Which .Net collection for adding multiple objects at once and getting notified?

It seems that the INotifyCollectionChanged interface allows for updating when multiple items were added, so I’m not sure why ObservableCollection<T> doesn’t have an AddRange. You could make an extension method for AddRange, but that would cause an event for every item that is added. If that isn’t acceptable you should be able to inherit from ObservableCollection<T> as follows:

public class MyObservableCollection<T> : ObservableCollection<T>
{
    // matching constructors ...

    bool isInAddRange = false;

    protected override void OnCollectionChanged(NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        // intercept this when it gets called inside the AddRange method.
        if (!isInAddRange) 
            base.OnCollectionChanged(e);
    }


    public void AddRange(IEnumerable<T> items)
    {
         isInAddRange = true;
         foreach (T item in items)
            Add(item);
         isInAddRange = false;

         var e = new NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs(
             NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Add,
             items.ToList());
         base.OnCollectionChanged(e);
    }
}