/// <summary>
/// returns a List object of SearchColumnConfig type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type"></param>
/// <param name="columns"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List <SearchColumnConfig> GetColumnConfig(Type type, List <SearchColumnConfig> columns)
{
PropertyDescriptorCollection lstPropertie = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(type);
List <SearchColumnConfig> columnConfig = new List <SearchColumnConfig>();
string caption = string.Empty;
foreach (PropertyDescriptor objPropertie in lstPropertie)
{
SearchColumnConfig item = columns.Find(p => p.ColumnName == objPropertie.Name);
if (item != null)
{
columnConfig.Add(new SearchColumnConfig {
ColumnName = objPropertie.Name, Caption = item.Caption, DisplayPosition = item.DisplayPosition
});
}
else
{
columnConfig.Add(new SearchColumnConfig {
ColumnName = objPropertie.Name, Hiden = true
});
}
}
return(columnConfig);
}
private String GetGridColumn(IEnumerable retrievedData)
{
try
{
String HideColumns = HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString["HideColumns"];
if (HideColumns.IsNullOrEmpty())
{
HideColumns = String.Empty;
}
String[] arrayColumn = HideColumns.Split(",".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
Type actualType = retrievedData.GetType();
if (actualType == typeof(Object))
{
throw new System.ArgumentException("Object is not a CustomList<T> or List<T> instance.", "Obj");
}
Type objectType = actualType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
String columnsCaption = "VID,";
StringBuilder tempCols = new StringBuilder();
StringBuilder columnsString = new StringBuilder();
PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(objectType);
List <ASL.Web.Framework.SearchColumnConfig> congigList = (List <ASL.Web.Framework.SearchColumnConfig>)HttpContext.Current.Session[StaticInfo.SearchColumnConfigSessionVarName];
String caption = String.Empty;
tempCols.Append("{ 'name': 'VID', 'key': true, 'hidden': true, 'index': 'VID' }@ ");
foreach (PropertyDescriptor propDes in properties)
{
caption = propDes.DisplayName;
if (congigList.IsNotNull() && congigList.Count.IsNotZero())
{
ASL.Web.Framework.SearchColumnConfig config = congigList.Find(item => item.ColumnName == propDes.Name);
if (config.IsNotNull())
{
if (config.Hiden)
{
continue;
}
caption = config.Caption;
}
}
if (arrayColumn.Contains(propDes.Name, new StringEqualityComparer()))
{
continue;
}
if (propDes.IsBrowsable.IsFalse())
{
continue;
}
if (propDes.PropertyType == typeof(DateTime))
{
tempCols.Append("{ 'name': '" + propDes.Name + "', 'index': '" + propDes.Name + "', 'width': 50, searchoptions: {dataInit:datePick, sopt: ['eq','ne','lt','le','gt','ge','in','ni'] }}@ ");
}
else
{
tempCols.Append("{ 'name': '" + propDes.Name + "', 'index': '" + propDes.Name + "', 'width': 50, searchoptions: { sopt: ['cn','bw','ew','eq','ne','lt','le','gt','ge','bn','in','ni','en','nc'] }}@ ");
}
columnsCaption += String.Format("{0},", caption);
}
columnsCaption += "]";
columnsCaption = columnsCaption.Replace(",]", " | ");
tempCols.Append("]");
columnsString.Append(columnsCaption);
columnsString.Append(tempCols.ToString().Replace("@ ]", ""));
//Dispose the variable from session
HttpContext.Current.Session[StaticInfo.SearchColumnConfigSessionVarName] = null;
HttpContext.Current.Session.Remove(StaticInfo.SearchColumnConfigSessionVarName);
return(columnsString.ToString());
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw (ex);
}
}