LookupBuilder.DataSource(IEnumerable, String[]) Method

Binds a Lookup control to a collection: Array, List, or IEnumerable.

Namespace: DevExtreme.AspNet.Mvc.Builders

Assembly: DevExtreme.AspNet.Core.dll

Declaration

public LookupBuilder DataSource(
    IEnumerable data,
    params string[] key
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
data	IEnumerable	A collection that supplies data for the control.
key	String[]	An array that contains one or more key field names.

Returns

Type	Description
LookupBuilder	A reference to this instance after the method is called.

Remarks

This method is a shorthand version of the DataSourceFactory.Array() method. The following examples are equivalent:

Razor C#

@(Html.DevExtreme().Lookup()
    .DataSource(Model.MyCollection, "ID")
)

Razor C#

@(Html.DevExtreme().Lookup()
    .DataSource(ds => ds.Array()
        .Data(Model.MyCollection)
        .Key("ID")
    )
)

Refer to CLR Objects for more information.