SquaredRoot » LINQ http://www.squaredroot.com .Net Development in DC Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:30:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Return of the PagedList http://www.squaredroot.com/2009/06/15/return-of-the-pagedlist/ http://www.squaredroot.com/2009/06/15/return-of-the-pagedlist/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:00:40 +0000 Troy Goode http://www.squaredroot.com/?p=462 It has been nearly a year since I posted an updated version of the PagedList<T> functionality originally created by Scott Guthrie and posted by Rob Conery. Since then I have used the class in a number of projects and find it indispensable.

A few days ago, Craig Stuntz reported an interesting observation: when the first page is returned, the class performs a Skip(0). Suprisingly, this is not free. With that in mind, I set out to correct that issue as well as incorporate a few changes I’ve made over the past year. The result is nearly identical to the last posted version, just a bit more readable. Additionally…

  • The source is now available on CodePlex: http://pagedlist.codeplex.com. This should make finding and downloading the code easier than finding the correct blog entry on some dude’s blog.
  • I have posted a release-compiled, XML commented, signed assembly on CodePlex. I got tired of having to copy the source into multiple projects and finding a place to put it in that project’s taxonomy.
  • Further incremental changes can be found in the Change Log on the CodePlex project site.

Download from CodePlex

IPagedList<T>.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace PagedList
{
	public interface IPagedList<T> : IList<T>
	{
		int PageCount { get; }
		int TotalItemCount { get; }
		int PageIndex { get; }
		int PageNumber { get; }
		int PageSize { get; }
		bool HasPreviousPage { get; }
		bool HasNextPage { get; }
		bool IsFirstPage { get; }
		bool IsLastPage { get; }
	}
}

PagedList<T>.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace PagedList
{
	public class PagedList<T> : List<T>, IPagedList<T>
	{
		public PagedList(IEnumerable<T> superset, int index, int pageSize)
		{
			// set source to blank list if superset is null to prevent exceptions
			var source = superset == null
			                      	? new List<T>().AsQueryable()
									: superset.AsQueryable();

			TotalItemCount = source.Count();
			PageSize = pageSize;
			PageIndex = index;
			if (TotalItemCount > 0)
				PageCount = (int) Math.Ceiling(TotalItemCount/(double) PageSize);
			else
				PageCount = 0;

			if (index < 0)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("index", index, "PageIndex cannot be below 0.");
			if (pageSize < 1)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("pageSize", pageSize, "PageSize cannot be less than 1.");

			// add items to internal list
			if (TotalItemCount > 0)
				if (index == 0)
					AddRange(source.Take(pageSize).ToList());
				else
					AddRange(source.Skip((index) * pageSize).Take(pageSize).ToList());
		}

		public int PageCount { get; private set; }
		public int TotalItemCount { get; private set; }
		public int PageIndex { get; private set; }
		public int PageSize { get; private set; }

		public int PageNumber
		{
			get { return PageIndex + 1; }
		}

		public bool HasPreviousPage
		{
			get { return PageIndex > 0; }
		}

		public bool HasNextPage
		{
			get { return PageIndex < (PageCount - 1); }
		}

		public bool IsFirstPage
		{
			get { return PageIndex <= 0; }
		}

		public bool IsLastPage
		{
			get { return PageIndex >= (PageCount - 1); }
		}
	}
}

PagedListExtensions.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace PagedList
{
	public static class PagedListExtensions
	{
		public static IPagedList<T> ToPagedList<T>(this IEnumerable<T> superset, int index, int pageSize)
		{
			return new PagedList<T>(superset, index, pageSize);
		}
	}
}

PagedListFacts.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Xunit;
using Xunit.Extensions;

namespace PagedList.Tests
{
	public class PagedListFacts
	{
		[Fact]
		public void Null_Data_Set_Doesnt_Throw_Exception()
		{
			//act
			Assert.ThrowsDelegate act = () => new PagedList<object>(null, 0, 10);

			//assert
			Assert.DoesNotThrow(act);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void PageIndex_Below_Zero_Throws_ArgumentOutOfRange()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3};

			//act
			Assert.ThrowsDelegate act = () => data.ToPagedList(-1, 1);

			//assert
			Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(act);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void PageIndex_Above_RecordCount_Returns_Empty_List()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3};

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(2, 3);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(0, pagedList.Count);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void PageSize_Below_One_Throws_ArgumentOutOfRange()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3};

			//act
			Assert.ThrowsDelegate act = () => data.ToPagedList(0, 0);

			//assert
			Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(act);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void Null_Data_Set_Doesnt_Return_Null()
		{
			//act
			var pagedList = new PagedList<object>(null, 0, 10);

			//assert
			Assert.NotNull(pagedList);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void Null_Data_Set_Returns_Zero_Pages()
		{
			//act
			var pagedList = new PagedList<object>(null, 0, 10);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(0, pagedList.PageCount);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void Zero_Item_Data_Set_Returns_Zero_Pages()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new List<object>();

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(0, 10);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(0, pagedList.PageCount);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void DataSet_Of_One_Through_Five_PageSize_Of_Two_PageIndex_Of_One_First_Item_Is_Three()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(1, 2);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(3, pagedList[0]);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void TotalCount_Is_Preserved()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(1, 2);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(5, pagedList.TotalItemCount);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void PageIndex_Is_Preserved()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(1, 2);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(1, pagedList.PageIndex);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void PageSize_Is_Preserved()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(1, 2);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(2, pagedList.PageSize);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void Data_Is_Filtered_By_PageSize()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(1, 2);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(2, pagedList.Count);

			//### related test below

			//act
			pagedList = data.ToPagedList(2, 2);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(1, pagedList.Count);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void DataSet_OneThroughSix_PageSize_Three_PageIndex_Zero_FirstValue_Is_One()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 };

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(0, 3);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(1, pagedList[0]);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void DataSet_OneThroughThree_PageSize_One_PageIndex_Two_HasNextPage_False()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3};

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(2, 1);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(false, pagedList.HasNextPage);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void DataSet_OneThroughThree_PageSize_One_PageIndex_Two_IsLastPage_True()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] {1, 2, 3};

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(2, 1);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(true, pagedList.IsLastPage);
		}

		[Fact]
		public void DataSet_OneAndTwo_PageSize_One_PageIndex_One_FirstValue_Is_Two()
		{
			//arrange
			var data = new[] { 1, 2 };

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(1, 1);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(2, pagedList[0]);
		}

		[Theory]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 0, 1)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 1, 2)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 2, 3)]
		public void Theory_PageNumber_Is_PageIndex_Plus_One(int[] integers, int pageIndex, int expectedPageNumber)
		{
			//arrange
			var data = integers;

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(pageIndex, 1);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(expectedPageNumber, pagedList.PageNumber);
		}

		[Theory]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 0, 1, false, true)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 1, 1, true, true)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 2, 1, true, false)]
		public void Theory_HasPreviousPage_And_HasNextPage_Are_Correct(int[] integers, int pageIndex, int pageSize,
		                                                               bool expectedHasPrevious, bool expectedHasNext)
		{
			//arrange
			var data = integers;

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(pageIndex, pageSize);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(expectedHasPrevious, pagedList.HasPreviousPage);
			Assert.Equal(expectedHasNext, pagedList.HasNextPage);
		}

		[Theory]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 0, 1, true, false)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 1, 1, false, false)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 2, 1, false, true)]
		public void Theory_IsFirstPage_And_IsLastPage_Are_Correct(int[] integers, int pageIndex, int pageSize,
		                                                          bool expectedIsFirstPage, bool expectedIsLastPage)
		{
			//arrange
			var data = integers;

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(pageIndex, pageSize);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(expectedIsFirstPage, pagedList.IsFirstPage);
			Assert.Equal(expectedIsLastPage, pagedList.IsLastPage);
		}

		[Theory]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 1, 3)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 3, 1)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1}, 1, 1)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3}, 2, 2)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3, 4}, 2, 2)]
		[InlineData(new[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, 2, 3)]
		public void Theory_PageCount_Is_Correct(int[] integers, int pageSize, int expectedNumberOfPages)
		{
			//arrange
			var data = integers;

			//act
			var pagedList = data.ToPagedList(0, pageSize);

			//assert
			Assert.Equal(expectedNumberOfPages, pagedList.PageCount);
		}
	}
}
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]]> http://www.squaredroot.com/2009/06/15/return-of-the-pagedlist/feed/ 12 PagedList Strikes Back http://www.squaredroot.com/2008/07/08/pagedlist-strikes-back/ http://www.squaredroot.com/2008/07/08/pagedlist-strikes-back/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:54:15 +0000 Troy Goode /post/2008/07/08/PagedList-Strikes-Back.aspx

There is an updated version of the PagedList<T> code available here.

A few months ago I posted about my changes to Rob Conery’s PagedList class. Since writing that article many comments have been left about how to further improve the design, which I have since incorporated into a new, further improved PagedList class. For those who aren’t familiar, the PagedList class allows scenarios such as the following:

   1: public void ListProducts( int pageIndex )
   2: {
   3:     int pageSize = 10;
   4:     var products = productRepository.GetAllProducts()
   5:         .ToPagedList( pageIndex, pageSize );
   6:     return View( products );
   7: }


So in the above scenario (an example MVC action), if you had a list of 30 products with IDs 1-30 and passed in a pageIndex of 2 you would pass the products with IDs 21-30 into your view. Best of all it uses IQueryable, so if you pass a LINQ expression or IQueryable result into ToPagedList(…) it will do the filtering on the database side! Take a look at the new improved PagedList:

Update: Per a suggestion in a post by Martijn Boland, I have tweaked the code below by converting IPagedList to IPagedList<T> and having it implement IList<T>. This will allow you to pass the IPagedList<T> around and still enumerate it in a strongly-typed manner. Also of note is Martijn’s use of the PagedList class to create an MVC pager control.

   1: using System.Linq;
   2:
   3: namespace System.Collections.Generic
   4: {
   5:     public interface IPagedList<T> : IList<T>
   6:     {
   7:         int PageCount { get; }
   8:         int TotalItemCount { get; }
   9:         int PageIndex { get; }
  10:         int PageNumber { get; }
  11:         int PageSize { get; }
  12:         bool HasPreviousPage { get; }
  13:         bool HasNextPage { get; }
  14:         bool IsFirstPage { get; }
  15:         bool IsLastPage { get; }
  16:     }
  17:
  18:     public class PagedList<T> : List<T>, IPagedList
  19:     {
  20:         public PagedList( IEnumerable<T> source, int index, int pageSize )
  21:         {
  22:             if( source is IQueryable<T> )
  23:                 Initialize( source as IQueryable<T>, index, pageSize );
  24:             else
  25:                 Initialize( source.AsQueryable(), index, pageSize );
  26:         }
  27:
  28:         public PagedList( IQueryable<T> source, int index, int pageSize )
  29:         {
  30:             Initialize( source, index, pageSize );
  31:         }
  32:
  33:         #region IPagedList Members
  34:
  35:         public int PageCount { get; private set; }
  36:         public int TotalItemCount { get; private set; }
  37:         public int PageIndex { get; private set; }
  38:         public int PageNumber { get { return PageIndex + 1; } }
  39:         public int PageSize { get; private set; }
  40:         public bool HasPreviousPage { get; private set; }
  41:         public bool HasNextPage { get; private set; }
  42:         public bool IsFirstPage { get; private set; }
  43:         public bool IsLastPage { get; private set; }
  44:
  45:         #endregion
  46:
  47:         protected void Initialize( IQueryable<T> source, int index, int pageSize )
  48:         {
  49:             //### set source to blank list if source is null to prevent exceptions
  50:             if( source == null )
  51:                 source = new List<T>().AsQueryable();
  52:
  53:             //### set properties
  54:             TotalItemCount = source.Count();
  55:             PageSize = pageSize;
  56:             PageIndex = index;
  57:             if( TotalItemCount > 0 )
  58:                 PageCount = (int)Math.Ceiling( TotalItemCount / (double)PageSize );
  59:             else
  60:                 PageCount = 0;
  61:             HasPreviousPage = ( PageIndex > 0 );
  62:             HasNextPage = ( PageIndex < ( PageCount - 1 ) );
  63:             IsFirstPage = ( PageIndex <= 0 );
  64:             IsLastPage = ( PageIndex >= ( PageCount - 1 ) );
  65:
  66:             //### argument checking
  67:             if( index < 0 )
  68:                 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException( "PageIndex cannot be below 0." );
  69:             if( pageSize < 1 )
  70:                 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException( "PageSize cannot be less than 1." );
  71:
  72:             //### add items to internal list
  73:             if( TotalItemCount > 0 )
  74:                 AddRange( source.Skip( ( index ) * pageSize ).Take( pageSize ).ToList() );
  75:         }
  76:     }
  77:
  78:     public static class Pagination
  79:     {
  80:         public static PagedList<T> ToPagedList<T>( this IQueryable<T> source, int index, int pageSize )
  81:         {
  82:             return new PagedList<T>( source, index, pageSize );
  83:         }
  84:
  85:         public static PagedList<T> ToPagedList<T>( this IEnumerable<T> source, int index, int pageSize )
  86:         {
  87:             return new PagedList<T>( source, index, pageSize );
  88:         }
  89:     }
  90: }

Changes Since Previous Version:

  • Changed “TotalPages” property to “PageCount”.This was done to more clearly illustrate the purpose of this property (more in line with the standard List<T> .Count property).
  • Changed “TotalCount” property to “TotalItemCount”.This was done to differentiate between Pages and Items more clearly.
  • Switched “PageIndex” back to being a zero-based index, rather than one-based.The PageIndex was set to be one-based because the most common use-case that I could think of, outputting a pager (i.e.: Previous – 1 – 2 – 3 – Next), was one-based and it would be nice to not have to do “obj.PageIndex + 1″ everywhere. This was probably a poor decision. Some people found it confusing and others found that it didn’t work with the standard .Net DataPager.
  • Added “PageNumber” property.As suggested via comment on my previous post, PageNumber is just PageIndex + 1.
  • Treat all data as IQueryable for the duration of class initialization.Tgmdbm, a frequent contributer on the ASP.Net MVC forums, pointed out some good reasons why everything should be treated as IQueryable before the .Skip(x).Take(y). I’m not 100% sold that treating it as IEnumerable would also work for IQueryable objects (since IQueryable supports IEnumerable), but to be safe I have defaulted everything to using IQueryable. You can still pass in a strict IEnumerable, but it will be converted to IQueryable for the duration of the PagedList class initialization process.
  • Tested with xUnit.net.While the PagedList class isn’t exactly rocket science, I want to strive to improve the quality of the code that I’m presenting to the community. I also enjoyed having an excuse to try out xUnit’s data-driven testing using the [Theory] attribute (similar to MbUnit’s [RowTest]) for the first time. Not much has been written about it, but I was able to find some examples from Ben Hall which got me up and testing quickly.

Here is the test class:

   1: using System;
   2: using System.Collections.Generic;
   3: using Xunit;
   4: using XunitExt;
   5:
   6: namespace SquaredRoot.Collections.Generic.Tests
   7: {
   8:     public class PagedListFacts
   9:     {
  10:         [Fact]
  11:         public void Null_Data_Set_Doesnt_Throw_Exception()
  12:         {
  13:             //act
  14:             Assert.ThrowsDelegate act = () => new PagedList<object>( null, 0, 10 );
  15:
  16:             //assert
  17:             Assert.DoesNotThrow( act );
  18:         }
  19:
  20:         [Fact]
  21:         public void PageIndex_Below_Zero_Throws_ArgumentOutOfRange()
  22:         {
  23:             //arrange
  24:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3 };
  25:
  26:             //act
  27:             Assert.ThrowsDelegate act = () => data.ToPagedList( -1, 1 );
  28:
  29:             //assert
  30:             Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>( act );
  31:         }
  32:
  33:         [Fact]
  34:         public void PageIndex_Above_RecordCount_Returns_Empty_List()
  35:         {
  36:             //arrange
  37:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3 };
  38:
  39:             //act
  40:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 2, 3 );
  41:
  42:             //assert
  43:             Assert.Equal( 0, pagedList.Count );
  44:         }
  45:
  46:         [Fact]
  47:         public void PageSize_Below_One_Throws_ArgumentOutOfRange()
  48:         {
  49:             //arrange
  50:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3 };
  51:
  52:             //act
  53:             Assert.ThrowsDelegate act = () => data.ToPagedList( 0, 0 );
  54:
  55:             //assert
  56:             Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>( act );
  57:         }
  58:
  59:         [Fact]
  60:         public void Null_Data_Set_Doesnt_Return_Null()
  61:         {
  62:             //act
  63:             var pagedList = new PagedList<object>( null, 0, 10 );
  64:
  65:             //assert
  66:             Assert.NotNull( pagedList );
  67:         }
  68:
  69:         [Fact]
  70:         public void Null_Data_Set_Returns_Zero_Pages()
  71:         {
  72:             //act
  73:             var pagedList = new PagedList<object>( null, 0, 10 );
  74:
  75:             //assert
  76:             Assert.Equal( 0, pagedList.PageCount );
  77:         }
  78:
  79:         [Fact]
  80:         public void Zero_Item_Data_Set_Returns_Zero_Pages()
  81:         {
  82:             //arrange
  83:             var data = new List<object>();
  84:
  85:             //act
  86:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 0, 10 );
  87:
  88:             //assert
  89:             Assert.Equal( 0, pagedList.PageCount );
  90:         }
  91:
  92:         [Fact]
  93:         public void DataSet_Of_One_Through_Five_PageSize_Of_Two_PageIndex_Of_One_First_Item_Is_Three()
  94:         {
  95:             //arrange
  96:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
  97:
  98:             //act
  99:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 1, 2 );
 100:
 101:             //assert
 102:             Assert.Equal( 3, pagedList[0] );
 103:         }
 104:
 105:         [Fact]
 106:         public void TotalCount_Is_Preserved()
 107:         {
 108:             //arrange
 109:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
 110:
 111:             //act
 112:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 1, 2 );
 113:
 114:             //assert
 115:             Assert.Equal( 5, pagedList.TotalItemCount );
 116:         }
 117:
 118:         [Fact]
 119:         public void PageIndex_Is_Preserved()
 120:         {
 121:             //arrange
 122:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
 123:
 124:             //act
 125:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 1, 2 );
 126:
 127:             //assert
 128:             Assert.Equal( 1, pagedList.PageIndex );
 129:         }
 130:
 131:         [Fact]
 132:         public void PageSize_Is_Preserved()
 133:         {
 134:             //arrange
 135:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
 136:
 137:             //act
 138:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 1, 2 );
 139:
 140:             //assert
 141:             Assert.Equal( 2, pagedList.PageSize );
 142:         }
 143:
 144:         [Fact]
 145:         public void Data_Is_Filtered_By_PageSize()
 146:         {
 147:             //arrange
 148:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
 149:
 150:             //act
 151:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 1, 2 );
 152:
 153:             //assert
 154:             Assert.Equal( 2, pagedList.Count );
 155:
 156:             //### related test below
 157:
 158:             //act
 159:             pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 2, 2 );
 160:
 161:             //assert
 162:             Assert.Equal( 1, pagedList.Count );
 163:         }
 164:
 165:         [Fact]
 166:         public void DataSet_OneThroughThree_PageSize_One_PageIndex_Two_HasNextPage_False()
 167:         {
 168:             //arrange
 169:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3 };
 170:
 171:             //act
 172:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 2, 1 );
 173:
 174:             //assert
 175:             Assert.Equal( false, pagedList.HasNextPage );
 176:         }
 177:
 178:         [Fact]
 179:         public void DataSet_OneThroughThree_PageSize_One_PageIndex_Two_IsLastPage_True()
 180:         {
 181:             //arrange
 182:             var data = new[]{ 1, 2, 3 };
 183:
 184:             //act
 185:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 2, 1 );
 186:
 187:             //assert
 188:             Assert.Equal( true, pagedList.IsLastPage );
 189:         }
 190:
 191:         [Theory]
 192:         [InlineData( new[] { 1, 2, 3 }, 0, 1 )]
 193:         [InlineData( new[] { 1, 2, 3 }, 1, 2 )]
 194:         [InlineData( new[] { 1, 2, 3 }, 2, 3 )]
 195:         public void Theory_PageNumber_Is_PageIndex_Plus_One( int[] integers, int pageIndex, int expectedPageNumber )
 196:         {
 197:             //arrange
 198:             var data = integers;
 199:
 200:             //act
 201:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( pageIndex, 1 );
 202:
 203:             //assert
 204:             Assert.Equal( expectedPageNumber, pagedList.PageNumber );
 205:         }
 206:
 207:         [Theory]
 208:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3 }, 0, 1, false, true )]
 209:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3 }, 1, 1, true, true )]
 210:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3 }, 2, 1, true, false )]
 211:         public void Theory_HasPreviousPage_And_HasNextPage_Are_Correct( int[] integers, int pageIndex, int pageSize, bool expectedHasPrevious, bool expectedHasNext )
 212:         {
 213:             //arrange
 214:             var data = integers;
 215:
 216:             //act
 217:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( pageIndex, pageSize );
 218:
 219:             //assert
 220:             Assert.Equal( expectedHasPrevious, pagedList.HasPreviousPage );
 221:             Assert.Equal( expectedHasNext, pagedList.HasNextPage );
 222:         }
 223:
 224:         [Theory]
 225:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3 }, 0, 1, true, false )]
 226:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3 }, 1, 1, false, false )]
 227:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3 }, 2, 1, false, true )]
 228:         public void Theory_IsFirstPage_And_IsLastPage_Are_Correct( int[] integers, int pageIndex, int pageSize, bool expectedIsFirstPage, bool expectedIsLastPage )
 229:         {
 230:             //arrange
 231:             var data = integers;
 232:
 233:             //act
 234:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( pageIndex, pageSize );
 235:
 236:             //assert
 237:             Assert.Equal( expectedIsFirstPage, pagedList.IsFirstPage );
 238:             Assert.Equal( expectedIsLastPage, pagedList.IsLastPage );
 239:         }
 240:
 241:         [Theory]
 242:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3 }, 1, 3 )]
 243:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3 }, 3, 1 )]
 244:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1 }, 1, 1 )]
 245:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3 }, 2, 2 )]
 246:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3, 4 }, 2, 2 )]
 247:         [InlineData( new[]{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, 2, 3 )]
 248:         public void Theory_PageCount_Is_Correct( int[] integers, int pageSize, int expectedNumberOfPages )
 249:         {
 250:             //arrange
 251:             var data = integers;
 252:
 253:             //act
 254:             var pagedList = data.ToPagedList( 0, pageSize );
 255:
 256:             //assert
 257:             Assert.Equal( expectedNumberOfPages, pagedList.PageCount );
 258:         }
 259:     }
 260: }

A big thanks to everyone who has thrown their two cents in to help improve this small but useful class!

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NOTE:
A new, improved version of this class is now available at:

http://www.squaredroot.com/post/2008/07/08/PagedList-Strikes-Back.aspx

Robert Muehsig has posted a great user control for the MVC framework that adds pagination links to the bottom of a paged list. In it he used a slightly customized version of Rob Conery’s PagedList class that Rob was kind enough to post way back when the first CTP was released. This reminded me that I should probably post the version I have customized, as I think it makes it a bit easier to use and maintain. I’ve included the code below. 

   1: using System;
   2: using System.Linq;
   3:  
   4: namespace System.Collections.Generic
   5: {
   6:  
   7:     public interface IPagedList
   8:     {
   9:         int TotalPages { get; }
  10:         int TotalCount { get; }
  11:         int PageIndex { get; }
  12:         int PageSize { get; }
  13:         bool HasPreviousPage { get; }
  14:         bool HasNextPage { get; }
  15:         bool IsFirstPage { get; }
  16:         bool IsLastPage { get; }
  17:     }
  18:  
  19:     public class PagedList<T> : List<T>, IPagedList
  20:     {
  21:  
  22:         public PagedList( IEnumerable<T> source, int index, int pageSize )
  23:         {
  24:  
  25:             //### set source to blank list if source is null to prevent exceptions
  26:             if( source == null )
  27:                 source = new List<T>();
  28:  
  29:             //### set properties
  30:             this.TotalCount = source.Count();
  31:             this.PageSize = pageSize;
  32:             this.PageIndex = index;
  33:             if( this.TotalCount > 0 )
  34:                 this.TotalPages = (int)Math.Ceiling( (double)this.TotalCount / (double)this.PageSize );
  35:             else
  36:                 this.TotalPages = 0;
  37:             this.HasPreviousPage = ( this.PageIndex > 1 );
  38:             this.HasNextPage = ( this.PageIndex < this.TotalPages );
  39:             this.IsFirstPage = ( this.PageIndex == 1 );
  40:             this.IsLastPage = ( this.PageIndex == this.TotalPages );
  41:  
  42:             //### argument checking
  43:             if( index < 1 || index > this.TotalPages )
  44:                 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException( "PageIndex out of range." );
  45:             if( pageSize < 1 )
  46:                 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException( "PageSize cannot be less than 1." );
  47:  
  48:             //### add items to internal list
  49:             if( this.TotalCount > 0 )
  50:                 this.AddRange( source.Skip( ( index - 1 ) * pageSize ).Take( pageSize ).ToList() );
  51:  
  52:         }
  53:  
  54:         public int TotalPages { get; private set; }
  55:         public int TotalCount { get; private set; }
  56:         public int PageIndex { get; private set; }
  57:         public int PageSize { get; private set; }
  58:         public bool HasPreviousPage { get; private set; }
  59:         public bool HasNextPage { get; private set; }
  60:         public bool IsFirstPage { get; private set; }
  61:         public bool IsLastPage { get; private set; }
  62:  
  63:     }
  64:  
  65:     public static class Pagination
  66:     {
  67:         public static PagedList<T> ToPagedList<T>( this IEnumerable<T> source, int index, int pageSize )
  68:         {
  69:             return new PagedList<T>( source, index, pageSize );
  70:         }
  71:     }
  72:  
  73: }

Changes from Rob’s version:

  • Added a "TotalPages" property.

    If you’re going to loop through each of the pages to display page navigation, you’ll obviously need this.
  • Changed "IsPreviousPage" to "HasPreviousPage".

    It just sounds better.
  • Changed "IsNextPage" to "HasNextPage".

    See above.
  • Added a "IsFirstPage" property.

    The opposite way of using the above two properties. I prefer this way, but kept the original way for backwards compatibility (except the naming).
  • Added a "IsLastPage" property.

    See above.
  • Changed the first constructor to accept IEnumerable<T> rather than IQueryable<T>.

    I’m not exactly sure why Rob originally made it IQueryable. I’m aware that by passing an IQueryable (LINQ) object to this constructor you’ll avoid retrieving the entire set (only taking the results needed), but since IQueryable inherits from IEnumerable everything should be hunky-dory. He probably had a reason and I’m going to wind up breaking all of my stuff, but IEnumerable is just so much handier. =)
  • Removed the second constructor.

    The second constructor took List<T>, which is unnecessary after changing the first constructor to accept IEnumerable.
  • Cleaned up property declarations a bit.

    Mainly to make the page a bit shorter, but also to prevent the multiple calculations that could happen in the original. Also the original allowed the changing of certain properties after an instance was created, which would put the instance into an inconsistent state.
  • Added argument checking and handled a few exception scenarios more gracefully.

    Trying to make debugging a bit friendlier.
  • Removed the second extension method that didn’t specify a pageSize.

    I don’t really think that baking in an extension method that sets pageSize to 10 is a good idea, I’d prefer pageSize to be explicitly set elsewhere by the calling code.
  • Moved the code to the "System.Collections.Generic" namespace.

    I’m sure a lot of you are breaking out in a cold sweat to see me putting something into a System.* namespace, but I kind of feel like this is something that the .Net team just "forgot". =) Move it wherever makes you comfortable.

Please note that I took many of these ideas from the commentary below Rob’s original post. I’m sure many of you are using something similar, but I thought it would be useful to get something posted online that is a bit more fleshed out than the original example.

Thanks for the great work Rob & Robert!

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]]> http://www.squaredroot.com/2008/04/08/updated-pagedlist-class/feed/ 13 Storing LINQ Objects in SQL-Based Session State http://www.squaredroot.com/2008/01/30/storing-linq-objects-in-sql-based-session-state/ http://www.squaredroot.com/2008/01/30/storing-linq-objects-in-sql-based-session-state/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:19:00 +0000 Troy Goode /post/2008/01/30/Storing-LINQ-Objects-in-SQL-Based-Session-State.aspx Scott Hanselman recently posted about various options you have for session storage while using ASP.Net. In the comments of his post I brough up an issue I recently encountered at work (where we use SQL Server session state):

LINQ-To-Sql generated objects are not marked [Serializable] and cannot be stored in out-of-process session storage.

To get around this I have whipped up the following helper class which will serialize LINQ-To-Sql objects if you set the DataContext's Serializable property to "Unidirectional".

Note: The following class does not current work for storing List<X> where X is a LINQ-To-Sql object. I'll be working to resolve that sometime later this week. 

   1: using System;

   2: using System.IO;

   3: using System.Runtime.Serialization;

   4: using System.Text;

   5: using System.Xml;

   6: using System.Web;

   7: 

   8: namespace SquaredRoot.Helper

   9: {

  10:   public class SessionHelper

  11:   {

  12: 

  13:     private SessionHelper(){}

  14: 

  15:         public static T Get<T>( string key ) where T : class

  16:         {

  17: 

  18:             object o = HttpContext.Current.Session[key];

  19:             if( o == null )

  20:                 return default( T );

  21: 

  22:             if( o.GetType() == typeof( string ) && typeof( T ) != typeof( string ) )

  23:             {

  24:                 string s = o as string;

  25:                 Stream stream = new MemoryStream( Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(s) );

  26:                 XmlDictionaryReader xml = XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader( stream, new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas() );

  27:                 DataContractSerializer dcs = new DataContractSerializer( typeof( T ) );

  28:                 T t = (T)dcs.ReadObject( xml, true );

  29:                 xml.Close();

  30:                 return t;

  31:             }

  32:             else

  33:                 return o as T;

  34: 

  35:         }

  36: 

  37:         private static bool HasClassAttribute( object o, Type attribute, bool inherit )

  38:         {

  39:             return ( o.GetType().GetCustomAttributes( attribute, inherit ).Length > 0 );

  40:         }

  41: 

  42:         public static void Set( string key, object item )

  43:         {

  44: 

  45:             object value = item;

  46:             if( HasClassAttribute( item, typeof(DataContractAttribute), false )

  47:         && !HasClassAttribute( item, typeof(SerializableAttribute), false ) )

  48:             {

  49:                 DataContractSerializer dcs = new DataContractSerializer(item.GetType());

  50:                 StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

  51:                 XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb);

  52:                 dcs.WriteObject( writer, item );

  53:                 writer.Close();

  54:                 value = sb.ToString();

  55:             }

  56: 

  57:             if( HttpContext.Current.Session[key] == null )

  58:         HttpContext.Current.Session.Add( key, value );

  59:             else

  60:         HttpContext.Current.Session[key] = value;

  61: 

  62:         }

  63: 

  64:     }

  65: }
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No Data Context: When you need to interact with a database via LINQ in a Visual Studio 2008 project, you do so by creating a LINQ-To-SQL DBML file that generates a data context for you. This data context is in charge of maintaining your database connection and is what you use to submit changes to the database. Because there is no data context readily available to you (and no .dbml file) in LINQPad, the way you go about this is slightly different. There is a globally-scoped subroutine, "SubmitChanges()," that should be called whenever you wish to commit an action to the database.

C# Expressions vs. C# Statements: By default LINQPad opens in "C# Expression" mode. In this mode you can type a simple query like "from r in Regions select r" and run it to see the results. As far as I can tell there is no way to insert/update/delete data in this mode. By switching to "C# Statement(s)" mode you are able to declare variables, control flow statements, and reference objects; this is the mode you need to be in to insert/update/delete data. To enter "C# Statement(s)" mode, select it from the "Type" drop-down box at the top of the window as show below:

LINQPad

object.Dump(): When you write a query in "C# Expression" mode the result of that query is automatically rendered to the Results frame (shown below). Because "C# Statement(s)" mode gives you the capability to run many queries in one execute, displaying the results of those queries must be manually invoked. To do so simply call the ".Dump()" method on the resultset of the query you want to display. ".Dump()" is implemented as an extension method available on all objects, so whether you are retrieving a single object, a list of objects, or an anonymous type the Dump method will be available to display your data.

LINQPad-Results

Below I have included examples of several ways to query data, as well as an example each for inserting, updating, and deleting data.

    1 // select (LINQ Syntax)

    2 var regions =

    3     from r in Regions

    4     where r.RegionID > 0

    5     select r;

    6 regions.Dump();

    7 

    8 // insert

    9 Region newRegion = new Region()

   10 {

   11     RegionID = 99,

   12     RegionDescription = "Lorem ipsum…"

   13 };

   14 Regions.InsertOnSubmit( newRegion );

   15 SubmitChanges();

   16 

   17 // select (LINQ Syntax, no temp variable)

   18 (from r in Regions

   19     where r.RegionID > 0

   20     select r).Dump();

   21 

   22 // update

   23 Region region =

   24     (from r in Regions

   25         where r.RegionID == 99

   26         select r).Single();

   27 region.RegionDescription = "…dolor sit amet…";

   28 SubmitChanges();

   29 

   30 // select (.Where Lambda expression)

   31 ( Regions.Where( r => r.RegionID > 0 ) ).Dump();

   32 

   33 // delete

   34 Region removeRegion =

   35     Regions.Where( r => r.RegionID == 99 ).Single();

   36 Regions.DeleteOnSubmit( removeRegion );

   37 SubmitChanges();

   38 

   39 // select (Regions & Territories, joined and

   40 //        combined by anonymous type)

   41 (from r in Regions

   42     join t in Territories

   43         on r.RegionID equals t.RegionID

   44     select new{

   45         Region = r,

   46         Territory = t

   47     }).Dump();

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