Implementing INotifyPropertyChanged - does a better way exist?

Question

Microsoft should have implemented something snappy for INotifyPropertyChanged, like in the automatic properties, just specify {get; set; notify;} I

Answer 1

Based on the answer by Thomas which was adapted from an answer by Marc I've turned the reflecting property changed code into a base class:

public abstract class PropertyChangedBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    protected void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {
        PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
        if (handler != null) 
            handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
    }

    protected void OnPropertyChanged(Expression> selectorExpression)
    {
        if (selectorExpression == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException("selectorExpression");
        var me = selectorExpression.Body as MemberExpression;

        // Nullable properties can be nested inside of a convert function
        if (me == null)
        {
            var ue = selectorExpression.Body as UnaryExpression;
            if (ue != null)
                me = ue.Operand as MemberExpression;
        }

        if (me == null)
            throw new ArgumentException("The body must be a member expression");

        OnPropertyChanged(me.Member.Name);
    }

    protected void SetField(ref T field, T value, Expression> selectorExpression, params Expression>[] additonal)
    {
        if (EqualityComparer.Default.Equals(field, value)) return;
        field = value;
        OnPropertyChanged(selectorExpression);
        foreach (var item in additonal)
            OnPropertyChanged(item);
    }
}

Usage is the same as Thomas' answer except that you can pass additional properties to notify for. This was necessary to handle calculated columns which need to be refreshed in a grid.

private int _quantity;
private int _price;

public int Quantity 
{ 
    get { return _quantity; } 
    set { SetField(ref _quantity, value, () => Quantity, () => Total); } 
}
public int Price 
{ 
    get { return _price; } 
    set { SetField(ref _price, value, () => Price, () => Total); } 
}
public int Total { get { return _price * _quantity; } }

I have this driving a collection of items stored in a BindingList exposed via a DataGridView. It has eliminated the need for me to do manual Refresh() calls to the grid.