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Defines the fluent interface for configuring the DataSource.

Definition

Namespace:Kendo.Mvc.UI.Fluent

Assembly:Kendo.Mvc.dll

Type Parameters:

TModel

Syntax:

C#
public class HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel> where TModel : class

Inheritance: objectHierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel>

Derived Classes: DiagramDataSourceBuilder<TModel>

Inherited Members object.GetType()object.MemberwiseClone()object.ToString()object.Equals(object)object.Equals(object, object)object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)object.GetHashCode()...

Constructors

C#
public HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder(DataSource dataSource, ViewContext viewContext, IUrlGenerator urlGenerator)
Parameters:dataSourceDataSourceviewContextViewContexturlGeneratorIUrlGenerator

Methods

Use it to configure Custom binding.

C#
public CustomHierarchicalDataSourceBuilder Custom()
Returns:

CustomHierarchicalDataSourceBuilder

Example:
C#
.DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource
.Custom()
.Transport(transport =&gt; transport
.Read("Read", "TreeViewData")
)
})

Configures the client-side events

C#
public HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel> Events(Action<DataSourceEventBuilder> configurator)
Parameters:configuratorAction<DataSourceEventBuilder>Returns:

HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel>

Example:
C#
.DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource
.Read("Read", "TreeViewData")
.Events(events =&gt; events.RequestStart("onRequestStart"))
)

Configures the model

C#
public HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel> Model(Action<HierarchicalModelDescriptorBuilder<object>> configurator)
Parameters:configuratorAction<HierarchicalModelDescriptorBuilder<object>>

Configures the Model of the DataSource.

Returns:

HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel>

Example:
C#
.DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource
.Read("Read", "TreeViewData")
.Model(model =&gt; model
.HasChildren("hasChildren")
)
)

Configures the URL for Read operation.

C#
public HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel> Read(Action<CrudOperationBuilder> configurator)
Parameters:configuratorAction<CrudOperationBuilder>

Configures the Read operation settings.

Returns:

HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel>

Example:
C#
.DataSource(dataSource =&gt;
{
dataSource.Read(operation =&gt; operation
.Type(HttpVerbs.Post)
.Action("Read", "TreeViewData")
);
})

Sets controller, action and routeValues for Read operation.

C#
public HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel> Read(string actionName, string controllerName, object routeValues)
Parameters:actionNamestring

Action name

controllerNamestring

Controller Name

routeValuesobject

Route values

Returns:

HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel>

Example:
C#
.DataSource(dataSource =&gt;
{
dataSource.Read("Read", "TreeViewData", new { id = 1 });
})

Sets controller and action for Read operation.

C#
public HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel> Read(string actionName, string controllerName)
Parameters:actionNamestring

Action name

controllerNamestring

Controller Name

Returns:

HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel>

Example:
C#
.DataSource(dataSource =&gt;
{
dataSource.Read("Read", "TreeViewData");
})

Specifies if filtering should be handled by the server.

C#
public HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel> ServerFiltering()
Returns:

HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel>

Example:
C#
.DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource
.Read("Read", "TreeViewData")
.ServerFiltering()
)

Specifies if filtering should be handled by the server.

C#
public HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel> ServerFiltering(bool enabled)
Parameters:enabledboolReturns:

HierarchicalDataSourceBuilder<TModel>

Example:
C#
.DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource
.Read("Read", "TreeViewData")
.ServerFiltering(true)
)
C#
protected virtual void SetOperationUrl(CrudOperation operation, string actionName, string controllerName, object routeValues)
Parameters:operationCrudOperationactionNamestringcontrollerNamestringrouteValuesobject

Use it to configure SignalR binding.

C#
public SignalRHierarchicalDataSourceBuilder SignalR()
Returns:

SignalRHierarchicalDataSourceBuilder

Example:
C#
.DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource
.SignalR()
.Transport(tr =&gt; tr
.Promise("hubStart")
.Hub("hub")
.Client(c =&gt; c
.Read("read")
.Create("create")
.Update("update")
.Destroy("destroy"))
.Server(s =&gt; s
.Read("read")
.Create("create")
.Update("update")
.Destroy("destroy")))
)