XAML Binding data of an XML attribute and displaying its value

Question

I am making simple RSS reader for Windows Phone which reads an XML file using XML Serializer and displays the list of items. I have Rss.css file and amongst others I have item class (below fragment):

public class Item
{
    [XmlElement("title")]
    public string Title { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("link")]
    public string Link { get; set; }
}

And I am binding data in XAML files and displaying eg title field like this:

<ListView Grid.Row="1" ItemsSource="{Binding Rss.Channel.Items}">
    <ListView.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Grid>
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                   <ColumnDefinition Width="150" />
                   <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}"/>

etc., and it's working fine. Now, let's say that in the XML title has an attribute, eg short="true". How do I bind and display this attribute?

I tried to create another class under Item class:

public class Title
{
    [XmlAttribute("short")]
    public string Short { get; set; }

}

and simply bind the attribute like this:

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title.Short}"/>

but it's not working. Can I "reach" it in XAML somehow or should I change something in the .cs file?

PS. The given example is a shorter alternative to my problem therefore it is not necessarily very logical.

Answer 1

You're binding to something that doesn't exist - Title is a string in your model. You should change this so the deserialization can give you both the title and the attribute:

public class Item
{
    [XmlElement("title")]
    public Title Title { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("link")]
    public string Link { get; set; }
}

public class Title
{
    [XmlAttribute("short")]
    public string Short { get; set; }

    [XmlText]
    public string Value { get; set; }
}

Then your current Title binding changes to Title.Value and your Title.Short binding should work.