The XmlDocument
already raises NodeChanged
events. If you use an XmlDataProvider
as your binding source, it listens to NodeChanged
events and refreshes the bindings. It also refreshes the bindings if you change its Document
property. Combine that with the FileSystemWatcher
and you're on your way.
A simple example:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication18.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
<Window.Resources>
<XmlDataProvider x:Key="Data" XPath="/Data">
<x:XData>
<Data xmlns="">
<Channel>foo</Channel>
<Channel>bar</Channel>
<Channel>baz</Channel>
<Channel>bat</Channel>
</Data>
</x:XData>
</XmlDataProvider>
</Window.Resources>
<StackPanel Margin="50">
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource Data}, XPath=Channel}" />
<Button Margin="10"
Click="ReloadButton_Click">Reload</Button>
<Button Margin="10"
Click="UpdateButton_Click">Update</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
The event handlers:
private void ReloadButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
XmlDocument d = new XmlDocument();
d.LoadXml(@"<Data xmlns=''><Channel>foobar</Channel><Channel>quux</Channel></Data>");
XmlDataProvider p = Resources["Data"] as XmlDataProvider;
p.Document = d;
}
private void UpdateButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
XmlDataProvider p = Resources["Data"] as XmlDataProvider;
XmlDocument d = p.Document;
foreach (XmlElement elm in d.SelectNodes("/Data/Channel"))
{
elm.InnerText = "Updated";
}
}