I'm trying to write an auto-scaffolder template for Index views. I'd like to be able to pass
in a collection of models or view-models (e.g., IQueryable<MyViewModel>) and get back an HTML table that uses the DisplayName attribute for the headings (th elements) and Html.Display(propertyName) for the cells (td elements). Each row should correspond to one item
in the collection.
Here's what I have so far:
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %>
<%
var items = (IQueryable<TestProj.ViewModels.TestViewModel>)Model;
// How do I make this generic?
var properties = items.First().GetMetadata().Properties
.Where(pm => pm.ShowForDisplay && !ViewData.TemplateInfo.Visited(pm));
%>
<table>
<tr>
<%
foreach(var property
in properties)
{
%>
<th>
<%= property.DisplayName %>
</th>
<%
}
%>
</tr>
<%
foreach(var item
in items)
{
HtmlHelper itemHtml = ????;
// What should I put
in place of "????"?
%>
<tr>
<%
foreach(var property
in properties)
{
%>
<td>
<%= itemHtml.Display(property.DisplayName) %>
</td>
<%
}
%>
</tr>
<%
}
%>
</table>
Two problems with this:
I'd like it to be generic. So, I'd like to replace var items = (IQueryable<TestProj.ViewModels.TestViewModel>)Model; with var items = (IQueryable<T>)Model; or something to that effect.
A property Html is automatically created for me when the view is created, but this HtmlHelper applies to the whole collection. I need to somehow create an itemHtml object that applies just to the current item
in the foreach loop. I'm not sure how to do this, however, because the constructors for HtmlHelper don't take a Model object.
How do I solve these two problems?
