public ActionResult FilterBy(string _name, int _page = 1)
{
using (EmployeeEntities context = new EmployeeEntities())
{
EmployeeModel em = new EmployeeModel(context);
List <EmployeeViewModel> list = new List <EmployeeViewModel>();
IEnumerable <Employee> employees;
if ((_name ?? "") == "")
{
employees = em.GetAllItems().OrderBy(e => e.FirstName).ThenBy(e => e.LastName).Skip((_page - 1) * itemsPerPage).Take(itemsPerPage);
foreach (Employee emp in employees)
{
EmployeeViewModel ev = new EmployeeViewModel();
em.ConvertModelToViewModel(emp, ev);
list.Add(ev);
}
ViewBag.Name = _name;
ViewBag.PageInfo = new PageInfo()
{
CurrPage = _page, ItemsPerPage = itemsPerPage, TotalItems = em.GetAllItems().Count()
};
return(PartialView(list));
}
else
{
//Delay simulation
Thread.Sleep(2000);
Expression <Func <Employee, bool> > exp = Employee => Employee.FirstName.Contains(_name) ||
Employee.LastName.Contains(_name);
employees = em.FilterItems(exp).OrderBy(e => e.FirstName).ThenBy(e => e.LastName).Skip((_page - 1) * itemsPerPage).Take(itemsPerPage);
foreach (Employee emp in employees)
{
EmployeeViewModel ev = new EmployeeViewModel();
em.ConvertModelToViewModel(emp, ev);
if (ev.PictureUrl != null)
{
ev.PictureUrl = EmployeeModel.PhotoFileUrl + "/" + ev.PictureUrl;
}
list.Add(ev);
}
ViewBag.Name = _name;
ViewBag.PageInfo = new PageInfo()
{
CurrPage = _page, ItemsPerPage = itemsPerPage, TotalItems = em.FilterItems(exp).Count()
};
JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
string output = js.Serialize(list);
return(Json(output));
}
}
}