Binding custom class to listbox from custom class - windows-phone-7

Question

I have these classes:
public class MovieExt
{
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Year { get; set; }
public List<string> Genres { get; set; }
public List<Actor> Actors { get; set; }
....
}
public class Actor
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Birth { get; set; }
public string Biography { get; set; }
public string Url { get; set; }
}
and this is my method in my page:
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationEventArgs e)
{
object obj;
if (PhoneApplicationService.Current.State.TryGetValue("movie", out obj))
{
MovieExt movie = (MovieExt)obj;
this.DataContext = movie;
this.imgPoster.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(movie.PosterUrl, UriKind.Absolute));
}
base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
}
and in page I am binding properties like this:
<ListBox Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1"
Margin="5,5,5,5"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Actors }"
x:Name="listStars"/>
For everything it´s working (genres and others). Everything else is string. But for actors I want to bind in list name and after clicking on the actor I want to go to url. How can I bind name property from actor? Thanks

Answer 1

First of all, you need to create OnSelectedItemChanged event on your ListBox to handle clicks on your Actors.
Then you need to get your clicked item. You can do this in several ways. The simplest way is listBox.SelectedItem property.
And then your can get your Url with (listBox.SelectedItem as Actor).Url
Also, when you go back from details page, SelectedItem will be not null and click on the same item not fired event in second time. So, set SelectedItem to null when click is handled
UPD: to properly bind Actor class to ListBox you need to create ItemTemplate:
<ListBox ...>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text={Binding Name} />
<TextBlock Text={Binding Birth} />
<TextBlock Text={Binding Biography} />
<TextBlock Text={Binding Url} />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>

Answer 2

You can override the ToString() method in the Actor class to display something friendly, like the name.
public override string ToString()
{
return Name;
}
This is useful when binding objects to comboboxes and dropdowns.