Binding a Collection and Item to a ListControl

Binda supports binding a Collection and Item to a ListControl, like a ComboBox. Suppose you have a model like so:

public class Post
{
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string Author { get; set; }
    public string Location { get; set; }
    public string Body { get; set; }
    public DateTime Date { get; set; }
    public PublishState PublishState { get; set; }
    public BindingList<PublishState> PublishStates { get; set; }
}

public class PublishState
{
    public string State { get; set; }
    public override string ToString()
    {
        return State;
    }
}

If you have a ComboBox named PublishState on your form, then Binda will assign the PublishStates property to the ComboBox's DataSource property, and the PublishState property to the SelectedItem property. This works for any collection that implements IList. Binda assumes that the collection property name will be the plural form of the selected item property name. We use Inflector to accomplish this.