private NestedCategoryDescriptor GenerateCategory(Category category)
{
var descriptor = new NestedCategoryDescriptor();
descriptor.Name = category.Name.Trim();
descriptor.Id = category.Id;
descriptor.Subcategories = new List <NestedCategoryDescriptor>();
foreach (var subcategory in category.Children)
{
descriptor.Subcategories.Add(GenerateCategory(subcategory));
}
return(descriptor);
}
public ActionResult Index()
{
var viewModel = new NestedCategoryDescriptor();
using (var database = new DatabaseEntities())
{
viewModel.Subcategories = new List <NestedCategoryDescriptor>();
foreach (var category in database.Categories.Where(c => c.Parent == null))
{
viewModel.Subcategories.Add(GenerateCategory(category));
}
}
return(View(viewModel));
}
