public static void FillGenericTable(ref GenericTableVModel table, IEnumerable collection, Type metaData, GenericTableSetting setting)
{
List <GenericTableRowVmodel> rows = new List <GenericTableRowVmodel>();
foreach (var item in collection)
{
ModelMetadata itemMetadata = ModelMetadataProviders.Current
.GetMetadataForType(() => item, metaData);
GenericTableRowVmodel row = new GenericTableRowVmodel();
row.Setting = setting;
List <GenericTableCellVmodel> cells = new List <GenericTableCellVmodel>();
foreach (ModelMetadata property in itemMetadata.Properties)
{
if (property.IsComplexType)
{
if (typeof(IEnumerable).IsAssignableFrom(property.ModelType))
{
// Its a collection within the collection so ignore.
continue;
}
}
GenericTableCellVmodel cell = new GenericTableCellVmodel();
if (property.PropertyName.Equals(setting.Id))
{
row.Id = GetValueDisplayControl(property);
}
//row.Id = property.PropertyName.Equals(setting.ForceToId) ? GetValueDisplayControl(property) : row.Id;
string[] excludedProp = setting.PropertiesNotToShow.Split(',');
if (!excludedProp.Contains(property.PropertyName))
{
cell.Name = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(property.DisplayName) ? property.DisplayName : property.PropertyName;
cell.Value = GetValueDisplayControl(property);
cells.Add(cell);
}
}
row.Cells = cells;
rows.Add(row);
}
table.Setting = setting;
table.Rows = rows;
}
private static string CreateTableString(string header, string body, GenericTableVModel model)
{
StringBuilder html = new StringBuilder();
System.Web.Mvc.TagBuilder table = new System.Web.Mvc.TagBuilder("table");
table.MergeAttribute("class", model.Setting.Class);
table.MergeAttribute("id", model.Setting.Id);
table.InnerHtml = header + body;
html.Append(table.ToString());
return(html.ToString());
}
public static MvcHtmlString jDisplayTable(this HtmlHelper helper, GenericTableSetting setting)
{
// Get the model metadata
ModelMetadata metaData = helper.ViewData.ModelMetadata;
// Get the fully qualified name of the property
string fieldName = ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(helper.ViewData.Model.GetType().FullName);
// Get the collection to render in the table
IEnumerable collection = metaData.Model as IEnumerable;
if (collection == null)
{
throw new InvalidCastException(string.Format(_InvalidCollection, fieldName));
}
// Get the type in the collection
Type type = GetCollectionType(collection);
if (type == null)
{
// TODO: Wahts the right exception?
throw new InvalidCastException("The type in the collection could not be resolved");
}
// Get the metadata of the type (in case there are no items in the table)
ModelMetadata typeMetadata = ModelMetadataProviders.Current.GetMetadataForType(null, type);
var tableModel = new GenericTableVModel();
FillGenericTable(ref tableModel, collection, type, setting);
var tHeader = helper.ViewContext.Controller.ControllerContext.RenderPartialView(@"_GenericTableHeader", tableModel.Rows.FirstOrDefault());
var tBody = helper.ViewContext.Controller.ControllerContext.RenderPartialView(@"_GenericTableBody", tableModel.Rows);
var table = CreateTableString(tHeader, tBody, tableModel);
return(MvcHtmlString.Create(table));
}
