Generic type in Views - asp.net

Question

My Goal : Implement a Grid with Partial View. so i created a class for Grid
My code
public class HomeController : Base_Controller
{
//
// GET: /Home/
public ActionResult Index()
{
// return View("~/Views/Home/User/Login");
if (System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
var users = UserBL.GetAllUsers();
Type type = users.FirstOrDefault().GetType();
Models.Grid<DAL.Entities.User_Details> grid = new Models.Grid<DAL.Entities.User_Details>(users);
ViewBag.GridData = grid;
return View();
}
else
{
return RedirectToAction("Login", "User");
}
// return "Hellow";
}
}
And My Grid Class is
public class Grid<T>
{
public Grid(object datasource)
{
Data = (List<T>)datasource;
}
public Grid()
{
}
public List<T> Data
{
get;
set;
}
public IEnumerable<System.Reflection.PropertyInfo> Props
{
get
{
return typeof(T).GetProperties().AsEnumerable();
}
}
}
MY view Code is
#using DAL.Entities;
#{
ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}
<h1>welcome User....!</h1>
#{Models.Grid<User_Details> modelgrid = (Models.Grid<User_Details>)#ViewBag.GridData;}
#Html.Partial("GridView",modelgrid)
My Partial View is this. in this code first line have here i want to use any reflection mechanism. can any one change code to workable code
#model AC.Models.Grid<Need a solution here>
#if (Model != null)
{
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
#foreach (var col in Model.Props)
{
<td>#Html.Display(col.Name)</td>
}
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
#foreach (var item in Model.Data)
{
<tr>
#foreach (var prop in Model.Props)
{
<td>#Html.Display(prop.GetValue(item, null).ToString())</td>
}
</tr>
}
</tbody>
</table>
}

Answer 1

Since you are already using reflection there's not much benefit of using generics here. How about:
public class Grid
{
private readonly Type type;
public Grid(IEnumerable datasource)
{
if (datasource == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("datasource");
}
this.type = datasource.GetType().GetGenericArguments().SingleOrDefault();
if (this.type == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException("The datasource must be generic");
}
this.Data = datasource;
}
public IEnumerable Data { get; private set; }
public IEnumerable<System.Reflection.PropertyInfo> Props
{
get
{
return this.type.GetProperties().AsEnumerable();
}
}
}
and then:
#model AC.Models.Grid
#if (Model != null)
{
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
#foreach (var col in Model.Props)
{
<td>#Html.Display(col.Name)</td>
}
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
#foreach (var item in Model.Data)
{
<tr>
#foreach (var prop in Model.Props)
{
<td>#Html.Display(prop.GetValue(item, null).ToString())</td>
}
</tr>
}
</tbody>
</table>
}