The goal the below code is to bind data using XAML.  So, for the example I used MLB Pitching stats for 2008, created a Pitcher object, then a PitcherCollection objet, and finally used XAML to define an instance of the PitcherCollection.  The result is the Page.xaml.cs does not have any code in it, but a list box is fully bound to a data source. 

1. The data source.  This is a sample of the XML used.

<Pitchers>

    <Pitcher>

        <Name>Johan Santana</Name>

        <Wins>16</Wins>

        <ERA>2.53</ERA>

    </Pitcher>

    <Pitcher>

        <Name>Cliff Lee</Name>

        <Wins>22</Wins>

        <ERA>2.54</ERA>

    </Pitcher>

2. Next create two classes; the Pitcher and PitcherCollection.  Pitcher uses the interface INotifyPropertyChanged and PitcherCollection inherits ObservableCollection<Pitcher>
   
   

   using System.ComponentModel;
   
   
   namespace DataBindingExample.Data
   
   {
   
       public class Pitcher : INotifyPropertyChanged
   
       {
   
   
           #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members
   
   
           public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
   
   
           #endregion
   
   
           private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
   
           {
   
               if (PropertyChanged != null)
   
               {
   
                   PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
   
               }
   
           }
   
   
           public string Name
   
           {
   
               get { return name; }
   
               set {
   
                   name = value;
   
                   OnPropertyChanged("name");
   
               }
   
           }
   
           private string name;
   
   
           public double ERA
   
           {
   
               get { return era; }
   
               set {
   
                   era = value;
   
                   OnPropertyChanged("era");
   
               }
   
           }
   
           private double era;
   
   
           public int Strikeouts
   
           {
   
               get { return srikeouts; }
   
               set {
   
                   srikeouts = value;
   
                   OnPropertyChanged("srikeouts");
   
               }
   
           }
   
           private int srikeouts;
   
   
           public int Wins
   
           {
   
               get { return wins; }
   
               set {
   
                   wins = value;
   
                   OnPropertyChanged("wins");
   
               }
   
           }
   
           private int wins;
   
   
   
       }
   
   }
   
   
   

   using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
   
   using System.Xml.Linq;
   
   using System.Linq;
   
   using System.Collections.Generic;
   
   
   
   namespace DataBindingExample.Data
   
   {
   
       public class PitchersCollection : ObservableCollection<Pitcher>
   
       {
   
           public PitchersCollection()
   
           {
   
               Load();
   
           }
   
   
           public void Load()
   
           {
   
               XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(@"Data/Pitchers.xml");
   
   
               var q = from p in doc.Descendants("Pitcher")
   
                       select new Pitcher
   
                       {
   
                           Name = (string)p.Element("Name"),
   
                           ERA = (double)p.Element("ERA"),
   
                           Wins = (int)p.Element("Wins"),
   
                           Strikeouts = 5
   
                       };
   
   
               if (q != null)
   
               {
   
                   // Add items to this collection
   
                   foreach (var item in q)
   
                   {
   
                       this.Add(item);
   
                   }
   
               }
   
           }
   
       }
   
   }
   
   
   

3. Add the data source to the UserControl.Resources section of your XAML and add a ListBox control refrencing the object.
   

<UserControl x:Class="DataBindingExample.Page"

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

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

    xmlns:data="clr-namespace:DataBindingExample.Data"

    Width="400" Height="300">


    <UserControl.Resources>

        <data:PitchersCollection x:Key="PitchersCollection" />

    </UserControl.Resources>


    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">

        <!--<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource PitchersCollection}, Mode=OneWay}"

                DisplayMemberPath="Name">-->

        <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource PitchersCollection}, Mode=OneWay}">

            <ListBox.ItemTemplate>

                <DataTemplate>

                    <Grid>

                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

                            <ColumnDefinition Width="150" />

                            <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />

                            <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />

                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name, Mode=OneWay}" Grid.Column="0" />

                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Wins, Mode=OneWay}" Grid.Column="1" Margin="0,0,20,0" />

                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ERA, Mode=OneWay}" Grid.Column="2" />

                    </Grid>

                </DataTemplate>

            </ListBox.ItemTemplate>

        </ListBox>

    </Grid>

</UserControl>

4. The resulting application:
   
   

Resources:

Scott Guthrie’s Silverlight 2 introduction blog post.  Used this for the ListBox – http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/pages/silverlight-tutorial-part-5-using-the-listbox-and-databinding-to-display-list-data.aspx

LINQ to Objects – http://www.hookedonlinq.com/LINQtoObjects5MinuteOverview.ashx

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