Added ModelBinding, whoop!

Author: mcintyre321

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.Example/Controllers/HomeController.cs

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public IActionResult JSUnitTests()
             return View();
         }
 
-        public DataTablesResult<UserTableRowViewModel> GetUsers(DataTablesParam dataTableParam)
+        public DataTablesResult<UserTableRowViewModel> GetUsers([FromForm] DataTablesParam dataTableParam)
         {
             return DataTablesResult.Create(FakeDatabase.Users.Select(user => new UserTableRowViewModel()
             {

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore/DataTablesModelBinder.cs

@@ -100,4 +100,22 @@ private static T GetValue<T>(IValueProvider valueProvider, string key)
                 : (T)valueResult.ConvertTo(typeof(T));
         }
     }
+
+    public class DataTablesModelBinderProvider : IModelBinderProvider
+    {
+        public IModelBinder GetBinder(ModelBinderProviderContext context)
+        {
+            if (context == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            if (!context.Metadata.IsComplexType && context.Metadata.ModelType == typeof(string)) // only encode string types
+            {
+                return new DataTablesModelBinder();
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore/Extensions.cs

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Mvc.JQuery.DataTables;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
 {
     public static class ConfigureServicesExtensions
     {
         public static IServiceCollection AddMvcJQueryDataTables(this IServiceCollection services)
         {
+
             var dataTablesViewModelType = typeof(Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.DataTableConfigVm).GetTypeInfo();
             var settings = new Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.Settings
             {
@@ -17,8 +21,20 @@ public static IServiceCollection AddMvcJQueryDataTables(this IServiceCollection
             };
             services.AddSingleton(settings);
             services.Configure<RazorViewEngineOptions>(s => s.FileProviders.Add(settings.FileProvider));
+            services.AddMvc(options => { options.UseHtmlEncodeModelBinding(); });
+
             return services;
         }
+
+        public static void UseHtmlEncodeModelBinding(this MvcOptions opts)
+        {
+            var binderToFind = opts.ModelBinderProviders.FirstOrDefault(x => x.GetType() == typeof(DataTablesModelBinderProvider));
+
+            if (binderToFind == null) return;
+
+            var index = opts.ModelBinderProviders.IndexOf(binderToFind);
+            opts.ModelBinderProviders.Insert(index, new DataTablesModelBinderProvider());
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -34,7 +50,8 @@ public static IApplicationBuilder UseMvcJQueryDataTables(this IApplicationBuilde
             if(settings == null)
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to find the required services. Please add all the required services by calling 'IServiceCollection.{}' inside the call to 'ConfigureServices(...)' in the application startup code.");
-            }
+            } 
+
             app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
             {
                 FileProvider = settings.FileProvider,