/// <summary>
/// Manual checkbox list generation
/// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12808936/how-do-i-render-a-group-of-checkboxes-using-mvc-4-and-view-models-strongly-type
/// TODO: Improved checkbox list with
/// https://www.nuget.org/packages/MvcCheckBoxList/ (http://mvccbl.com/Examples) or
/// https://www.nuget.org/packages/Hex/ (http://staticdotnet.wordpress.com/hex/hex-creating-a-list-of-checkboxes/)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="recipient"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private IList <FoodCategoryEditModel> GetFoodCategories(Recipient recipient)
{
var recipientSelectedCategoriesIds = new HashSet <int>();
foreach (var recipientCategory in recipient.FoodCategories)
{
recipientSelectedCategoriesIds.Add(recipientCategory.Id);
}
var foodCategories = this.foodCategoryService.GetAll();
var foodCategoriesList = new List <FoodCategoryEditModel>();
foreach (var foodCategory in foodCategories)
{
var foodCategoryModel = new FoodCategoryEditModel();
foodCategoryModel.Id = foodCategory.Id;
foodCategoryModel.Name = foodCategory.Name;
if (recipientSelectedCategoriesIds.Contains(foodCategory.Id))
{
foodCategoryModel.IsChecked = true;
}
foodCategoriesList.Add(foodCategoryModel);
}
return(foodCategoriesList);
}
public ActionResult AddFoodCategory(int vendorId)
{
var m = new FoodCategoryEditModel();
m.Subject.VendorId = vendorId;
SetCategoryTypes(FoodCategoryTypeEnum.Entree);
var uiresult = new UIResponse<FoodCategoryEditModel>();
uiresult.Subject = m;
uiresult.HtmlResult = RenderPartialViewToString("AddEdit", m);
return Json(uiresult, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}