GridView ObjectDataSource Adapter

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Public Class EmployeeController

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Genric method to be used to get employees as a DataTable.  We map
    ''' our objectdatasource to this method,
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <returns>DataTable of Employees</returns>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Function GetEmployeesAsTable() As System.Data.DataTable
        Try
            Dim myObject As New BLL.EmployeeLogic
            Dim myEmployees As IList
            myEmployees = myObject.RetrieveMany(Nothing)
            Return myObject.ConvertToDataTable(myEmployees, GetType(IModelLayer.IEmployee))
        Catch ex As Exception
            Throw New Exception("Error Get Employees", ex)
        End Try
        Return Nothing
    End Function

    Function GetEmployees() As IList
        Try
            Dim myObject As New BLL.EmployeeLogic
            Return myObject.RetrieveMany(Nothing)
        Catch ex As Exception
            Throw New Exception("Error Get Employees", ex)
        End Try
        Return Nothing
    End Function
End Class