ListToDataTable

ListToDataTable.cs

	public static class ListToDataTable
	{
		public static JsDataTable ConvertListToJsDataTable<T>(List<T> items)
		{
			JsDataTable dataTable = new JsDataTable();

			//Get all the properties for the headers
			PropertyInfo[] Props = typeof(T).GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
			//create empty header
			var header = new List<JsDataTableRow>() { new JsDataTableRow(){ cells = new List<JsDataTableCell>() } };
			foreach (PropertyInfo prop in Props)
			{
				//Setting column names as Property names
				header.First().cells.Add(new JsDataTableCell() { value = prop.Name });
			}

			//set up the rows
			var rows = new List<JsDataTableRow>();
			foreach (T item in items)
			{
				var row = new JsDataTableRow() { cells = new List<JsDataTableCell>() };
				for (int i = 0; i < Props.Length; i++)
				{
					//inserting property values to datatable rows
					row.cells.Add(new JsDataTableCell(){ value = Props[i].GetValue(item, null)});
				}
				rows.Add(row);
			}

			dataTable.headers = header;
			dataTable.rows = rows;

			return dataTable;
		}
	}

	public class JsDataTable
	{
		public List<JsDataTableRow> headers { get; set; }
		public List<JsDataTableRow> rows { get; set; }
	}

	public class JsDataTableRow
	{
		public List<JsDataTableCell> cells { get; set; }
	}

	public class JsDataTableCell
	{
		public object value { get; set; }
		public string @class { get; set; }
		public string rowspan { get; set; }
		public string colspan { get; set; }
		public string link { get; set; }
	}