/// <summary>
/// Generates a report using the default or custom report template with optional sort expression and filter applied to the dataset.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">A collection of parameters that control the report generation.</param>
/// <returns>A binary array representing the report data.</returns>
public static byte[] Execute(ReportArgs args)
{
ReportBase reportHandler = ((ReportBase)(ApplicationServices.CreateInstance("MyCompany.Handlers.Report")));
Stream output = new MemoryStream();
reportHandler.OutputStream = output;
reportHandler.Arguments = args;
PageRequest request = new PageRequest();
reportHandler.Request = request;
request.Controller = args.Controller;
request.View = args.View;
request.SortExpression = args.SortExpression;
if (args.Filter != null)
{
DataViewExtender dve = new DataViewExtender();
dve.AssignStartupFilter(args.Filter);
request.Filter = ((List <string>)(dve.Properties["StartupFilter"])).ToArray();
}
((IHttpHandler)(reportHandler)).ProcessRequest(HttpContext.Current);
// return report data
output.Position = 0;
byte[] data = new byte[output.Length];
output.Read(data, 0, data.Length);
return(data);
}
public IActionHandler CreateActionHandler()
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_actionHandlerType))
{
return(null);
}
else
{
var handler = ApplicationServices.CreateInstance(_actionHandlerType);
InitializeHandler(handler);
if (handler is BusinessRules)
{
((BusinessRules)(handler)).Config = this;
}
return((IActionHandler)(handler));
}
}
public IDataFilter CreateDataFilter()
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_dataFilterType))
{
return(null);
}
else
{
var dataFilter = ApplicationServices.CreateInstance(_dataFilterType);
InitializeHandler(dataFilter);
if (typeof(IDataFilter).IsInstanceOfType(dataFilter))
{
return((IDataFilter)(dataFilter));
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
}
