Added DataTableExclude attribute

Author: mcintyre321

Mvc.JQuery.Datatables.Example/Controllers/HomeController.cs

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ public class UserView
 
         public Numbers Number { get; set; }
 
+        [DataTablesExclude]
+        public string ThisColumnIsExcluded { get { return "asdf"; } }
+
 
     }
 

Mvc.JQuery.Datatables/DataTablesExcludeAttribute.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Mvc.JQuery.Datatables
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Prevent a public property from being included as a column in a DataTable row model
+    /// </summary>
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property)]
+    public class DataTablesExcludeAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+        
+    }
+}

Mvc.JQuery.Datatables/Mvc.JQuery.Datatables.csproj

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="DataTablesExcludeAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataTablesFiltering.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataTablesFilterAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LengthMenuVm.cs" />

Mvc.JQuery.Datatables/Reflection/DataTablesTypeInfo.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ internal static DataTablesPropertyInfo[] Properties(Type type)
             return propertiesCache.GetOrAdd(type, t =>
             {
                 var infos = from pi in t.GetProperties()
+                            where pi.GetCustomAttribute<DataTablesExcludeAttribute>() == null
                             let attributes = (pi.GetCustomAttributes()).OfType<DataTablesAttributeBase>().ToArray()
                             orderby attributes.OfType<DataTablesAttribute>().Select(a => a.Order as int?).SingleOrDefault() ?? int.MaxValue
                             select new DataTablesPropertyInfo(pi, attributes);