ObjectDataProvider In Wpf:-

We can get the objects in to the xaml by using ObjectDataProvider.We can aslo  call the functions from the xaml.

->Create a customer class with properties FirstName,LastName and create a      GetCustomer function which is called by the xaml.

   public class Customer

    {

        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        public string LastName { get; set; }

        public Customer GetCustomer()

        {

            return new Customer { FirstName = "Jim", LastName = "Smith" };

        }

    }

->Add the ObjectDataProvider in the xaml as static resource.

<Window x:Class="WpfCodeObjectToXaml.MainWindow"

        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfCodeObjectToXaml"

        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">

    <Grid>

        <Grid.Resources>

            <!--Here specify the type of object and method name-->

            <ObjectDataProvider x:Key="odpCustomer" ObjectType="{x:Type local:Customer}" MethodName="GetCustomer"></ObjectDataProvider>

        </Grid.Resources>

        <!--Here we set the datacontext of stack panel to the object data provicer-->

        <StackPanel DataContext="{StaticResource odpCustomer}">

            <!--Bind the first name-->

            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=FirstName}"></TextBlock>

            <!--Bind the last name-->

            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=LastName}"></TextBlock>

        </StackPanel>

    </Grid>

</Window>

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