TreeList with Id and parentId string type

[Kajal]

Hi,

I have a requirement to bind data to TreeList where Id and ParentId field are of type string but this does not seem to work. Is it possible? 

I have tried making id and parentId field int and then its works.

TreeList:

<div class="demo-section k-header">
    @(Html.Kendo().TreeList<JobErrorLogController.MyClass>()
          .Name("myClassTreelist")
          .Columns(columns =>
          {
              columns.Add().Field(e => e.Item).Width(220);
          })
          .Filterable()
          .Sortable()
          .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
              .Read(read => read.Action("AllData", "JobErrorLog"))
              .ServerOperation(false)
              .Model(m =>
              {
                  m.Id(f => f.id);
                  m.ParentId(f => f.parentId);
                  //m.Expanded(true);
                  m.Field(f => f.Item);
              })
          )
          .Height(540)
          )
</div>

 Class that is bind to TreeList:

public class MyClass
 {
 public static IList<MyClass> TestData = new List<MyClass>()
 {
 new MyClass() {id = "parent1", Item = "Item0", parentId = null},
 new MyClass() {id = "child1", Item = "Item1", parentId = "parent1"}
 };
 public string id { get; set; }
 public string parentId { get; set; }
 public string Item { get; set; }
 }

Controller's code:  

public JsonResult AllData([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request)

        {

            var result = MyClass.TestData.ToTreeDataSourceResult(request,

                e => e.id,

                e => e.parentId

            );
            return Json(result, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);

        }

[Boyan Dimitrov]

Hello Kajal,

 

I prepared a sample example that shows how the TreeList should work fine with string type for the Id and the parent id properties. Please refer to the http://dojo.telerik.com/UPosU example. 

 

Regards,
Boyan Dimitrov
Telerik

[John]

Hi Boyan,

I'm in a similar situation as OP, using MVC Razor code and your solution is in javascript showing how to set the id and parentId to type string.  How one set that up in MVC.

Thanks,

John

 

[Boyan Dimitrov]

Hello John,

In the MVC the type of the field is retrieved from the Model definition. If the Model id is defined as string should be treated as string. 

Regards,
Boyan Dimitrov
Telerik by Progress

[Justin]

I have found that the original post was correct. Converting a  to string and then passing those values, while setting the root nodes to null fails and says there are no records.

However, if you use an empty string, instead of null, it works fine.

This may apply to all cases where you are using a string value.

 

 

[Boyan Dimitrov]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing this information with the community. I believe that it will help someone having similar scenario. 

Regards,
Boyan Dimitrov
Progress Telerik

[terrysmith]

null -> Guid.Empty. Exactly what I needed. Thank you!