private void PopulateControls()
{
//using (CategoryManager manager = new CategoryManager())
//{
List <Category> cataLevel1 = manager.Find(c => c.IsActive == true).Result.ToList();
MenuNode root = ConvertToTree(cataLevel1);
MyMenu.Items.Clear();
foreach (MenuNode topLevelNode in root.Children)
{
MyMenu.Items.Add(topLevelNode.ToMenuItem()); // Visits all nodes in the tree.
}
//}
}
// Assuming table is ordered.
static MenuNode ConvertToTree(List <Category> list)
{
var map = new Dictionary <int?, MenuNode>();
map[0] = new MenuNode()
{
Id = 0
}; // root node
MenuNode newNodeHome = new MenuNode()
{
Id = int.MaxValue,
ParentId = 0,
Url = Link.BuildAbsolute("Default.aspx"),
Description = "Home"
};
map[0].Children.Add(newNodeHome);
foreach (Category item in list)
{
MenuNode newNode = new MenuNode()
{
Id = item.CategoryID,
ParentId = 0,
Url = Link.ToCategory(item.CategoryID.ToString()),
Description = item.Name
};
if (item.ParentID == null || (item.ParentID != null && manager.Find(x => x.CategoryID == item.ParentID && x.IsActive == false).Result.Count > 0))
{
map[0].Children.Add(newNode);
}
else
{
newNode.ParentId = item.ParentID;
map[newNode.ParentId].Children.Add(newNode);
}
map[item.CategoryID] = newNode;
}
return(map[0]); // root node
}