Why is my CommandParameter sometimes (but not always) null despite being declared in markup?

Question

I have code that looks roughly like this:

<MenuItem Header="Do Something"
          Command="{Binding ChangeSomeEnumValue}"
          CommandParameter="{x:Static someNamespace:SomeEnum.EnumValue}" />

In the viewmodel used as the DataContext:

// RelayCommand takes an Action<object> to be used by Execute, and a
// Predicate<object> to be used by CanExecute.
this.ChangeSomeEnumValue = new RelayCommand(
    p => this.CurrentEnumValue = (SomeEnum)p,
    ChangeSomeEnumValuePredicate);

...

bool ChangeSomeEnumValuePredicate(object commandParameter)
{
    Console.WriteLine(commandParameter);
    var enumValue = (SomeEnum)commandParameter;
    ...
    return true;
}

When the MenuItem is first displayed, the output is:

EnumValue
EnumValue
EnumValue

When I click on the MenuItem "EnumValue" is printed 3 more times, then I get a NullReferenceException on the line var enumValue = (SomeEnum)commandParameter (commandParameter is null).

I can't for the life of me think of a reason why CommandParameter would be correct the first several times CanExecute is called, but null another time. What is going on here?

Answer 1

There have been some issue with Context Menu's Commands predicate function which i have faced. This might help you out - WPF CommandParameter is NULL first time CanExecute is called

ICommand.CanExecute being passed null even though CommandParameter is set