Watching for an object to change - ObjectWatcher?

[vector]

I'd like to use something similar to the FileSystemWatcher to monitor
changes to objects in my own code. Something I can hook bitmaps,
strings, anything to, and have it raise an event when the object is
changed, possibly passing along the new hashcode for the object.

I guess it would be possible to write something like that that checks
the hashcode of an event at a specified interval, but that's a nasty
hack. Isn't there a more elegant way to accomplish this?

I envision something like this:

string myString=null;

objectWatcher.AddWatch(myString);

myString="Hello, world!"; //objWatcher would raise an event here

 

[cody]

I'd like to use something similar to the FileSystemWatcher to monitor

changes to objects in my own code. Something I can hook bitmaps,
strings, anything to, and have it raise an event when the object is
changed, possibly passing along the new hashcode for the object.

I guess it would be possible to write something like that that checks
the hashcode of an event at a specified interval, but that's a nasty
hack. Isn't there a more elegant way to accomplish this?

I envision something like this:

string myString=null;

objectWatcher.AddWatch(myString);

myString="Hello, world!"; //objWatcher would raise an event here

Assignment doesn't change any object at all.
The only Solution would be to let your objects raise an event if a set
property is called and the value is changed
You can put the event is an interface so you can use if for multiple
classes:

interface IWatchable
{
event EventHandler Changed;
}

class MyClass : IWatchable
{
event EventHandler Changed;

string myProperty;

public string MyProperty
{
set
{
if (value!=myProperty){myProperty=value; Changed(this, new
EventArgs());}
}
}

}

But you cannot use this for predefined classes when you don't inherit from
them.

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

The only way to implement it would be if each object that can be monitorable
include an event for that, otherwise I don't see a clear way of doing what
you want.


Cheers,