7.5.1.2 Adding the HTML Helper Method; e.g. 7.17 The PagingHelpers Class

SportsStore/SportsStore.WebUI/HtmlHelpers/PagingHelpers.cs

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+using SportsStore.WebUI.Models;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Web;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+
+namespace SportsStore.WebUI.HtmlHelpers
+{
+    public static class PagingHelpers
+    {
+        public static MvcHtmlString PageLinks(this HtmlHelper html,
+                                              PagingInfo pagingInfo,
+                                              Func<int, string> pageUrl)
+        {
+            StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+            for (int i = 0; i < pagingInfo.TotalPages; i++)
+            {
+                TagBuilder tag = new TagBuilder("a"); // Construct an <a> tag
+                tag.MergeAttribute("href", pageUrl(i));
+                tag.InnerHtml = i.ToString();
+                if (i == pagingInfo.CurrentPage)
+                {
+                    tag.AddCssClass("selected");
+                }
+                result.Append(tag.ToString());
+            }
+
+            return MvcHtmlString.Create(result.ToString());
+        }
+    }
+}

SportsStore/SportsStore.WebUI/SportsStore.WebUI.csproj

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     <Compile Include="Global.asax.cs">
       <DependentUpon>Global.asax</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="HtmlHelpers\PagingHelpers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Infrastructure\NinjectControllerFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\PagingInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Product.cs">