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Weak PropertyChanged on ObservableObject
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I'm currently using `ObservableObject` from `Xamarin Community Toolkit`. The implementation is very similar to the `ObservableObject` here, but one interesting difference is that `PropertyChanged` event is implemented using a weak event manager implementation.
https://github.com/xamarin/XamarinCommunityToolkit/blob/main/src/CommunityToolkit/Xamarin.CommunityToolkit/ObjectModel/ObservableObject.shared.cs
Is there any possibility of bringing a weak `PropertyChanged` version of `ObservableObject` here?
`Xamarin Community Toolkit` has its own `DelegateWeakEventManager` which would also need implementing.
https://github.com/xamarin/XamarinCommunityToolkit/blob/main/src/CommunityToolkit/Xamarin.CommunityToolkit/Helpers/DelegateWeakEventManager.shared.cs
There is a conversation [here](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/61517) about bringing such a class directly into the BCL, but I would guess it would be quicker and easier to add it here (even if it becomes obsolete in the future).
As another aside, on the MAUI front, `DelegateWeakEventManager` has been promoted to the main MAUI repo. There is a discussion going on there about the possibility of depending on .NET Community Toolkit (for the main purpose of using the `IMessenger`) but if it does happen, then it could drop it's `DelegateWeakEventManager` in favour of using one here, if it gets added.
https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/3880
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