enhancements in ProtocolConnectionSettings, renamed to ViewModel

MultiTerm.Core/MultiTerm.Core.csproj

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Common\Common.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\MultiTerm.Protocols\MultiTerm.Protocols.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>

MultiTerm.Protocols/CommunicationProtocol.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ public abstract class CommunicationProtocol : ICommunicationProtocol
 {
     public string NewlineSequenceOnSend { get; set; }
     public string NewlineOnReceivedSequence { get; set; }
-    public ProtocolConnectionSettings? ConnectionSettings { get; set; }
+    public ProtocolConnectionSettingsViewModel? ConnectionSettings { get; set; }
 
     protected ILogger logger;
     private CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource;

MultiTerm.Protocols/ICommunicationProtocol.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public interface ICommunicationProtocol
     /// <summary>
     /// Contains settings that are required to connect using this communication protocol.
     /// </summary>
-    ProtocolConnectionSettings? ConnectionSettings { get; }
+    ProtocolConnectionSettingsViewModel? ConnectionSettings { get; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Newline sequence to add on the end when sending a message using <see cref="SendBytes(byte[])"/>.

MultiTerm.Protocols/MultiTerm.Protocols.csproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.1.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Common\Common.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>

MultiTerm.Protocols/ProtocolConnectionSettings.cs

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-namespace MultiTerm.Protocols;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Class that represents all connection settings for a specific <see cref="CommunicationProtocol"/>.
-/// </summary>
-public abstract class ProtocolConnectionSettings
-{
-    public event EventHandler ConnectRequested;
-}

MultiTerm.Protocols/ProtocolConnectionSettingsViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
+
+namespace MultiTerm.Protocols;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Class that represents all connection settings for a specific <see cref="CommunicationProtocol"/>.
+/// Can be bound to UI using MVVM pattern.
+/// </summary>
+public abstract partial class ProtocolConnectionSettingsViewModel : ObservableObject
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Event that is thrown when the user requested to connect to the device with the entered settings.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event EventHandler? ConnectRequested;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Event that is thrown when the user requested to disconnect from the device.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event EventHandler? DisconnectRequested;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Indicates wether the settings can currently be edited.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool AreEditable;
+
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    private string connectDisconnectButtonText = "Connect";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Binding to Connect/Disconnect button.
+    /// Button text is provided in <see cref="ConnectDisconnectButtonText"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    [RelayCommand]
+    private void ConnectDisconnect()
+    {
+
+    }
+}