Added ColDefs method

Author: mcintyre321

Mvc.JQuery.Datatables/DataTablesHelper.cs

@@ -35,24 +35,7 @@ public static DataTableConfigVm DataTableVm<TController, TResult>(this HtmlHelpe
         {
             if (columns == null || !columns.Any())
             {
-                //var propInfos = typeof (TResult).GetProperties().Where(p => p.GetGetMethod() != null).ToList();
-                var propInfos = DataTablesTypeInfo<TResult>.Properties;
-                var columnList = new List<ColDef>();
-                foreach (var pi in propInfos)
-                {
-                    columnList.Add(new ColDef()
-                    {
-                        Name = pi.Item1.Name,
-                        DisplayName = pi.Item2.DisplayName ?? pi.Item1.Name,
-                        Sortable = pi.Item2.Sortable,
-                        Visible = pi.Item2.Visible,
-                        Searchable = pi.Item2.Searchable,
-                        Type = pi.Item1.PropertyType,
-                        SortDirection = pi.Item2.SortDirection,
-                        MRenderFunction = pi.Item2.MRenderFunction
-                    });
-                }
-                columns = columnList.ToArray();
+                columns = ColDefs<TResult>();
             }
 
             var mi = exp.MethodInfo();
@@ -63,6 +46,32 @@ public static DataTableConfigVm DataTableVm<TController, TResult>(this HtmlHelpe
             return new DataTableConfigVm(id, ajaxUrl, columns);
         }
 
+        public static DataTableConfigVm DataTableVm<TResult>(this HtmlHelper html, string id, Uri uri)
+        {
+            return new DataTableConfigVm(id, uri.ToString(), ColDefs<TResult>());
+        }
+
+        public static ColDef[] ColDefs<TResult>()
+        {
+            var propInfos = DataTablesTypeInfo<TResult>.Properties;
+            var columnList = new List<ColDef>();
+            foreach (var pi in propInfos)
+            {
+                columnList.Add(new ColDef()
+                {
+                    Name = pi.Item1.Name,
+                    DisplayName = pi.Item2.DisplayName ?? pi.Item1.Name,
+                    Sortable = pi.Item2.Sortable,
+                    Visible = pi.Item2.Visible,
+                    Searchable = pi.Item2.Searchable,
+                    Type = pi.Item1.PropertyType,
+                    SortDirection = pi.Item2.SortDirection,
+                    MRenderFunction = pi.Item2.MRenderFunction
+                });
+            }
+            return  columnList.ToArray();
+        }
+
         public static DataTableConfigVm DataTableVm(this HtmlHelper html, string id, string ajaxUrl, params string[] columns)
         {
             return new DataTableConfigVm(id, ajaxUrl, columns.Select(c => ColDef.Create(c, (string)null, typeof(string))));