Fixed resources, it doesn't seem the Custom Tool Namespace is honoured, and it uses the directory structure instead.

Began work on referencing the embedded partial view by means of some ASPNet Core extension methods to look up razor views among embedded resources (work-in-progress)

Author: Sohra

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.Example/App_GlobalResources/UserViewResource.Designer.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-using System;
+using Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.Example.App_GlobalResources;
 using Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.Example.Domain;
 using Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.Models;
-using Resources;
+using System;
 
 namespace Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.Example.Controllers
 {

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

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" Version="1.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="1.0.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="1.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="1.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink" Version="1.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -23,5 +21,10 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore\Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.Common\Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.Common.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Update="App_GlobalResources\UserViewResource.resx">
+      <CustomToolNamespace></CustomToolNamespace>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.Example/Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.Example.csproj

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 
 namespace Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.Example
 {

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.Example/Program.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -28,6 +24,7 @@ public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
             // Add framework services.
+            services.AddMvcJQueryDataTables();
             services.AddMvc();
         }
 
@@ -49,6 +46,7 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerF
 
             app.UseStaticFiles();
 
+            app.UseMvcJQueryDataTables();
             app.UseMvc(routes =>
             {
                 routes.MapRoute(

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.Example/Startup.cs

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class SomeController : Controller
 <br />
 
 <div>
-    @if (Request.QueryString["lang"] != "de")
+    @if (Context.Request.Query["lang"] != "de")
     {
         <a href="?lang=de#language-switch" id="language-switch">See table with Language settings applied</a>
     }

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.Example/Views/Home/Index.cshtml

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
+{
+    public static class ConfigureServicesExtensions
+    {
+        public static IServiceCollection AddMvcJQueryDataTables(this IServiceCollection services)
+        {
+            var dataTablesRazorViewAssembly = typeof(Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.DataTableConfigVm).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
+            var settings = new Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.Settings
+            {
+                FileProvider = new EmbeddedFileProvider(dataTablesRazorViewAssembly),
+            };
+            services.AddSingleton(settings);
+            services.Configure<RazorViewEngineOptions>(s => s.FileProviders.Add(settings.FileProvider));
+            return services;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
+{
+    using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+    public static class MvcJQueryDataTablesExtensions
+    {
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UseMvcJQueryDataTables(this IApplicationBuilder app)
+        {
+            var settings = app.ApplicationServices.GetService<global::Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.Settings>();
+            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,
+            });
+            return app;
+        }
+    }
+}

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore/Extensions.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="1.0.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="1.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded" Version="1.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore/Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
+
+namespace Mvc.JQuery.DataTables
+{
+    class Settings
+    {
+        public IFileProvider FileProvider { get; set; }
+    }
+}

Mvc.JQuery.DataTables.AspNetCore/Settings.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
-using System.Text;
-using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 
 namespace Mvc.JQuery.DataTables
 {
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ public static T GetResourceLookup<T>(Type resourceType, string resourceName)
         {
             if ((resourceType != null) && (resourceName != null))
             {
-                System.Reflection.PropertyInfo property = resourceType.GetProperty(resourceName, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+                PropertyInfo property = resourceType.GetProperty(resourceName, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
                 if (property == null)
                 {
                     return default(T);
@@ -75,4 +74,4 @@ public static object[] EnumValLabPairs(this Type type)
             return result.ToArray<object>();
         }
     }
-}
+}