private static PaginatedSearchRequestDto BuildSearchDTO(AssociationUpdateRequest request, ApplicationAssociationDefinition association, AttributeHolder cruddata)
{
var searchRequest = new PaginatedSearchRequestDto(100, PaginatedSearchRequestDto.DefaultPaginationOptions);
if (request.SearchDTO == null)
{
request.SearchDTO = PaginatedSearchRequestDto.DefaultInstance(null);
}
searchRequest.PageNumber = request.SearchDTO.PageNumber;
searchRequest.PageSize = request.SearchDTO.PageSize;
//avoids pagination unless the association renderer defines so (lookup)
searchRequest.ShouldPaginate = association.IsPaginated();
searchRequest.NeedsCountUpdate = association.IsPaginated();
var valueSearchString = request.ValueSearchString;
if (association.IsLazyLoaded() && !request.HasClientSearch())
{
if ((cruddata == null || cruddata.GetAttribute(association.Target) == null))
{
//we should not update lazy dependant associations except in one case:
//there´s a default value in place already for the dependent association
// in that case, we would need to return a 1-value list to show on screen
return(null);
}
//this will force that the search would be made only on that specific value
//ex: autocomplete server, lookups that depend upon another association
valueSearchString = cruddata.GetAttribute(association.Target) as string;
}
if (request.AssociationKey != null)
{
// If association has a schema key defined, the searchDTO will be filled on client, so just copy it from request
searchRequest.SearchParams = request.SearchDTO.SearchParams;
searchRequest.SearchValues = request.SearchDTO.SearchValues;
}
else
{
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(valueSearchString))
{
searchRequest.AppendSearchParam(association.EntityAssociation.PrimaryAttribute().To);
searchRequest.AppendSearchValue("%" + valueSearchString + "%");
}
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.LabelSearchString))
{
AppendSearchLabelString(request, association, searchRequest);
}
}
return(searchRequest);
}