mdlUtilities

Supplies generic collection-copy helpers.

Purpose

• Copy LINQ results into typed SAIF business collections.
• Support filtered collection views without repeated loops.

Context

• Namespace: SAIF.Business.Menu
• Assembly/package: SAIF.Business.Menu.dll

Public members

Member	Signature	Purpose
AddToList	Public Function AddToList(Of T As clsBusinessBase, Col As clsBusinessCollection(Of T)) (ByVal inTargetList As Col, ByVal inSourceList As IEnumerable(Of T)) As Col	Iterates inSourceList (typically the output of a LINQ Where/filter expression over an already-loaded typed collection) and adds each item into inTargetList via the target collection's Add, then returns inTargetList. Used to build filtered views such as clsMenuAuthorizedItemCollection.Favorites, ApplicationItems, and AppItemsByCategory without hand-written loops in each caller.

Behavioral notes

• Contains no persistence or authorization logic; it only copies already-loaded, already-filtered items into a target SAIF collection.

Constraints and usage notes

• Generic over any clsBusinessBase-derived item type T and its matching clsBusinessCollection(Of T), so it can be reused by every entity/collection pair in this library.

Sources

• SAIF.Business.Menu\mdlUtilities.vb