be highly appreaciated.

initialize a WPF with undefined datatype

Here is a class with undefined variable that needs to be passed into the WPF window.
public class SelectedVal<T>
{
public T val {get;set;}
}
Window:
public partial class SOMEDialogue : Window
{
public List<SelectedVal<T>> returnlist { get { return FullList; } }
public List<SelectedVal<T>> FullList = new List<SelectedVal<T>>();
public SOMEDialogue (List<SelectedVal<T>> inputVal)
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
So here is the question, how can I do this properly to get the T and have a global variable set in my WPF?
Edited (code edited too):
The purpose for the WPF is:
A list of SelectedVal<T> input
Display this input in this WPF
Depend on the T type, user can do something about this input
When finished a return List<SelectedVal<T>> returnlist can be
accessed

This is the basic idea I'm describing. Let me know if you hit any snags. I'm guessing that the search text and the min/max int values are properties of the dialog as a whole. I'm also assuming that there may be a mixture of item types in the collection, which may be an assumption too far. Can you clarify that?
Selected value classes
public interface ISelectedVal
{
Object Val { get; set; }
}
public class SelectedVal<T> : ISelectedVal
{
public T Val { get; set; }
object ISelectedVal.Val
{
get => this.Val;
set => this.Val = (T)value;
}
}
public class StringVal : SelectedVal<String>
{
}
public class IntVal : SelectedVal<int>
{
}
Dialog Viewmodel
public class SomeDialogViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
public SomeDialogViewModel(List<ISelectedVal> values)
{
FullList = values;
}
public List<ISelectedVal> FullList { get; set; }
private String _searchText = default(String);
public String SearchText
{
get { return _searchText; }
set
{
if (value != _searchText)
{
_searchText = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
private int _minInt = default(int);
public int MinInt
{
get { return _minInt; }
set
{
if (value != _minInt)
{
_minInt = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
private int _maxInt = default(int);
public int MaxInt
{
get { return _maxInt; }
set
{
if (value != _maxInt)
{
_maxInt = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
}
.xaml.cs
public SOMEDialogue (List<ISelectedVal> inputValues)
{
InitializeComponent();
DataContext = new SomeDialogViewModel(inputValues);
}
XAML
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:StringVal}">
<StackPanel>
<Label>Value</Label>
<Label Content="{Binding Val}" />
<Label>Search text:</Label>
<TextBox Text="{Binding DataContext.SearchText, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=Window}}" />
<!-- Other stuff -->
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:IntVal}">
<StackPanel>
<Label>Value</Label>
<Label Content="{Binding Val}" />
<Label>Min value:</Label>
<TextBox Text="{Binding DataContext.MinIntVal, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=Window}}" />
<Label>Max value:</Label>
<TextBox Text="{Binding DataContext.MaxIntVal, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=Window}}" />
<!-- Other stuff -->
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<ItemsControl
ItemsSource="{Binding FullList}"
/>
</Grid>

TextBox with ListView Two Binding using Mvvm

<Stackpanel>
<TextBox x:Name="txtid" Width="90" Text={Binding Name} Height="25"/>
<TextBox x:Name="txtname" Width="90" Text={Binding Age} Height="25" Margin="0 10 0 10"/>
<Button Command={Binding AddCommand} Content="Add"/>
<ListView ItemsSource={Binding StudentList}/>
</Stackpanel>
ViewModel
public class StudentViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public StudentViewModel()
{
_studentList = new ObservableCollection<StudentDetails>();
LoadCommand();
}
private ObservableCollection<StudentDetails> _studentList;
public ObservableCollection<StudentDetails> StudentList
{
get { return _studentList; }
set
{
_studentList = value;
OnPropertyChanged("StudentList");
}
}
public StudentDetails SelectedItems { get; set; }
private string _name;
private int _age;
public string Name
{
get { return _name;}
set { _name = value; OnPropertyChanged("Name")}
}
public string Age
{
get { return _age;}
set { _age = value; OnPropertyChanged("Age")}
}
public ICommand AddCommand { get; set; }
public void LoadCommand()
{
AddCommand = new CustomCommand(Add, CanAdd);
}
private bool CanAdd(object obj)
{
return true;
}
private void Add(object obj)
{
StudentList.Add(new StudentDetails { Name = Name, Age = Age });
}}
Model
public class StudentDetails : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _name;
private int _age;
public string Name
{
get { return _name;}
set { _name = value; OnPropertyChanged("Name")}
}
public string Age
{
get { return _age;}
set { _age = value; OnPropertyChanged("Age")}
}}
I have two textbox and a listview like above. how to do two way binding using MVVM?? which means the entered textbox value should add to listview and if i select the values in the listview then the selected value should bind to the same textbox so that i can update the values. how to do it??

I have tried to run your code. It has lots of errors. Anyways from your question I think you want to have a listview and when user selects a particular list item, the corresponding age and name is displayed in text boxes and if user want to update the data, you want to add it to the list. First create a list view with data template that binds to the class file properties.
Now also create a StudentDetails object and bind the SelectedItem of the list view to it.
When user selects a list item, you get SelectionChanged event. During this time update the property of 2 text boxes to display the selected list items data in them.
Now in the add button event handler, update the list data for corresponding selected item. Make sure you bind the listitemssource to an ObservableCollection

I would have different view models for an individual student and for the student list. Name and Age properties don't actually belong to the list.
I used MVVM Light syntax for the example:
StudentViewModel
public class StudentViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
private string _name;
private int _age;
public string Name
{
get { return _name; }
set { Set<string>(ref _name, value); }
}
public int Age
{
get { return _age; }
set { Set<int>(ref _age, value); }
}
}
StudentView.xaml
<UserControl x:Class="MasterDetailExample.Views.StudentView"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MasterDetailExample.Views"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:MasterDetailExample.ViewModel"
d:DesignHeight="300"
d:DesignWidth="300"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<WrapPanel HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<TextBlock Text="Name: "/>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Name}" Width="150"/>
<TextBlock Text="Age: "/>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Age}" Width="20"/>
</WrapPanel>
</UserControl>
Now StudentsViewModel represents the student list:
public class StudentsViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
private ObservableCollection<StudentViewModel> _studentList;
private StudentViewModel _selectedStudent;
public StudentsViewModel()
{
StudentList = new ObservableCollection<StudentViewModel>();
StudentList.Add(new StudentViewModel { Name = "Joe", Age = 21 });
StudentList.Add(new StudentViewModel { Name = "Jane", Age = 19 });
}
public ObservableCollection<StudentViewModel> StudentList
{
get { return _studentList; }
private set { _studentList = value; }
}
public StudentViewModel SelectedStudent
{
get { return _selectedStudent; }
set { Set<StudentViewModel>(ref _selectedStudent, value); }
}
}
** List view, StudentsView**
<UserControl x:Class="MasterDetailExample.Views.StudentsView"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:views="clr-namespace:MasterDetailExample.Views"
xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:MasterDetailExample.ViewModel"
d:DesignHeight="300"
d:DesignWidth="500"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<UserControl.Resources>
<vm:StudentsViewModel x:Key="StudentsVm" />
</UserControl.Resources>
<DockPanel DataContext="{StaticResource StudentsVm}">
<ListView DockPanel.Dock="Left" Width="100" ItemsSource="{Binding StudentList}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedStudent}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
<Separator />
<views:StudentView DockPanel.Dock="Right" DataContext="{Binding SelectedStudent}"/>
</DockPanel>
</UserControl>
Directly setting the DataContext kind of smells,
<views:StudentView DockPanel.Dock="Right" DataContext="{Binding SelectedStudent}"/>
In more complicated example, you would either create a DependencyProperty for the SelectedStudent, or implement some messaging logic to communicate between different view models.

Displaying properties of a class in a listbox from a databound Observable collection WPF

I am currently attempting to display items from an ObservableCollection(myClass). The class itself just has some public string properties. I know that the collection is being updated from a stream source correctly but for some reason it's not updating the list box with the properties I want it to. It's very likely that my XAML has some error in it:
<Window x:Class="PoSClientWPF.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid Margin="10">
<ListBox x:Name="pumpListBox" ItemsSource="{Binding PumpCollection}" Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="ID" />
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="State" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Margin="2" Text="{Binding pumpID}" Grid.Column="0"/>
<TextBlock Margin="2" Text="{Binding state}" Grid.Column="1"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</Window>
From researching other posts about this very error. I've included adding this.DataContext = this; to my MainWindow as well as having:
public ObservableCollection<PumpItem> PumpCollection
{
get { return pumpCollection; }
}
In order to bind the ItemsSource to it. I think there is an error in how I'm declaring the bindings in XAML but I'm not sure. I'm trying to add the properties pumpID and state to the listbox from the class instance.
The class pumpItem is shown below:
public enum pumpState
{
Available,
customerWaiting,
Pumping,
customerPaying
};
public enum fuelSelection
{
Petrol,
Diesel,
LPG,
Hydrogen,
None
};
public class PumpItem
{
public string pumpID;
public double fuelPumped;
public double fuelCost;
public fuelSelection selection;
public pumpState state;
public PumpItem(string _ID)
{
this.pumpID = _ID;
this.fuelPumped = 0;
this.fuelCost = 0;
this.selection = fuelSelection.None;
this.state = pumpState.Available;
}
}
Any pointers or help much appreciated.

You can't bind to fields. Change these to public properties
public class PumpItem
{
private string pumpID;
public string PumpId
{
get
{
return pumpId;
}
set
{
pumpId = value;
}
}
private double fuelPumped;
public double FuelPumped
{
get
{
return fuelPumped;
}
set
{
fuelPumped = value;
}
}
private double fuelCost;
public double FuelCost
{
get
{
return fuelCost;
}
set
{
fuelCost= value;
}
}
public fuelSelection selection;
public fuelSelection Selection
{
get
{
return selection;
}
set
{
selection = value;
}
}
public pumpState state;
public pumpState State
{
get
{
return state;
}
set
{
state = value;
}
}
public PumpItem(string _ID)
{
this.PumpID = _ID;
this.FuelPumped = 0;
this.FuelCost = 0;
this.Selection = fuelSelection.None;
this.State = pumpState.Available;
}
}
XAML
<TextBlock Margin="2" Text="{Binding PumpID}" Grid.Column="0"/>
<TextBlock Margin="2" Text="{Binding State}" Grid.Column="1"/>
Check the Output console for binding errors

ListView's item insert animations in WinRT

Recently I started building my own big Windows 8 Store App.
Working on UI I started replicating some good UIs.
One I met very interesting animation of inserting new elements in list view in standard Mail app. When you click on chain it expands and shows all messages in chain.
Here is captured video.
I have no idea what technique did they use to achieve this animation and behavior.
Can anyone help me, explain or give example how can I achieve such behavior? Thanks.

The mail app is written in JavaScript, so it won't help you much to know how it was done since this UI stack is quite different than the XAML one. The thing though is that the list controls are likely animated the same way, so you only need to add/remove some items in the list to get the expansion/collapse effect.
I played with it for a bit and this is what I came up with that uses ListView's ItemTemplateSelector property to define a few different item templates.
<Page
x:Class="App82.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:App82"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<Page.Resources>
<local:CollapsibleListItemTemplateSelector
x:Key="collapsibleListItemTemplateSelector">
<local:CollapsibleListItemTemplateSelector.BasicItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border
Margin="5"
Height="50"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
BorderBrush="ForestGreen"
BorderThickness="2,0,0,0">
<StackPanel
Margin="10,0,0,0">
<TextBlock
FontWeight="Bold"
Text="{Binding Title}" />
<TextBlock
Text="{Binding Gist}" />
</StackPanel>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</local:CollapsibleListItemTemplateSelector.BasicItemTemplate>
<local:CollapsibleListItemTemplateSelector.ExpandedItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border
Margin="15,5,5,5"
Height="50"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
BorderBrush="Yellow"
BorderThickness="2,0,0,0">
<StackPanel
Margin="10,0,0,0">
<TextBlock
FontWeight="Bold"
Text="{Binding Title}" />
<TextBlock
Text="{Binding Gist}" />
</StackPanel>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</local:CollapsibleListItemTemplateSelector.ExpandedItemTemplate>
<local:CollapsibleListItemTemplateSelector.CollapsibleItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border
Margin="5"
Height="50"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
BorderBrush="DodgerBlue"
BorderThickness="2,0,0,0">
<StackPanel
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock
FontWeight="Bold"
Text="{Binding ChildItems.Count}" />
<TextBlock
FontWeight="Bold"
Text=" Items" />
</StackPanel>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</local:CollapsibleListItemTemplateSelector.CollapsibleItemTemplate>
</local:CollapsibleListItemTemplateSelector>
</Page.Resources>
<Grid
Background="{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<ListView
x:Name="ListView"
ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource collapsibleListItemTemplateSelector}"
ItemClick="OnItemClick"
IsItemClickEnabled="True" />
</Grid>
</Page>
Code behind:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using App82.Common;
using Windows.UI.Xaml;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
namespace App82
{
public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
public MainPage()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
var items = new ObservableCollection<BindableBase>();
var item1 = new BasicItem { Title = "Item 1", Gist = "This item has some content that is not fully shown..." };
var item2 = new ExpandedItem { Title = "Item 2", Gist = "This item has some content that is not fully shown..." };
var item3 = new ExpandedItem { Title = "Item 3", Gist = "This item has some content that is not fully shown..." };
var item4 = new ExpandedItem { Title = "Item 4", Gist = "This item has some content that is not fully shown..." };
var item5 = new BasicItem { Title = "Item 5", Gist = "This item has some content that is not fully shown..." };
var itemGroup1 = new CollapsibleItem(items, new[] { item2, item3, item4 });
items.Add(item1);
items.Add(itemGroup1);
items.Add(item5);
this.ListView.ItemsSource = items;
}
private void OnItemClick(object sender, ItemClickEventArgs e)
{
var collapsibleItem = e.ClickedItem as CollapsibleItem;
if (collapsibleItem != null)
collapsibleItem.ToggleCollapse();
}
}
public class CollapsibleListItemTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
{
public DataTemplate BasicItemTemplate { get; set; }
public DataTemplate CollapsibleItemTemplate { get; set; }
public DataTemplate ExpandedItemTemplate { get; set; }
protected override Windows.UI.Xaml.DataTemplate SelectTemplateCore(object item, Windows.UI.Xaml.DependencyObject container)
{
if (item is ExpandedItem)
return ExpandedItemTemplate;
if (item is BasicItem)
return BasicItemTemplate;
//if (item is CollapsibleItem)
return CollapsibleItemTemplate;
}
}
public class BasicItem : BindableBase
{
#region Title
private string _title;
public string Title
{
get { return _title; }
set { this.SetProperty(ref _title, value); }
}
#endregion
#region Gist
private string _gist;
public string Gist
{
get { return _gist; }
set { this.SetProperty(ref _gist, value); }
}
#endregion
}
public class ExpandedItem : BasicItem
{
}
public class CollapsibleItem : BindableBase
{
private readonly IList _hostCollection;
#region IsExpanded
private bool _isExpanded;
public bool IsExpanded
{
get { return _isExpanded; }
set
{
if (this.SetProperty(ref _isExpanded, value))
{
if (_isExpanded)
Expand();
else
Collapse();
}
}
}
#endregion
#region ChildItems
private ObservableCollection<BasicItem> _childItems;
public ObservableCollection<BasicItem> ChildItems
{
get { return _childItems; }
set { this.SetProperty(ref _childItems, value); }
}
#endregion
public CollapsibleItem(
IList hostCollection,
IEnumerable<BasicItem> childItems)
{
_hostCollection = hostCollection;
_childItems = new ObservableCollection<BasicItem>(childItems);
}
public void ToggleCollapse()
{
IsExpanded = !IsExpanded;
}
private void Expand()
{
int i = _hostCollection.IndexOf(this) + 1;
foreach (var childItem in ChildItems)
{
_hostCollection.Insert(i++, childItem);
}
}
private void Collapse()
{
int i = _hostCollection.IndexOf(this) + 1;
for (int index = 0; index < ChildItems.Count; index++)
{
_hostCollection.RemoveAt(i);
}
}
}
}