Enum localization

Mvc.JQuery.Datatables/DataTableConfigVm.cs

@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ public TTarget Select(params string[] options)
             {
                 _colDef.Filter.type = "select";
                 _colDef.Filter.values = options.Cast<object>().ToArray();
+                if (_colDef.Type.IsEnum)
+                {
+                    _colDef.Filter.values = _colDef.Type.EnumValLabPairs();
+                }
                 return _target;
             }
             public TTarget NumberRange()
@@ -158,6 +162,10 @@ public TTarget CheckBoxes(params string[] options)
             {
                 _colDef.Filter.type = "checkbox";
                 _colDef.Filter.values = options.Cast<object>().ToArray();
+                if (_colDef.Type.IsEnum)
+                {
+                    _colDef.Filter.values = _colDef.Type.EnumValLabPairs();
+                }
                 return _target;
             }
 
@@ -294,4 +302,4 @@ private static IDictionary<string, object> ConvertObjectToDictionary(object obj)
             return new Dictionary<string, object>(new RouteValueDictionary(obj));
         }
     }
-}
+}

Mvc.JQuery.Datatables/FilterDef.cs

@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ private void SetDefaultValuesAccordingToColumnType(Type t)
             else if (t.IsEnum)
             {
                 type = "checkbox";
-                values = Enum.GetNames(t).Cast<object>().ToArray();
+                //values = Enum.GetNames(t).Cast<object>().ToArray();
+                values = t.EnumValLabPairs();
             }
             else
             {
                 type = "text";
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

Mvc.JQuery.Datatables/ResourceHelper.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 
 namespace Mvc.JQuery.Datatables
 {
@@ -23,4 +24,55 @@ public static T GetResourceLookup<T>(Type resourceType, string resourceName)
             return default(T);
         }
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Group of helpers that gets Display attributes values from Enum members
+    /// DražaM
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class EnumHelper
+    {
+        public static string DisplayName(this Enum value)
+        {
+            Type enumType = value.GetType();
+            var enumValue = Enum.GetName(enumType, value);
+            MemberInfo member = enumType.GetMember(enumValue)[0];
+
+            var attrs = member.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), false);
+            var outString = member.Name;
+            if (attrs.Length > 0)
+            {
+
+                if (((DisplayAttribute)attrs[0]).ResourceType != null)
+                {
+                    outString = ((DisplayAttribute)attrs[0]).GetName();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    outString = ((DisplayAttribute)attrs[0]).Name;
+                }
+            }
+            return outString;
+        }
+
+        public static List<string> AllDisplayNames(this Type tip)
+        {
+            List<string> exitList = new List<string>();
+            foreach (string r in Enum.GetNames(tip))
+            {
+                exitList.Add(((Enum)Enum.Parse(tip, r)).DisplayName());
+            };
+            return exitList;
+        }
+
+        public static object[] EnumValLabPairs(this Type type)
+        {
+            var vals = Enum.GetNames(type).Cast<object>().ToArray();
+            var lbls = type.AllDisplayNames().Cast<object>().ToArray();
+            var result = new List<object>();
+
+            for (var x = 0; x <= vals.Length - 1; x++) { result.Add(new { value = vals[x], label = lbls[x] }); }
+
+            return result.ToArray<object>();
+        }
+    }
 }