Does the Grid's datasource really need JSon format when I binding the property of a model?

[PEIYANG]

Does the Grid's datasource  really need JSon format when I binding the property of a model called student?
Can I use viewresult(list<student>)? I find all the example are return jsonresult.

[Jayesh Goyani]

Hello,

In MVC, An action method responds to user input by performing work and returning
an action result. An action result represents a command that the
framework will perform on behalf of the action method. The ActionResult class is the base class for action results.

The following types derive from ActionResult:

ContentResult
EmptyResult
FileResult
HttpUnauthorizedResult
JavaScriptResult
JsonResult
RedirectResult
RedirectToRouteResult
ViewResultBase

As per above JsonResult is better option to return List from controller to View.

Note : if possible then can you please elaborate scenario (explain why you do not need to use jsonResult) ?
by using this class "using Kendo.Mvc.Extensions;"  you can easily convert your list to jasonResult.

public ActionResult Grid_Read([DataSourceRequest]DataSourceRequest request)
        {
            var dataItem =new List<Students>(); / /Your datasource comes here
            return Json(dataItem.ToDataSourceResult(request));
        }

Thanks,
Jayesh Goyani

[PEIYANG]

return view instead of jsonresult I can easily get the property of student in the view page

[Jayesh Goyani]

Hello,

We have to return the collection of Data (Like : List/DataTable/.....etc). 

Can you please elaborate your scenario, so we can try to achieve your scenario another way?

Thanks,
Jayesh Goyani