[X] internal CreateFromXaml () (#77)

Xamarin.Forms.Build.Tasks/ILRootNode.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Build.Tasks
 {
 	class ILRootNode : RootNode
 	{
-		public ILRootNode(XmlType xmlType, TypeReference typeReference) : base(xmlType)
+		public ILRootNode(XmlType xmlType, TypeReference typeReference) : base(xmlType, null)
 		{
 			TypeReference = typeReference;
 		}

Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests/TypeConverterTestsLegacy.cs

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests
 			var bindable = new Bindable ();
 
 			Assert.IsNull (bindable.Baz);
-			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable) {
+			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable, null) {
 				Properties = {
 					{ new XmlName (null, "Baz"), node },
 				}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests
 			var bindable = new Bindable ();
 
 			Assert.IsNull (bindable.Baz);
-			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable) {
+			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable, null) {
 				Properties = {
 					{ new XmlName (null, "Baz"), node },
 				}
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests
 			var bindable = new Bindable ();
 
 			Assert.IsNull (bindable.Foo);
-			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable) {
+			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable, null) {
 				Properties = {
 					{ new XmlName (null, "Foo"), node },
 				}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests
 			var bindable = new Bindable ();
 
 			Assert.IsNull (bindable.Bar);
-			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable) {
+			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable, null) {
 				Properties = {
 					{ new XmlName (null, "Bar"), node },
 				}
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests
 			var bindable = new Bindable ();
 
 			Assert.IsNull (Bindable.GetQux (bindable));
-			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable) {
+			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable, null) {
 				Properties = {
 					{ new XmlName ("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests", "Bindable.Qux"), node },
 				}
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests
 			var bindable = new Bindable ();
 
 			Assert.IsNull (bindable.FooBar);
-			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable) {
+			var rootNode = new XamlLoader.RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType("clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests","Bindable",null), bindable, null) {
 				Properties = {
 					{ new XmlName (null, "FooBar"), node },
 				}

Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests/Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
     <Compile Include="McIgnorable.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>McIgnorable.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="XamlLoaderCreateTests.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="..\.nuspec\Xamarin.Forms.Debug.targets" />

Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests/XamlLoaderCreateTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using System;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests
+{
+	[TestFixture]
+	public class XamlLoaderCreateTests
+	{
+		[Test]
+		public void CreateFromXaml ()
+		{
+			var xaml = @"
+				<ContentView xmlns=""http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms""
+							 xmlns:x=""http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml""
+						 	 x:Class=""Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests.FOO"">
+					<Label Text=""Foo""  x:Name=""label""/>
+				</ContentView>";
+
+			var view = XamlLoader.Create (xaml);
+			Assert.That (view, Is.TypeOf<ContentView> ());
+			Assert.AreEqual ("Foo", ((Label)((ContentView)view).Content).Text);
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void CreateFromXamlDoesntFailOnMissingEventHandler ()
+		{
+			var xaml = @"
+				<Button xmlns=""http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms""
+						xmlns:x=""http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml""
+						Clicked=""handleClick"">
+				</Button>";
+
+			Button button = null;
+			Assert.DoesNotThrow (() => button = XamlLoader.Create (xaml, true) as Button);
+			Assert.NotNull (button);
+		}
+	}
+}

Xamarin.Forms.Xaml/ApplyPropertiesVisitor.cs

@@ -307,19 +307,25 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml
 			if (eventInfo != null && value is string)
 			{
 				var methodInfo = rootElement.GetType().GetRuntimeMethods().FirstOrDefault(mi => mi.Name == (string)value);
-				if (methodInfo == null)
+				if (methodInfo == null) {
-				{
+					var xpe = new XamlParseException (string.Format ("No method {0} found on type {1}", value, rootElement.GetType ()), lineInfo);
-					throw new XamlParseException(string.Format("No method {0} found on type {1}", value, rootElement.GetType()),
+					if (context.DoNotThrowOnExceptions) {
-						lineInfo);
+						System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine (xpe.Message);
+						return;
+					} else
+						throw xpe;
 				}
-
 				try
 				{
 					eventInfo.AddEventHandler(xamlelement, methodInfo.CreateDelegate(eventInfo.EventHandlerType, rootElement));
 				}
 				catch (ArgumentException)
 				{
-					throw new XamlParseException(string.Format("Method {0} does not have the correct signature", value), lineInfo);
+					var xpe = new XamlParseException (string.Format ("Method {0} does not have the correct signature", value), lineInfo);
+					if (context.DoNotThrowOnExceptions)
+						System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine (xpe.Message);
+					else
+						throw xpe;
 				}
 
 				return;
@@ -416,7 +422,10 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml
 				}
 			}
 
-			throw exception;
+			if (context.DoNotThrowOnExceptions)
+				System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine (exception.Message);
+			else
+				throw exception;
 		}
 
 		void SetTemplate(ElementTemplate dt, INode node)

Xamarin.Forms.Xaml/CreateValuesVisitor.cs

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml
 				return;
 
 			XamlParseException xpe;
-			var type = XamlParser.GetElementType(node.XmlType, node, Context.RootElement.GetType().GetTypeInfo().Assembly,
+			var type = XamlParser.GetElementType(node.XmlType, node, Context.RootElement?.GetType().GetTypeInfo().Assembly,
 				out xpe);
 			if (xpe != null)
 				throw xpe;

Xamarin.Forms.Xaml/HydratationContext.cs

@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml
 		public HydratationContext ParentContext { get; set; }
 
 		public BindableObject RootElement { get; set; }
+
+		public bool DoNotThrowOnExceptions { get; set; }
 	}
 }

Xamarin.Forms.Xaml/XamlLoader.cs

@@ -62,25 +62,55 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml
 						continue;
 					}
 
-					var rootnode = new RuntimeRootNode(new XmlType(reader.NamespaceURI, reader.Name, null), view);
+					var rootnode = new RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType (reader.NamespaceURI, reader.Name, null), view, (IXmlNamespaceResolver)reader);
-
+					XamlParser.ParseXaml (rootnode, reader);
-					XamlParser.ParseXaml(rootnode, reader);
+					Visit (rootnode, new HydratationContext { RootElement = view });
-
-					var visitorContext = new HydratationContext { RootElement = view };
-
-					rootnode.Accept(new XamlNodeVisitor((node, parent) => node.Parent = parent), null);
-						//set parents for {StaticResource}
-					rootnode.Accept(new ExpandMarkupsVisitor(visitorContext), null);
-					rootnode.Accept(new NamescopingVisitor(visitorContext), null); //set namescopes for {x:Reference}
-					rootnode.Accept(new CreateValuesVisitor(visitorContext), null);
-					rootnode.Accept(new RegisterXNamesVisitor(visitorContext), null);
-					rootnode.Accept(new FillResourceDictionariesVisitor(visitorContext), null);
-					rootnode.Accept(new ApplyPropertiesVisitor(visitorContext, true), null);
 					break;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
+		public static object Create (string xaml, bool doNotThrow = false)
+		{
+			object inflatedView = null;
+			using (var reader = XmlReader.Create (new StringReader (xaml))) {
+				while (reader.Read ()) {
+					//Skip until element
+					if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Whitespace)
+						continue;
+					if (reader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Element) {
+						Debug.WriteLine ("Unhandled node {0} {1} {2}", reader.NodeType, reader.Name, reader.Value);
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					var rootnode = new RuntimeRootNode (new XmlType (reader.NamespaceURI, reader.Name, null), null, (IXmlNamespaceResolver)reader);
+					XamlParser.ParseXaml (rootnode, reader);
+					var visitorContext = new HydratationContext {
+						DoNotThrowOnExceptions = doNotThrow,
+					};
+					var cvv = new CreateValuesVisitor (visitorContext);
+					cvv.Visit ((ElementNode)rootnode, null);
+					inflatedView = rootnode.Root = visitorContext.Values [rootnode];
+					visitorContext.RootElement = inflatedView as BindableObject;
+
+					Visit (rootnode, visitorContext);
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			return inflatedView;
+		}
+
+		static void Visit (RootNode rootnode, HydratationContext visitorContext)
+		{
+			rootnode.Accept (new XamlNodeVisitor ((node, parent) => node.Parent = parent), null); //set parents for {StaticResource}
+			rootnode.Accept (new ExpandMarkupsVisitor (visitorContext), null);
+			rootnode.Accept (new NamescopingVisitor (visitorContext), null); //set namescopes for {x:Reference}
+			rootnode.Accept (new CreateValuesVisitor (visitorContext), null);
+			rootnode.Accept (new RegisterXNamesVisitor (visitorContext), null);
+			rootnode.Accept (new FillResourceDictionariesVisitor (visitorContext), null);
+			rootnode.Accept (new ApplyPropertiesVisitor (visitorContext, true), null);
+		}
+
 		static string GetXamlForType(Type type)
 		{
 			var assembly = type.GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
@@ -197,12 +227,12 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml
 
 		public class RuntimeRootNode : RootNode
 		{
-			public RuntimeRootNode(XmlType xmlType, object root) : base(xmlType)
+			public RuntimeRootNode(XmlType xmlType, object root, IXmlNamespaceResolver resolver) : base (xmlType, resolver)
 			{
 				Root = root;
 			}
 
-			public object Root { get; private set; }
+			public object Root { get; internal set; }
 		}
 	}
 }

Xamarin.Forms.Xaml/XamlNode.cs

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml
 
 	internal abstract class RootNode : ElementNode
 	{
-		protected RootNode(XmlType xmlType) : base(xmlType, xmlType.NamespaceUri, null)
+		protected RootNode(XmlType xmlType, IXmlNamespaceResolver nsResolver) : base(xmlType, xmlType.NamespaceUri, nsResolver)
 		{
 		}