performance - How can WPF objects deriving from Freezable be frozen in XAML?

Question

Many types in WPF derive from Freezable. It provides immutability to mutable POCO objects and allows for improved performance in certain situations.

So my question is, how can I freeze objects in XAML markup?

(Note that I have posted a similar but different question too).

Answer 1

To freeze a Freezable object declared in markup, you use the Freeze attribute defined in XML namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/options.

In the following example, a SolidColorBrush is declared as a page resource and frozen. It is then used to set the background of a button.

<Page 
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  xmlns:po="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/options" 
  xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
  mc:Ignorable="po">

  <Page.Resources>
    <!-- This brush is frozen -->
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="MyBrush" po:Freeze="True" Color="Red" />
  </Page.Resources>

  <!-- Use the frozen brush -->
  <Button Background="{StaticResource MyBrush}">Click Me</Button>

</Page>

Source: Freezable Objects Overview