CollectionFactoryExpressionExtensions.AddFor<TField, TProperty>(CollectionFactory<FilterBuilderFieldBuilder<TField>>, Expression<Func<TField, TProperty>>) Method

Adds fields to a strongly-typed FilterBuilder.

Namespace: DevExtreme.AspNet.Mvc

Assembly: DevExtreme.AspNet.Core.dll

Declaration

public static FilterBuilderFieldBuilder<TField> AddFor<TField, TProperty>(
    this CollectionFactory<FilterBuilderFieldBuilder<TField>> factory,
    Expression<Func<TField, TProperty>> expression
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
factory	CollectionFactory<FilterBuilderFieldBuilder<TField>>	The FilterBuilder field collection factory.
expression	Expression<Func<TField, TProperty>>	A strongly-typed lambda expression. Returns a model property that supplies data to a field.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TField	The model type of the strongly-typed FilterBuilder.
TProperty	The type of the expression result.

Returns

Type	Description
FilterBuilderFieldBuilder<TField>	A reference to this instance after the method is called.

Remarks

Use this extension method to add fields to a strongly-typed FilterBuilder.

The method performs the following actions:

• Creates a new field
• Binds the field to the model property specified by the lambda expression
• Returns a FilterBuilderFieldBuilder<T> instance so you can use its methods to customize the field

Razor C#

@(Html.DevExtreme().FilterBuilder<OrderViewModel>()
    .Fields(fields => {
        fields.AddFor(m => m.OrderDate); // call methods in a chain to customize the field
        fields.AddFor(m => m.ShipCity);
    })
)

Refer to Nested Options and Collections for more information.