SimplePagedList

Installation

The latest version of this package is available on NuGet. To install, run the following command:

PM> Install-Package SimplePagedList

What?

SimplePagedList is a 2.0 .NET Standard Library that contains a data structure for easily representing a paged list.

Why?

I often need pagination of some sort in my different projects and since I couldn't find one that I liked, I decided to implement a library that works on all .NET platforms and that suit my needs perfectly.

How?

There are two ways to create a PagedList and the one you should choose depends on whether you want full control over how the pagination is done and if the IQueryable LINQ Provider that you use has support for Skip and Take.

Alternative 1.

This is the alternative that you should pick if you just want an easy way of paginating a superset, without all the hassle. Note that the IQueryable LINQ Provider also needs to have support for the aforementioned methods Skip and Take.

var pageNumber = 1; //We want to retieve the first page of the superset
var pageSize = 10; //We want to use a pageSize of 10 since that's a nice and even number.
var queryableSuperset = _repository.GetAllAsQueryable(); //Retrieve all items in the database as a queryable

//Create the paged list, after this we're ready to build the next Reddit
var pagedList = new PagedList<Post>(queryableSuperset, pageNumber, pageSize);

//TODO: Implement a sweet UI with the paged list

Alternative 2.

Do you want full control over how the pagination is done or does your IQueryable LINQ Provider not have support for Skip and Take (thanks DocumentDB)? Then this is the alternative for you, below you will find an example on how you can create an instance of this awesomely cool paged list.

var pageNumber = 1; //We want to retieve the first page of the superset
var pageSize = 10; //We want to use a pageSize of 10 since that's a nice and even number.
var queryableSuperset = _repository.GetAllAsQueryable(); //Retrieve all items in the database as a queryable

var paginationData = new PaginationData(queryableSuperset.Count(), pageNumber, pageSize);
var pageItems = queryableSuperset.Skip((paginationData.PageNumber - 1) * paginationData.PageSize).Take(paginationData.PageSize);

//Create the paged list, after this we're ready to build the next imgur
var pagedList = new PagedList<Post>(paginationData, pageItems)

//TODO: Implement a sweet UI with the paged list