switch data binding to custom type vs. dictionary

Author: fuzzzerd

SharpFM.App/MainWindow.axaml

@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@
                         <TextBox Text="{Binding Name, Mode=TwoWay}" Margin="0" />
                         <ComboBox
                             ItemsSource="{Binding ClipTypes}"
-                            SelectedValue="{Binding ClipboardFormat, Mode=TwoWay}">
+                            SelectedValue="{Binding ClipboardFormat, Mode=TwoWay}"
+                            SelectedValueBinding="{Binding KeyId}"
+                            DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding DisplayName}"
+                            >
                         </ComboBox>
-                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding ClipboardFormat}"
-                            MaxLines="1" />
+                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding ClipboardFormat}" MaxLines="1" />
                     </StackPanel>
                 </DataTemplate>
             </ListBox.ItemTemplate>

SharpFM.Core/FileMakerClip.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
@@ -11,14 +12,20 @@ namespace SharpFM.Core;
 
 public class FileMakerClip
 {
-    public static Dictionary<string, string> ClipTypes { get; set; } = new Dictionary<string, string>
-        {
-            { "Mac-XMSS", "ScriptSteps" },
-            { "Mac-XML2", "Layout" },
-            { "Mac-XMTB", "Table" },
-            { "Mac-XMFD", "Field" },
-            { "Mac-XMSC", "Script" }
-        };
+    public class ClipFormat
+    {
+        public string KeyId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        public string DisplayName { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    }
+
+    public static List<ClipFormat> ClipTypes { get; set; } = new List<ClipFormat>
+    {
+        new ClipFormat() { KeyId = "Mac-XMSS", DisplayName = "ScriptSteps" },
+        new ClipFormat() { KeyId = "Mac-XML2", DisplayName = "Layout" },
+        new ClipFormat() { KeyId = "Mac-XMTB", DisplayName = "Table" },
+        new ClipFormat() { KeyId = "Mac-XMFD", DisplayName = "Field" },
+        new ClipFormat() { KeyId = "Mac-XMSC", DisplayName = "Script" }
+    };
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Constructor taking in the raw data byte array.
@@ -83,7 +90,9 @@ public IEnumerable<FileMakerField> Fields
         {
             var xdoc = XDocument.Parse(XmlData);
 
-            switch (ClipTypes[ClipboardFormat])
+            var clipType = ClipTypes.SingleOrDefault(ct => ct.KeyId == ClipboardFormat);
+
+            switch (clipType.DisplayName)
             {
                 case "Table": // When we have a table, we can get rich metadata from the clipboard data.
                     return xdoc

SharpFM.Core/FileMakerClipExtensions.cs

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ public static class FileMakerClipExtensions
         /// </summary>
         public static string CreateClass(this FileMakerClip _clip, FileMakerClip? fieldProjectionLayout = null)
         {
-            if(_clip == null) { return string.Empty; }
+            if (_clip == null) { return string.Empty; }
 
             var fieldProjectionList = new List<string>();
-            if (fieldProjectionLayout != null && FileMakerClip.ClipTypes[fieldProjectionLayout.ClipboardFormat] == "Layout")
+            if (fieldProjectionLayout != null && FileMakerClip.ClipTypes.Single(ct => ct.KeyId == fieldProjectionLayout.ClipboardFormat).DisplayName == "Layout")
             {
                 // a clip that is of type layout, only has name attribute (since the rest isn't available)
                 // and we only need the name to skip it down below
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public static string CreateClass(this FileMakerClip _clip, IEnumerable<string> f
             classDeclaration = classDeclaration.AddAttributeLists(SyntaxFactory.AttributeList(SyntaxFactory.SingletonSeparatedList(dataContractAttribute)));
 
             // add each field from the underling _clip as a public property with the data member attribute
-            List <PropertyDeclarationSyntax> fieldsToBeAddedAsProperties = new List<PropertyDeclarationSyntax>(_clip.Fields.Count());
+            List<PropertyDeclarationSyntax> fieldsToBeAddedAsProperties = new List<PropertyDeclarationSyntax>(_clip.Fields.Count());
             // include the field projection
             foreach (var field in _clip.Fields.Where(fmF => fieldProjectionList.Contains(fmF.Name)))
             {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public static string CreateClass(this FileMakerClip _clip, IEnumerable<string> f
                         break;
                 }
 
-                if(field.NotEmpty == false && propertyTypeCSharp != "string")
+                if (field.NotEmpty == false && propertyTypeCSharp != "string")
                 {
                     propertyTypeCSharp += "?";
                 }