これを行う一般的な方法 (MVVM だけでなく、よく適用されます) は、リスト VM にいわゆるサービスへのアクセスを許可することです。次に、このサービスは、エディターの作成と表示を実装します (おそらく、さらに別のサービスを使用します)。
例:
/// Always use an interface for the service: it will make it a breeze
/// to test your VM as it decouples it from the actual service implmentation(s)
interface ICustomerEditorService
{
/// Do whatever needed to get the user to edit the Customer passed in,
/// and return the updated one or null if nothing changed.
/// Customer here is likeyly your customer model, or whatever is neede
/// to represent the editable data
Customer EditCustomer( Customer toEdit );
}
class ListViewModel
{
/// service gets passed to constructor, you can use dependency injection
/// like MEF to get this handled easily;
/// when testing, pass a mock here
public ListViewModel( ...., ICustomerEditorService editorService )
{
....
}
private void OnEditButtonClicked()
{
var editedCustomer = editorService.EditCustomer( GetSelectedCustomer() );
//do stuff with editedCustomer
}
}
/// A real implementation
class CustomerEditorService
{
public Customer EditCustomer( Customer toEdit )
{
var vm = new CustomerEditorViewModel( toEdit );
var view = new CustomerEditorView( vm );
if( myWindowManager.ShowDialog( view ) == Cancel )
return null;
return vm.Customer;
}
}