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There's total 3 ways to reuse the XAML path
Using path itself
<Border Height="200"
Width="200"
BorderBrush="Red"
BorderThickness="1"
Background="Yellow"
Padding="20"
Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="1">
<Viewbox Stretch="Uniform">
<!-- Works at designtime but crashes at runtime -->
<!--<ContentControl Content="{StaticResource PrancingHorse}" />-->
<!-- That would work if if were possible to define the PathGeomatry as a resource. -->
<!--<Path Data="{StaticResource PrancingGeometry}" />-->
<Path Data="M22.923445,61.752014L22.733789,61.7598....."
Fill="White" />
</Viewbox>
Using path data as string resource
<Page.Resources>
<x:String x:Key="PrancingString">M22.923445,61.752014L22.733789,61.759857 .....</x:String>
</Page.Resources>
<Border Height="200"
Width="200"
BorderBrush="Red"
BorderThickness="1"
Padding="20"
Grid.Row="3"
Grid.Column="2">
<Viewbox Stretch="Uniform">
<Path Data="{StaticResource PrancingString}"
Fill="White" />
</Viewbox>
Using icon control
IconControl.cs
public sealed class IconControl : Control
{
public static readonly DependencyProperty DataGeometryProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("DataGeometry", typeof(PathGeometry), typeof(IconControl), new PropertyMetadata(null));
public static readonly DependencyProperty DataProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("Data", typeof(String), typeof(IconControl), new PropertyMetadata(null, new PropertyChangedCallback(OnDataChanged)));
public IconControl()
{
this.DefaultStyleKey = typeof(IconControl);
}
// Write-only to be used in a binding.
public String Data
{
private get { return (String)GetValue(DataProperty); }
set { SetValue(DataProperty, value); }
}
// Read-only to be used in the control's template.
public PathGeometry DataGeometry
{
get { return (PathGeometry)GetValue(DataGeometryProperty); }
private set { SetValue(DataGeometryProperty, value); }
}
private static void OnDataChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
IconControl ic = d as IconControl;
// In WPF: ic.DataGeometry = PathGeometry.CreateFromGeometry(PathGeometry.Parse(e.NewValue.ToString()));
ic.DataGeometry = new PathGeometryParser().Parse(e.NewValue.ToString());
}
}
PathGeometryParser.cs
public class PathGeometryParser
{
#region Constants
const bool AllowSign = true;
const bool AllowComma = true;
const bool IsFilled = true;
const bool IsClosed = true;
#endregion
#region Fields
IFormatProvider _formatProvider;
PathFigure _figure = null; // Figure object, which will accept parsed segments
string _pathString; // Input string to be parsed
int _pathLength;
int _curIndex; // Location to read next character from
bool _figureStarted; // StartFigure is effective
Point _lastStart; // Last figure starting point
Point _lastPoint; // Last point
Point _secondLastPoint; // The point before last point
char _token = ' '; // Non whitespace character returned by ReadToken
#endregion
static internal char GetNumericListSeparator(IFormatProvider provider)
{
char numericSeparator = ',';
// Get the NumberFormatInfo out of the provider, if possible
// If the IFormatProvider doesn't not contain a NumberFormatInfo, then
// this method returns the current culture's NumberFormatInfo.
NumberFormatInfo numberFormat = NumberFormatInfo.GetInstance(provider);
// Is the decimal separator is the same as the list separator?
// If so, we use the ";".
if ((numberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator.Length > 0) && (numericSeparator == numberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator[0]))
{
numericSeparator = ';';
}
return numericSeparator;
}
/// <summary>
/// Turns a string into a PathGeometry.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Code could use some refactoring, to expose the logic as an extension method of PathGeometry.
/// </remarks>
public PathGeometry Parse(string path)
{
PathGeometry _pathGeometry = null;
_formatProvider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
_pathString = path;
_pathLength = path.Length;
_curIndex = 0;
_secondLastPoint = new Point(0, 0);
_lastPoint = new Point(0, 0);
_lastStart = new Point(0, 0);
_figureStarted = false;
bool first = true;
char last_cmd = ' ';
while (ReadToken()) // Empty path is allowed in XAML
{
char cmd = _token;
if (first)
{
if ((cmd != 'M') && (cmd != 'm') && (cmd != 'f') && (cmd != 'F')) // Path starts with M|m
{
ThrowBadToken();
}
first = false;
}
switch (cmd)
{
case 'f':
case 'F':
_pathGeometry = new PathGeometry();
double _num = ReadNumber(!AllowComma);
_pathGeometry.FillRule = _num == 0 ? FillRule.EvenOdd : FillRule.Nonzero;
break;
case 'm':
case 'M':
// XAML allows multiple points after M/m
_lastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, !AllowComma);
_figure = new PathFigure();
_figure.StartPoint = _lastPoint;
_figure.IsFilled = IsFilled;
_figure.IsClosed = !IsClosed;
//context.BeginFigure(_lastPoint, IsFilled, !IsClosed);
_figureStarted = true;
_lastStart = _lastPoint;
last_cmd = 'M';
while (IsNumber(AllowComma))
{
_lastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, !AllowComma);
LineSegment _lineSegment = new LineSegment();
_lineSegment.Point = _lastPoint;
_figure.Segments.Add(_lineSegment);
//context.LineTo(_lastPoint, IsStroked, !IsSmoothJoin);
last_cmd = 'L';
}
break;
case 'l':
case 'L':
case 'h':
case 'H':
case 'v':
case 'V':
EnsureFigure();
do
{
switch (cmd)
{
case 'l': _lastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, !AllowComma); break;
case 'L': _lastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, !AllowComma); break;
case 'h': _lastPoint.X += ReadNumber(!AllowComma); break;
case 'H': _lastPoint.X = ReadNumber(!AllowComma); break;
case 'v': _lastPoint.Y += ReadNumber(!AllowComma); break;
case 'V': _lastPoint.Y = ReadNumber(!AllowComma); break;
}
LineSegment _lineSegment = new LineSegment();
_lineSegment.Point = _lastPoint;
_figure.Segments.Add(_lineSegment);
//context.LineTo(_lastPoint, IsStroked, !IsSmoothJoin);
}
while (IsNumber(AllowComma));
last_cmd = 'L';
break;
case 'c':
case 'C': // cubic Bezier
case 's':
case 'S': // smooth cublic Bezier
EnsureFigure();
do
{
Point p;
if ((cmd == 's') || (cmd == 'S'))
{
if (last_cmd == 'C')
{
p = Reflect();
}
else
{
p = _lastPoint;
}
_secondLastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, !AllowComma);
}
else
{
p = ReadPoint(cmd, !AllowComma);
_secondLastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, AllowComma);
}
_lastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, AllowComma);
BezierSegment _bizierSegment = new BezierSegment();
_bizierSegment.Point1 = p;
_bizierSegment.Point2 = _secondLastPoint;
_bizierSegment.Point3 = _lastPoint;
_figure.Segments.Add(_bizierSegment);
//context.BezierTo(p, _secondLastPoint, _lastPoint, IsStroked, !IsSmoothJoin);
last_cmd = 'C';
}
while (IsNumber(AllowComma));
break;
case 'q':
case 'Q': // quadratic Bezier
case 't':
case 'T': // smooth quadratic Bezier
EnsureFigure();
do
{
if ((cmd == 't') || (cmd == 'T'))
{
if (last_cmd == 'Q')
{
_secondLastPoint = Reflect();
}
else
{
_secondLastPoint = _lastPoint;
}
_lastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, !AllowComma);
}
else
{
_secondLastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, !AllowComma);
_lastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, AllowComma);
}
QuadraticBezierSegment _quadraticBezierSegment = new QuadraticBezierSegment();
_quadraticBezierSegment.Point1 = _secondLastPoint;
_quadraticBezierSegment.Point2 = _lastPoint;
_figure.Segments.Add(_quadraticBezierSegment);
//context.QuadraticBezierTo(_secondLastPoint, _lastPoint, IsStroked, !IsSmoothJoin);
last_cmd = 'Q';
}
while (IsNumber(AllowComma));
break;
case 'a':
case 'A':
EnsureFigure();
do
{
// A 3,4 5, 0, 0, 6,7
double w = ReadNumber(!AllowComma);
double h = ReadNumber(AllowComma);
double rotation = ReadNumber(AllowComma);
bool large = ReadBool();
bool sweep = ReadBool();
_lastPoint = ReadPoint(cmd, AllowComma);
ArcSegment _arcSegment = new ArcSegment();
_arcSegment.Point = _lastPoint;
_arcSegment.Size = new Size(w, h);
_arcSegment.RotationAngle = rotation;
_arcSegment.IsLargeArc = large;
_arcSegment.SweepDirection = sweep ? SweepDirection.Clockwise : SweepDirection.Counterclockwise;
_figure.Segments.Add(_arcSegment);
//context.ArcTo(
// _lastPoint,
// new Size(w, h),
// rotation,
// large,
// sweep ? SweepDirection.Clockwise : SweepDirection.Counterclockwise,
// IsStroked,
// !IsSmoothJoin
// );
}
while (IsNumber(AllowComma));
last_cmd = 'A';
break;
case 'z':
case 'Z':
EnsureFigure();
_figure.IsClosed = IsClosed;
//context.SetClosedState(IsClosed);
_figureStarted = false;
last_cmd = 'Z';
_lastPoint = _lastStart; // Set reference point to be first point of current figure
break;
default:
ThrowBadToken();
break;
}
if (null != _figure)
{
if (_figure.IsClosed)
{
if (null == _pathGeometry)
_pathGeometry = new PathGeometry();
_pathGeometry.Figures.Add(_figure);
_figure = null;
first = true;
}
}
}
if (null != _figure)
{
if (null == _pathGeometry)
_pathGeometry = new PathGeometry();
if (!_pathGeometry.Figures.Contains(_figure))
_pathGeometry.Figures.Add(_figure);
}
return _pathGeometry;
}
// Not used! Just here for the completeness.
public string ParseBack(PathGeometry geometry)
{
System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
IFormatProvider provider = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-us");
string format = null;
sb.Append("F" + (geometry.FillRule == FillRule.EvenOdd ? "0" : "1") + " ");
foreach (PathFigure figure in geometry.Figures)
{
sb.Append("M " + ((IFormattable)figure.StartPoint).ToString(format, provider) + " ");
foreach (PathSegment segment in figure.Segments)
{
char separator = GetNumericListSeparator(provider);
if (segment.GetType() == typeof(LineSegment))
{
LineSegment _lineSegment = segment as LineSegment;
sb.Append("L " + ((IFormattable)_lineSegment.Point).ToString(format, provider) + " ");
}
else if (segment.GetType() == typeof(BezierSegment))
{
BezierSegment _bezierSegment = segment as BezierSegment;
sb.Append(String.Format(provider,
"C{1:" + format + "}{0}{2:" + format + "}{0}{3:" + format + "} ",
separator,
_bezierSegment.Point1,
_bezierSegment.Point2,
_bezierSegment.Point3
));
}
else if (segment.GetType() == typeof(QuadraticBezierSegment))
{
QuadraticBezierSegment _quadraticBezierSegment = segment as QuadraticBezierSegment;
sb.Append(String.Format(provider,
"Q{1:" + format + "}{0}{2:" + format + "} ",
separator,
_quadraticBezierSegment.Point1,
_quadraticBezierSegment.Point2));
}
else if (segment.GetType() == typeof(ArcSegment))
{
ArcSegment _arcSegment = segment as ArcSegment;
sb.Append(String.Format(provider,
"A{1:" + format + "}{0}{2:" + format + "}{0}{3}{0}{4}{0}{5:" + format + "} ",
separator,
_arcSegment.Size,
_arcSegment.RotationAngle,
_arcSegment.IsLargeArc ? "1" : "0",
_arcSegment.SweepDirection == SweepDirection.Clockwise ? "1" : "0",
_arcSegment.Point));
}
}
if (figure.IsClosed)
sb.Append("Z");
}
return sb.ToString();
}
#region Privates
private void SkipDigits(bool signAllowed)
{
// Allow for a sign
if (signAllowed && More() && ((_pathString[_curIndex] == '-') || _pathString[_curIndex] == '+'))
{
_curIndex++;
}
while (More() && (_pathString[_curIndex] >= '0') && (_pathString[_curIndex] <= '9'))
{
_curIndex++;
}
}
private bool ReadBool()
{
SkipWhiteSpace(AllowComma);
if (More())
{
_token = _pathString[_curIndex++];
if (_token == '0')
{
return false;
}
else if (_token == '1')
{
return true;
}
}
ThrowBadToken();
return false;
}
private Point Reflect()
{
return new Point(2 * _lastPoint.X - _secondLastPoint.X,
2 * _lastPoint.Y - _secondLastPoint.Y);
}
private void EnsureFigure()
{
if (!_figureStarted)
{
_figure = new PathFigure();
_figure.StartPoint = _lastStart;
//_context.BeginFigure(_lastStart, IsFilled, !IsClosed);
_figureStarted = true;
}
}
private double ReadNumber(bool allowComma)
{
if (!IsNumber(allowComma))
{
ThrowBadToken();
}
bool simple = true;
int start = _curIndex;
//
// Allow for a sign
//
// There are numbers that cannot be preceded with a sign, for instance, -NaN, but it's
// fine to ignore that at this point, since the CLR parser will catch this later.
//
if (More() && ((_pathString[_curIndex] == '-') || _pathString[_curIndex] == '+'))
{
_curIndex++;
}
// Check for Infinity (or -Infinity).
if (More() && (_pathString[_curIndex] == 'I'))
{
//
// Don't bother reading the characters, as the CLR parser will
// do this for us later.
//
_curIndex = Math.Min(_curIndex + 8, _pathLength); // "Infinity" has 8 characters
simple = false;
}
// Check for NaN
else if (More() && (_pathString[_curIndex] == 'N'))
{
//
// Don't bother reading the characters, as the CLR parser will
// do this for us later.
//
_curIndex = Math.Min(_curIndex + 3, _pathLength); // "NaN" has 3 characters
simple = false;
}
else
{
SkipDigits(!AllowSign);
// Optional period, followed by more digits
if (More() && (_pathString[_curIndex] == '.'))
{
simple = false;
_curIndex++;
SkipDigits(!AllowSign);
}
// Exponent
if (More() && ((_pathString[_curIndex] == 'E') || (_pathString[_curIndex] == 'e')))
{
simple = false;
_curIndex++;
SkipDigits(AllowSign);
}
}
if (simple && (_curIndex <= (start + 8))) // 32-bit integer
{
int sign = 1;
if (_pathString[start] == '+')
{
start++;
}
else if (_pathString[start] == '-')
{
start++;
sign = -1;
}
int value = 0;
while (start < _curIndex)
{
value = value * 10 + (_pathString[start] - '0');
start++;
}
return value * sign;
}
else
{
string subString = _pathString.Substring(start, _curIndex - start);
try
{
return System.Convert.ToDouble(subString, _formatProvider);
}
catch (FormatException except)
{
throw new FormatException(string.Format("Unexpected character in path '{0}' at position {1}", _pathString, _curIndex - 1), except);
}
}
}
private bool IsNumber(bool allowComma)
{
bool commaMet = SkipWhiteSpace(allowComma);
if (More())
{
_token = _pathString[_curIndex];
// Valid start of a number
if ((_token == '.') || (_token == '-') || (_token == '+') || ((_token >= '0') && (_token <= '9'))
|| (_token == 'I') // Infinity
|| (_token == 'N')) // NaN
{
return true;
}
}
if (commaMet) // Only allowed between numbers
{
ThrowBadToken();
}
return false;
}
private Point ReadPoint(char cmd, bool allowcomma)
{
double x = ReadNumber(allowcomma);
double y = ReadNumber(AllowComma);
if (cmd >= 'a') // 'A' < 'a'. lower case for relative
{
x += _lastPoint.X;
y += _lastPoint.Y;
}
return new Point(x, y);
}
private bool ReadToken()
{
SkipWhiteSpace(!AllowComma);
// Check for end of string
if (More())
{
_token = _pathString[_curIndex++];
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
private bool More()
{
return _curIndex < _pathLength;
}
// Skip white space, one comma if allowed
private bool SkipWhiteSpace(bool allowComma)
{
bool commaMet = false;
while (More())
{
char ch = _pathString[_curIndex];
switch (ch)
{
case ' ':
case '\n':
case '\r':
case '\t': // SVG whitespace
break;
case ',':
if (allowComma)
{
commaMet = true;
allowComma = false; // one comma only
}
else
{
ThrowBadToken();
}
break;
default:
// Avoid calling IsWhiteSpace for ch in (' ' .. 'z']
if (((ch > ' ') && (ch <= 'z')) || !Char.IsWhiteSpace(ch))
{
return commaMet;
}
break;
}
_curIndex++;
}
return commaMet;
}
private void ThrowBadToken()
{
throw new FormatException(string.Format("Unexpected character in path '{0}' at position {1}", _pathString, _curIndex - 1));
}
#endregion
}
XAML
<Border Grid.Row="3"
Grid.Column="3"
BorderBrush="Yellow"
BorderThickness="1"
Height="200"
Width="200">
<local:IconControl Height="200"
Width="200"
Padding="20"
Background="White"
Foreground="Red"
Data="{StaticResource PrancingString}" />
</Border>
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19816975
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