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DispatcherService

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The DispatcherService is an IDispatcherService implementation that allows you to perform actions in a ViewModel using the Dispatcher.

Getting Started with DispatcherService

To perform an action in a ViewModel using the Dispatcher, use the DispatcherService. Add the service to the view’s dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors.

<UserControl x:Class="DXSample.View.MainView"
    ...
    xmlns:dxmvvm="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/mvvm"
    xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:DXSample.ViewModel"  
    DataContext="{dxmvvm:ViewModelSource Type=vm:MainViewModel}">
    ...
    <dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
        <dxmvvm:DispatcherService />
    </dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
    ...
</UserControl>

Use the following approaches to access the defined DispatcherService from your ViewModel:

To perform the required actions, use the BeginInvoke(Action) method, as shown in the code snippet below.

[POCOViewModel]
public class MainViewModel {
    protected IDispatcherService DispatcherService { get { return this.GetService<IDispatcherService>(); } }
    ...
    void CalcCore() {
        ...
        DispatcherService.BeginInvoke(() => { ... });
        ...     
    }
    ...
}

The DispatcherService includes the following properties:

using DevExpress.Mvvm;
using DevExpress.Mvvm.POCO;
using DevExpress.Mvvm.DataAnnotations;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Media;

namespace DXSample.ViewModel {
    [POCOViewModel]
    public class MainViewModel {
        public virtual int Progress { get; protected set; }
        public virtual Brush Color { get; protected set; }
        public virtual bool IsProgress { get; protected set; }
        protected IDispatcherService DispatcherService { get { return this.GetService<IDispatcherService>(); } }
        public void Calculate() {
            IsProgress = true;
            Task.Factory.StartNew(CalcCore).ContinueWith(x => {
                DispatcherService.BeginInvoke(() => IsProgress = false);
            });
        }
        protected void OnIsProgressChanged() {
            this.RaiseCanExecuteChanged(x => x.Calculate());
        }

        public bool CanCalculate() {
            return !IsProgress;
        }
        void CalcCore() {
            for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++) {
                DispatcherService.BeginInvoke(() => {
                    Progress = i;
                    Color = new SolidColorBrush(GetColor(i));
                });
                Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.1));
            }
        }
        Color GetColor(int coef) {
            return new Color() {
                R = (byte)(coef * 15),
                G = (byte)(coef * 7),
                B = (byte)(coef * 8),
                A = 255,
            };
        }
    }
}