Added grid defaults object. Turned on preloading by default.

MVCGrid/Interfaces/IMVCGridDefinition.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace MVCGrid.Interfaces
     internal interface IMVCGridDefinition
     {
         IEnumerable<IMVCGridColumn> GetColumns();
-        GridConfiguration GridConfiguration { get; }
         string QueryStringPrefix { get; }
         bool PreloadData { get; }
         bool Paging { get; set; }

MVCGrid/MVCGrid.csproj

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Interfaces\IMVCGridColumn.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Interfaces\IMVCGridDefinition.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\GridColumn.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Models\GridConfiguration.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Models\GridDefaults.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\QueryResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\GridDefinition.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\SortDirection.cs" />

MVCGrid/Models/GridDefaults.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace MVCGrid.Models
+{
+    public class GridDefaults
+    {
+        public GridDefaults()
+        {
+            PreloadData = true;
+            Paging = false;
+            ItemsPerPage = 20;
+            Sorting = false;
+            DefaultSortColumn = null;
+            NoResultsMessage = "No results.";
+            ClientSideLoadingMessageFunctionName = null;
+            ClientSideLoadingCompleteFunctionName = null;
+            Filtering = false;
+            DefaultRenderingEngine = typeof(MVCGrid.Rendering.BootstrapRenderingEngine);
+        }
+
+        public bool PreloadData { get; set; }
+        public bool Paging { get; set; }
+        public int ItemsPerPage { get; set; }
+        public bool Sorting { get; set; }
+        public string DefaultSortColumn { get; set; }
+        public string NoResultsMessage { get; set; }
+        public string ClientSideLoadingMessageFunctionName { get; set; }
+        public string ClientSideLoadingCompleteFunctionName { get; set; }
+        public bool Filtering { get; set; }
+        public Type DefaultRenderingEngine { get; set; }
+    }
+}

MVCGrid/Models/GridDefinition.cs

@@ -15,35 +15,32 @@ public abstract class GridDefinitionBase
 
     public class GridDefinition<T1> : GridDefinitionBase, IMVCGridDefinition
     {
-        private Type _defaultRenderingEngine;
-        const string DefaultNoResultsMessage = "No results.";
-
-        public GridDefinition() : this(null)
+        public GridDefinition() : this(new GridDefaults())
         {
         }
 
-        public GridDefinition(GridConfiguration copyFromConfig):base()
+        public GridDefinition(GridDefaults gridDefaults):base()
         {
-            if (copyFromConfig != null)
+            Columns = new List<GridColumn<T1>>();
+
+            if (gridDefaults != null)
             {
-                GridConfiguration = GridConfiguration.CopyFrom(copyFromConfig);
+                this.PreloadData = gridDefaults.PreloadData;
+                this.Paging = gridDefaults.Paging;
+                this.ItemsPerPage = gridDefaults.ItemsPerPage;
+                this.Sorting = gridDefaults.Sorting;
+                this.DefaultSortColumn = gridDefaults.DefaultSortColumn;
+                this.NoResultsMessage = gridDefaults.NoResultsMessage;
+                this.ClientSideLoadingMessageFunctionName = gridDefaults.ClientSideLoadingMessageFunctionName;
+                this.ClientSideLoadingCompleteFunctionName = gridDefaults.ClientSideLoadingCompleteFunctionName;
+                this.Filtering = gridDefaults.Filtering;
+                this.DefaultRenderingEngine = gridDefaults.DefaultRenderingEngine;
             }
-
-            Columns = new List<GridColumn<T1>>();
-            NoResultsMessage = DefaultNoResultsMessage;
-            _defaultRenderingEngine = typeof(MVCGrid.Rendering.BootstrapRenderingEngine);
         }
 
-        public GridConfiguration GridConfiguration { get; set; }
-
         public IEnumerable<IMVCGridColumn> GetColumns()
         {
-            List<IMVCGridColumn> interfaceList = new List<IMVCGridColumn>();
-            foreach (var col in Columns)
-            {
-                interfaceList.Add(col);
-            }
-            return interfaceList;
+            return Columns.Cast<IMVCGridColumn>();
         }
 
         public void AddColumn(GridColumn<T1> column)
@@ -153,17 +150,7 @@ internal override List<Row> GetData(GridContext context, out int? totalRecords)
         public string ClientSideLoadingMessageFunctionName { get; set; }
         public string ClientSideLoadingCompleteFunctionName { get; set; }
 
-        public Type DefaultRenderingEngine
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                return _defaultRenderingEngine;
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                _defaultRenderingEngine = value;
-            }
-        }
+        public Type DefaultRenderingEngine { get; set; }
     }
 
 }

MVCGrid/Web/MVCGridHtmlGenerator.cs

@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ internal static string GenerateBasePageHtml(string gridName, IMVCGridDefinition
             sbJson.Append("}");
             //mvcGridName, qsPrefix: qsPrefix, preloaded: preload }
 
-            GridConfiguration config = def.GridConfiguration;
-
             StringBuilder sbHtml = new StringBuilder();
 
             sbHtml.AppendFormat("<div id='{0}' class='{1}'>", HtmlUtility.GetContainerHtmlId(gridName), HtmlUtility.ContainerCssClass);

MVCGridExample/App_Start/MVCGridConfig.cs

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ public class MVCGridConfig
     {
         public static void RegisterGrids()
         {
-            GridConfiguration globalConfig = SetupGlobalConfiguration();
-
             MVCGridDefinitionTable.Add("TestGrid", new MVCGridBuilder<Person>()
                 .AddColumns(cols =>
                 {
@@ -349,7 +347,7 @@ public static void RegisterGrids()
                         .WithHeaderText("Last Name")
                         .WithValueExpression((p, c) => p.LastName);
                 })
-                .WithPreloadData(true)
+                .WithPreloadData(false)
                 .WithSorting(true)
                 .WithDefaultSortColumn("LastName")
                 .WithPaging(true)
@@ -721,13 +719,5 @@ public static void RegisterGrids()
 
             //MVCGridDefinitionTable.Add DO NOT DELETE - Needed for demo code parsing
         }
-
-        private static GridConfiguration SetupGlobalConfiguration()
-        {
-            GridConfiguration globalConfig = new GridConfiguration();
-            globalConfig.ItemsPerPage = 10;
-            globalConfig.TableCssClasses = new HashSet<string>() { "table", "table-striped", "table-bordered" };
-            return globalConfig;
-        }
     }
 }

MVCGridExample/Content/MVCGridConfig.txt

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ namespace MVCGridExample
     {
         public static void RegisterGrids()
         {
-            GridConfiguration globalConfig = SetupGlobalConfiguration();
-
             MVCGridDefinitionTable.Add("TestGrid", new MVCGridBuilder<Person>()
                 .AddColumns(cols =>
                 {
@@ -721,13 +719,5 @@ namespace MVCGridExample
 
             //MVCGridDefinitionTable.Add DO NOT DELETE - Needed for demo code parsing
         }
-
-        private static GridConfiguration SetupGlobalConfiguration()
-        {
-            GridConfiguration globalConfig = new GridConfiguration();
-            globalConfig.ItemsPerPage = 10;
-            globalConfig.TableCssClasses = new HashSet<string>() { "table", "table-striped", "table-bordered" };
-            return globalConfig;
-        }
     }
 }

MVCGridExample/Views/Demo/Preloading.cshtml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 <h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>
 
 <p>With preloading turned on, the initial ajax call is not needed and the data will be loaded when the page loads. Subsequent calls are done with ajax.</p>
+<p>Preloading is on by default. Below is an example of a grid with preloading turned off. If you refresh the page, you should see that an initial ajax call is made to load the table for the first time.</p>
 
 @Html.MVCGrid("Preloading")
 

MVCGridExample/Views/GettingStarted/Index.cshtml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <ul>
     <li>MVC 3 or greater</li>
     <li>jQuery</li>
-    <li>Bootstrap 3</li>
+    <li>Bootstrap 3 (Or you can create your own custom style.)</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Installation</h2>