NHibernate.Linq, IQueryable, and Viewmodels

[Don Cote]

I have a scenario where I use NH.Linq to access data, returning and IQuerable which I then bind to the Telerik Grid and it handles paging and sorting and filtering and all of that.  A situation arose where I'm going to need to integrate another data type in to the grid and the solution there would be a common view model between the two grid types.

What I'd like to do is convert my entities to a view model prior to it getting to the aspx page -- so it would only pull down the records that I need by virtue of the DataSource/IQueryable, but then I could shape the data as needed by converting it to a view model prior to populating the grid in the aspx page.

Is there anything I can hook in to so as to accomplish this?

Thanks
Don

[Rosen]

Hello Don,

Generally speaking, the creation of the ViewModel should happen before the data is feeded to the actual View/UI layer. Therefore the actual implementation does depend on architecture used and it is not directly related  to out RadGrid control. A basic sample which demonstrates how to achieve similar functionality pattern can be found here.

All the best,
Rosen
the Telerik team