XAML Unleashed

Declaring Arrays

WPF supports declaring arrays in XAML with the use of x:Array. For example, the following is a three-element array of strings:

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<x:Array Type="{x:Type sys:String}"         xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib">  <sys:String>1</sys:String>  <sys:String>2</sys:String>  <sys:String>3</sys:String></x:Array>

x:Array’s Type property must be set to the type of the array, so the XAML snippet leverages x:Type to do so. When the type doesn’t belong in the default XML namespace, it must be qualified with an appropriate XML namespace prefix (sys in this example).

As a shortcut, you could instead specify the Type value as follows:

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<x:Array Type="sys:String" xmlns:sys ...