/Source/Bifrost.Mimir/ViewModel/ViewModelLocator.cs

/*

  In App.xaml:

  <Application.Resources>

      <vm:ViewModelLocatorTemplate xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:Bifrost.Mimir"

                                   x:Key="Locator" />

  </Application.Resources>

  

  In the View:

  DataContext="{Binding Source={StaticResource Locator}, Path=ViewModelName}"



  You can also use Blend to do all this with the tool's support.

  See http://www.galasoft.ch/mvvm

*/



using GalaSoft.MvvmLight;



namespace Bifrost.Mimir.ViewModel

{

    /// <summary>

    /// This class contains static references to all the view models in the

    /// application and provides an entry point for the bindings.

    /// </summary>

    public class ViewModelLocator

    {

        private static MainViewModel _main;



        /// <summary>

        /// Initializes a new instance of the ViewModelLocator class.

        /// </summary>

        public ViewModelLocator()

        {

            ////if (ViewModelBase.IsInDesignModeStatic)

            ////{

            ////    // Create design time services and viewmodels

            ////}

            ////else

            ////{

            ////    // Create run time services and view models

            ////}



            _main = new MainViewModel();

        }



        /// <summary>

        /// Gets the Main property which defines the main viewmodel.

        /// </summary>

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance",

            "CA1822:MarkMembersAsStatic",

            Justification = "This non-static member is needed for data binding purposes.")]

        public MainViewModel Main

        {

            get

            {

                return _main;

            }

        }

    }

}