private List <Column> ParseLayoutXml(EntityQuery rootEntity, string layoutXml)
{
jQueryObject layout = jQuery.FromHtml(layoutXml);
jQueryObject cells = layout.Find("cell");
List <Column> columns = new List <Column>();
cells.Each(delegate(int index, Element element)
{
string cellName = element.GetAttribute("name").ToString();
string logicalName = cellName;
EntityQuery entity;
AttributeQuery attribute;
// Is this an alias attribute?
int pos = cellName.IndexOf('.');
if (pos > -1)
{
// Aliased entity
string alias = cellName.Substr(0, pos);
logicalName = cellName.Substr(pos + 1);
entity = AliasEntityLookup[alias];
}
else
{
// Root entity
entity = rootEntity;
}
// Does the attribute allready exist?
if (entity.Attributes.ContainsKey(logicalName))
{
// Already exists
attribute = entity.Attributes[logicalName];
}
else
{
// New
attribute = new AttributeQuery();
attribute.Columns = new List <Column>();
attribute.LogicalName = logicalName;
entity.Attributes[attribute.LogicalName] = attribute;
}
// Add column
object widthAttribute = element.GetAttribute("width");
if (widthAttribute != null)
{
int width = int.Parse(element.GetAttribute("width").ToString());
object disableSorting = element.GetAttribute("disableSorting");
Column col = GridDataViewBinder.NewColumn(attribute.LogicalName, attribute.LogicalName, width); // Display name get's queried later
col.Sortable = !(disableSorting != null && disableSorting.ToString() == "1");
attribute.Columns.Add(col);
columns.Add(col);
}
});
return(columns);
}