Stylet/Samples/Stylet.Samples.OverridingViewManager/CustomViewManager.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;

namespace Stylet.Samples.OverridingViewManager
{
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = false)]
    sealed class ViewModelAttribute : Attribute
    {
        readonly Type viewModel;

        public ViewModelAttribute(Type viewModel)
        {
            this.viewModel = viewModel;
        }

        public Type ViewModel
        {
            get { return viewModel; }
        }
    }

    public class CustomViewManager : ViewManager
    {
        // Dictionary of ViewModel type -> View type
        private Dictionary<Type, Type> viewModelToViewMapping;

        public CustomViewManager()
        {
            var mappings = from type in AssemblySource.Assemblies.SelectMany(x => x.GetTypes())
                           let attributes = (ViewModelAttribute[])type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ViewModelAttribute), false)
                           where attributes.Length == 1 && typeof(UIElement).IsAssignableFrom(type)
                           select new { View = type, ViewModel = attributes[0].ViewModel };

            this.viewModelToViewMapping = mappings.ToDictionary(x => x.ViewModel, x => x.View);
        }

        public override UIElement CreateViewForModel(object model)
        {
            Type viewType;
            if (!this.viewModelToViewMapping.TryGetValue(model.GetType(), out viewType))
                throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not find View for ViewModel {0}", model.GetType().Name));
            return (UIElement)IoC.GetInstance(viewType, null);
        }
    }
}