Simple Weak Event Listener for Silverlight - by beatkiener
When using normal CLR events, registering an event handler creates a strong reference from the event source to the listening object.
If the event-source (our ViewModel) has a longer lifetime than the listener and the listener gets released from the hosting app (in our case the visual tree) then it can’t be garbage collected, because the long living event-source instance has still a reference to the listener through the delegate.
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Post Contributed by: Kunal Chowdhury
Friday, November 25, 2011
Kunal is the Site Admin and Contributor of Silverlight-Zone. He is a Software Engineer, Microsoft Silverlight MVP, Code Project Mentor and a Code Project MVP. He is also an active Author in SilverlightShow.net and a speaker in various community events. He works on Microsoft Platform and very passionate about Silverlight technology. He started his career in 2007 and achieved various awards during his professional life.
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