private GridView ConstructGridView(object item)
{
var view = new GridView();
bool isBaseType = IsBaseType(item);
if (isBaseType || HideColumnHeaders)
{
view.ColumnHeaderContainerStyle = ZeroHeightColumnHeader;
}
if (isBaseType)
{
var gvc = new GridViewColumn();
gvc.Header = item.GetType().Name;
gvc.DisplayMemberBinding = new Binding();
view.Columns.Add(gvc);
return(view);
}
if (ExplicitlyIncludeColumns && Columns != null && Columns.Count > 0)
{
foreach (var col in Columns.Where(c => !c.Hide).OrderBy(c => c.Position ?? int.MaxValue))
{
view.Columns.Add(CloneHelper.Clone(col));
}
return(view);
}
var typeProperties = (from p in item.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)
where p.CanRead && p.CanWrite
select new {
Name = p.Name,
Column = Columns.FirstOrDefault(c => p.Name.Equals(c.ForProperty))
}).ToList();
//This is a shortcut to sort the nulls to the back of the list instead of the front
//we did this instead of creating an IComparer.
var typesWithPositions = typeProperties
.Where(a => a.Column != null && a.Column.Position != null).OrderBy(a => a.Column.Position);
var typesWithoutPositions = typeProperties.Except(typesWithPositions);
var sortedProperties = typesWithPositions.Concat(typesWithoutPositions);
foreach (var currentProperty in sortedProperties)
{
if (currentProperty.Column != null)
{
if (!currentProperty.Column.Hide)
{
var gvc = CloneHelper.Clone(currentProperty.Column);
if (gvc.Header == null) // TODO check if this is bound to anything
{
gvc.Header = currentProperty.Name;
}
if (gvc.DisplayMemberBinding == null)
{
gvc.DisplayMemberBinding = new Binding(currentProperty.Name);
}
view.Columns.Add(gvc);
}
}
else
{
var gvc = new GridViewColumn();
gvc.Header = currentProperty.Name;
gvc.DisplayMemberBinding = new Binding(currentProperty.Name);
view.Columns.Add(gvc);
}
}
return(view);
}