Blazor TelerikGrid Editor Template Copy

[Ed]

I understand from here: https://docs.telerik.com/blazor-ui/components/grid/templates/editor

That the Editor Template gets a copy of the original model.

However not all the values are getting copied correctly for my model object.

I'm using a SmartEnum property, https://github.com/ardalis/SmartEnum, and that property is not getting copied correctly, basically, it's empty.

I'm wondering how this "copy" is being made, cloned?, so I can update either the model of my SmartEnum instance.

Thanks,

Ed

[Nadezhda Tacheva]

Hi Ed,

Yes, as you correctly stated, when editing the Grid creates a copy of your original object (and it has a different reference). This is valid in both cases - when the built-in editing is used and when you are using Editor Template.

That copy is a cloned instance of the original item and we are using the following approach for cloning the item:

 

public static object Clone(this object original)
        {
            var type = original.GetType();

            if (type.IsValueType || original is string ||
                (type.GetInterface("IEnumerable") != null && !(original is IDictionary<string, object>)))
            {
                return original;
            }
            else if (type.IsArray)
            {
                return ((Array)original).Clone();
            }
            else if (type.IsClass)
            {
                var clone = Activator.CreateInstance(type);

                clone.ClonePropertiesFrom(original);

                return clone;
            }

            return original;
        }

        public static void ClonePropertiesFrom(this object target, object item)
        {
            var type = target.GetType();

            if ((item is IDictionary<string, object> dynamicObject))
            {
                var cloneDynamicObject = (IDictionary<string, object>)target;
                foreach (var keyValuePair in dynamicObject)
                {
                    cloneDynamicObject[keyValuePair.Key] = keyValuePair.Value;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                foreach (var originalProp in type.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance))
                {
                    // skip props with IgnoreDataMemberAttribute because of the ef core lazy loading
                    if (originalProp.CanWrite && originalProp.CustomAttributes.All(a => a.AttributeType != typeof(IgnoreDataMemberAttribute)))
                    {
                        originalProp.SetValue(target, originalProp.GetValue(item)?.Clone());
                    }
                }
            }
        }

 

I hope you will find that useful as a starting point in order to set up your data.

If any further questions appear, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards,
Nadezhda Tacheva
Progress Telerik

[Ed]

Okay thanks, this helps and I can work around this :)