Feature Request: Provide a way to let user decide which FreshPageModelWrapper used

[blackice2999]

Based upon Pullrequest #70 and #71

The motivation was that PageModel should be use Page name extension and ViewModel should be use View as name Extension. Because of a typo the ViewModel uses the Page name extension also.
#70

Simple replacement of Page to View is not possible because it would be break a lot of application without update the code of the apps.
(it make sense, or not)
#71

looks to me like a workaround to solve the problem.

My Question (remember i am new on C#):

Why we could not simple use the IoC Pattern here? and let the user the choice to register a own Mapper?

public static IFreshPageModelMapper PageModelMapper { get; set; } = new FreshPageModelMapper();

With IoC ?

public static IFreshPageModelMapper PageModelMapper { get; set; } = FreshIOC.Container.Resolve<IFreshPageModelMapper>();

[krisrok]

would work, but requires configuration. i'd expect it to "just work".

and although it does not make much of a difference if things are called view or page, it just makes it easier for users -- even more for users of other frameworks using "convention over configuration".

we won't be the last ones to stumble upon this, so hopefully something will happen about it.. :)

[rjantz3]

It is not clear in the documentation that you cannot have a naming convention of *ViewModel and *View. After stumbling around a while I realized I needed .Replace ("ViewModel", "View"); and NOT
.Replace ("ViewModel", "Page");

[escamoteur]

Exactly. I just made a PR to fix this

[MoralCode]

Any updates on this? I am trying to use the *View and *ViewModel convention in my app and it doesn't seem to be liking it even though the readme says

Note Different to standard naming conventions, FreshMvvm uses Page and PageModel instead of View and ViewModel, this is inline with Xamarin.Forms using Pages Now we can use both the ViewModel naming conventions.

This makes me think that you'd be able to use either, yet it isn't working in my app. when using FreshPageModelResolver.ResolvePageModel<HomepageViewModel>(); it seems to be looking in the .Pages.HomepagePage namespace for the view instead of .Views.HomepageView which is where it is stored....

wat ._.

[swcomp]

The FreshPageModelResolver returns a Xamarin.Forms.Page not a View, that is why the default PageModelMapper maps "ViewModel" to "Page" ( see Michael's explanation here: 90aeaa7#r19183606 ).

For my project I am considering making some Pages composable from a number of View widgets, for example there will be a BI style dashboard and this dashboard and other pages will be configurable for content and different levels of interaction. There will be enough presentation logic and/or data/service uniqueness to these View widgets to justify them having their own ViewModel rather than just using the PageModel.

While this approach will introduce performance and usability challenges I have a vested interest in pursuing it.

I will be forking FreshMvvm in order to add in a FreshViewModelResolver which will operate alongside the FreshPageModelResolver. The PageModel + ViewModel Resolver conventions will be PageModel > Page and ViewModel > View respectively.

[swcomp]

@MoralCode I got around the namepsace mapping issue with the following custom PageModelMapper, you could add the ViewModel > View mapping you want, although I recommend naming Xamarin Pages and Views as such ( see my comment on adding support for Xamarin.Forms.Views to the framework above ):

( see FreshMvvm 2.1 and 2.2 release announcement for instructions on using a custom PageModelMapper: https://michaelridland.com/xamarin/announcing-freshmvvm-2-1-and-2-2/ )

public class XFreshPageModelMapper : IFreshPageModelMapper
{
    public string GetPageTypeName(Type pageModelType)
    {
        string pageModelTypeName = pageModelType.AssemblyQualifiedName;

        // Page Locator.
        return GetPageLocation(pageModelTypeName);

    }

    private string GetPageLocation(string pageModelName)
    {
        string result = string.Empty;
        // Check for presentation namespace folder.
        // Presentation > UI Mapping.
        if (pageModelName.IndexOf("Presentation", StringComparison.Ordinal) > -1)
        {
            result = pageModelName.Replace("Presentation", "UI");
                
        } // PL > UI Mapping.
        else if (pageModelName.IndexOf("PL.", StringComparison.Ordinal) > -1)
        {
            // Parse namespace separator to avoid false positives.
            result = pageModelName.Replace("PL.", "UI.");
                
        }
        
        // Original FreshPageModelMapper implementation with the confusing ViewModel > Page mapping removed.
        result = result.Replace("PageModel", "Page");
            
        return result;
    }
}