public void Traverse(List <menuTree> mlist, GenMenuList dto, menuTree m1)
{
foreach (var i in mlist)
{
// if this is a matching child
if (i.key == dto.under.ToString())
{
// add this as a child
i.children.Add(m1);
}
i.folder = i.children.Count != 0;
Traverse(i.children, dto, m1);
}
}
public List <menuTree> GetGenMenu(List <GenMenuList> list)
{
// create new menu tree
List <menuTree> mlist = new List <menuTree>();
// hardcode manual example
string genser = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(list);
Console.WriteLine("First List (nested correctly):");
Console.WriteLine(genser);
foreach (GenMenuList dto in list)
{
// make a new branch of tree
menuTree m1 = new menuTree();
m1.title = dto.mdisplay;
m1.key = dto.keyno.ToString();
m1.children = new List <menuTree>();
// this is a parent folder
if (dto.levelno == 0)
{
mlist.Add(m1);
}
else
{
Traverse(mlist, dto, m1);
}
}
string chkmlist = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(mlist);
Console.WriteLine("\nSecond List (catching the parents):");
Console.WriteLine(chkmlist);
return(mlist);
//return "returned";
//return Json(mlist, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
