namespace UXCalendarSample.Model
{
    public class Event : ModelBase
    {
        public string StartDate { get; set; }
        public string EndDate { get; set; }
        public string EventType { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }

        public Event(XElement x)
        {
            this.StartDate = x.Element("StartDate").Value.Trim();
            this.EndDate = x.Element("EndDate").Value.Trim();
            this.EventType = x.Element("EventType").Value.Trim();  
            this.Subject = x.Element("Subject").Value.Trim();              
            this.Description = x.Element("Description").Value.Trim();
        }

        public Event()
        {
        }
    }
}

namespace UXCalendarSample.ViewModel
{
    public class EventViewModel : ViewModelBase
    {
        public EventViewModel()
        {
            this.Events = new ObservableCollection<Event>();
            this.SelectedEvents = new ObservableCollection<object>();
            this.LoadEvents();
        }

        public ObservableCollection<Event> Events { get; set; }
        public ObservableCollection<object> SelectedEvents { get; set; }

        private void LoadEvents()
        {
            // loads contact data from xml file
            StreamResourceInfo resource = System.Windows.Application.GetResourceStream(
                    new Uri("SilverlightApplication4;component/Data/EventDataSource.xml", UriKind.Relative));

            XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(resource.Stream);

            var events = from x in doc.Descendants("Event")
                            select new Event(x);

            foreach (Event evt in events)
            {
                this.Events.Add(evt);
            }

            resource.Stream.Close();
        }
    }
}